See what can be scraped from the later rounds.

My list.

Id go Scott and then OL...I assume its an OL

Keionte Scott-Miami (2)

Travis Burke-Memphis (3)

Sam Hecht-Kansas St (4)

Connor Lew-Auburn (4)

Febechi Nwaiwu-Oke (4)

Brennan Thompson-Miss St (3)

Keyshaun Elliott-Arizona St. (3)

Kaleb Elarms-Orr-TCU (3)

Caden Curry-Ohio State (4)

Gracen Halton-Oklahoma (4)

Bryce Boettcher-Oregon (4)

Kamari Ramsay-USC (4)

This is probably our current 53 man roster. Biggest needs at backup OL, LB and nickel corner

QB Burrow 29 Flacco 27

RB Brown 27 Perine 27 Brooks 29

WR Chase 30 Williams 27

WR Higgins 29 Tinsley 27

WR Iosivas 27 Jones 27

TE Gesicki 28 Sample 27 All 28 Hudson 27

LT Brown 29 Foster

LG Fairchild 29

C Karras 27 Bayer

RG Risner 27 Rivers 29

RT Mims 29 Ford 27

LE Murphy 27 Howell 30 Johnson 28

LT Lawrence 29 Jenkins 28 Jackson 28

RT Allen 28 Hill 28

RE Mafe 29 Stewart 30

WLB Knight 29 Burks 27

MLB Carter 29 Heyward 27 Giles-Harris 27

S Battle 27 Dugger 27 Jules 27

S Cook 29 Anthony 28

CB Hill 27 Davis 30

CB Turner 27 Ivey 27

NB Davis 27 Newton 28

K McPherson 28

P Rehkow 27

LS Wagner 28

Does look like OL is the value pick in 4.. Rounds 6&7 who cares draft a backup QB. Might still find a WR that can catch in traffic or a blocking RB with decent hands. Or a whole lotta nothin'

LG Fairchild 29

C Karras 27 Bayer

RG Risner 27 Rivers 29

This 👆 remains sketchy

Big fan of Ahh Whatever! Go there a lot; customer service is really spotty though. Employee indifference.

The Bengals have an alarming lack of depth on the OL and a weird confidence in Cody Ford that I don’t get. I would expect someone like Travis Burke if he’s available. IIRC he was one of their 30 visits.

Of course, LB is a big need too but they don’t seem too concerned. They are not only expecting Knight and Carter to make huge leaps in effectiveness, they’re expecting them to stay healthy. That’s a lot.

5 minutes ago, texbengal said:

Big fan of Ahh Whatever! Go there a lot; customer service is really spotty though. Employee indifference.

The Bengals have an alarming lack of depth on the OL and a weird confidence in Cody Ford that I don’t get. I would expect someone like Travis Burke if he’s available. IIRC he was one of their 30 visits.

Of course, LB is a big need too but they don’t seem too concerned. They are not only expecting Knight and Carter to make huge leaps in effectiveness, they’re expecting them to stay healthy. That’s a lot.

I suspect they have their eye on a vet LB or one of several that could provide some stability.

7 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

I suspect they have their eye on a vet LB or one of several that could provide some stability.

I would too - at least, I surely hope so. IMO the roster depth they have now are all solid STers. Burks had one nice playoff run for Philly a few years ago but he didn’t show much last year.

While I do like Jimmy Rolder quite a bit, they need a veteran presence and injecting another day 3 rookie into the mix likely isn’t gonna help in the short term.

Thought this was interesting. In particular a few quotes from Al Golden about last year’s draft and about Jalen Davis and the slot position.

https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieschalkboard/p/the-bengals-change-their-day-2-formula?r=vikmq&utm_medium=ios

1 hour ago, T-Dub said:

I suspect they have their eye on a vet LB or one of several that could provide some stability.

Agree and I would still like to see Njoku signed to clean up

some clutter in the tight end room.

I hope they take LB or OL in the 4th. Kyle Louis from Pitt and Lawson from Alabama would be my top two choices at LB. At OL, the best options would be Hecht at center or Crownover at OT.

I thought the Bengals might take McCoy in Rd 4 if he's still there ... and then I read that his agent is Mulugheta 🤮

That might be blacklisting him just as much as his knee issues.

To me, a team that has a lot of draft picks can take a chance on McCoy, we dont

I love the RB Mike Washington and see him as a Rd 4 possibility and insurance policy to Chase Brown injury or contract disputes.

Emmett Johnson is another RB possibility I would like.

We're not printing jerseys anymore, just announce the picks.

Well, he's finally taken

McCoy GONE Rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiddddddddddddeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrssssssssss

Raiders just took McCoy

Just now, BlackJesus said:

Raiders just took McCoy

If his knee heals up, it's an absolute steal.

Buff takes an OT

Because the Bengals don't have a 5th rd pick I guess trading down is a possibility to get one ... though I am a quality over quantity guy and would prefer packaging our two 6s and two 7s for another 4th and just grab 2 guys in this round and be done with the entire draft.

1 minute ago, BlackJesus said:

Because the Bengals don't have a 5th rd pick I guess trading down is a possibility to get one ... though I am a quality over quantity guy and would prefer packaging our two 6s and two 7s for another 4th and just grab 2 guys in this round and be done with the entire draft.

I am a quantity over quality person because our drfating history is average at best - so more picks means better odds. I think for teams that have sharper draft boards and scouts they should target and move up. I think quantity helps the smaller scouting staff concept.

The one positive of having 4 picks in Rds 6 and 7 is those are all really cheap flyer picks where you have almost no risk ... so we can try an international player that has never played football before, or a 3rd QB, or just some prospect who is 6'10 but doesn't even know what football is.

I would be ok with the Bengals taking 2-3 of the biggest OL on their board in the hopes that just one of them is better than Ford.

This is the round I'd like to get a Center.