Name you want to hear and don't want to hear tomorrow

[BoomerFan]

(04-23-2025, 06:47 PM)Nepa Wrote: Unless a true blue-chipper falls (Jalon Walker, Tyler Warren, etc.), I would be most excited to hear a trade down to later in the 1st and picking up a second or a third. The draft is so deep that an extra pick on the second day would be my dream. It's not like previous years when I was hoping for this player or that player; there are a lot that are likely to be available after 17 that I would be delighted for the Bengals to select.

Yep. This is the draft where you have the top 10 guys and then 70 picks with a 2nd round grade. 

OTOH it makes it kind of hard to mess up. I would tell the Bengals organization to go ahead and pick more or less for your needs. Get at least one Guard and Dlineman that you like in the first three picks. Be ready to coach them up and put them in situations where they can succeed. When all the players are sort of at the same level, the way to get ahead is how you develop them.