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No Consensus on Bengals Needs
Daniel Jeremiah, who was a former scout with the Ravens and Browns, and Charles Davis have the Bengals selecting LSU DE Sam Montgomery. Gil Brandt also has them taking an LSU defensive end, but it is Barkevious Mingo. Two have the Bengals taking a linebacker — Bucky Brooks has Oregon OLB Dion Jordan and Josh Norris opts for Kansas State’s Arthur Brown.
Only two people — NFL Network’s Albert Breer and Kiper — have the Bengals going offense. Breer has Clemson WR DeAndre Hawkins coming to Cincinnati and Kiper’s choice is Wisconsin RB Montee Ball.
When it comes to first mock drafts and who gets selected 99 days from now, it doesn’t pan out. Kiper’s first mock the last three times had them taking Baylor OT Jason Smith in 2009, Florida TE Aaron Hernandez in 2010, Clemson DE DeQuan Bowers in 2011 and Nebraska CB Alfonzo Dennard and Miami (Fl.) running back Lamar Miller last year.
Said Kiper about Ball: “In terms of pure draft value, Ball might be a bit of a reach on my board at this spot, but in terms of fit, it’s hard to find a better one among teams drafting in this range.”
I haven’t seen much of Ball yet, but he reminds me of BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The Bengals need a back with more of an outside threat who can also catch the ball out of the backfield, which isn’t Ball’s strong suit.
In a column last month on NFL.com, Brooks said of Ball: “Although he still doesn’t boast the home-run speed that some offensive coordinators desire in a No. 1 back, his ability to pick up tough yards when the games is hanging in the balance is more important.” The Bengals have that type of running back right now in Green-Ellis.
If you were to go with the biggest needs right now, they would be linebacker, safety, depth at cornerback and running back. All of that evolves though depending on what happens in free agency. As Kiper noted during a teleconference today, this draft is extremely deep at the top with front seven defensive players.
As has been the case in previous years, The Enquirer’s first mock draft will be posted the day after the NFL Scouting Combine.
Daniel Jeremiah, who was a former scout with the Ravens and Browns, and Charles Davis have the Bengals selecting LSU DE Sam Montgomery. Gil Brandt also has them taking an LSU defensive end, but it is Barkevious Mingo. Two have the Bengals taking a linebacker — Bucky Brooks has Oregon OLB Dion Jordan and Josh Norris opts for Kansas State’s Arthur Brown.
Only two people — NFL Network’s Albert Breer and Kiper — have the Bengals going offense. Breer has Clemson WR DeAndre Hawkins coming to Cincinnati and Kiper’s choice is Wisconsin RB Montee Ball.
When it comes to first mock drafts and who gets selected 99 days from now, it doesn’t pan out. Kiper’s first mock the last three times had them taking Baylor OT Jason Smith in 2009, Florida TE Aaron Hernandez in 2010, Clemson DE DeQuan Bowers in 2011 and Nebraska CB Alfonzo Dennard and Miami (Fl.) running back Lamar Miller last year.
Said Kiper about Ball: “In terms of pure draft value, Ball might be a bit of a reach on my board at this spot, but in terms of fit, it’s hard to find a better one among teams drafting in this range.”
I haven’t seen much of Ball yet, but he reminds me of BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The Bengals need a back with more of an outside threat who can also catch the ball out of the backfield, which isn’t Ball’s strong suit.
In a column last month on NFL.com, Brooks said of Ball: “Although he still doesn’t boast the home-run speed that some offensive coordinators desire in a No. 1 back, his ability to pick up tough yards when the games is hanging in the balance is more important.” The Bengals have that type of running back right now in Green-Ellis.
If you were to go with the biggest needs right now, they would be linebacker, safety, depth at cornerback and running back. All of that evolves though depending on what happens in free agency. As Kiper noted during a teleconference today, this draft is extremely deep at the top with front seven defensive players.
As has been the case in previous years, The Enquirer’s first mock draft will be posted the day after the NFL Scouting Combine.
I was quite impressed. Gresham is a solid TE in himself. Talking a leaf out of BB is just the tonic to keep the chains moving. They'll need help in the secondary in which R2 of the draft will be feature position I'd say. Taking Lacy could be a worthy consolation if he is still there. 
That's 3!! Just like anything GG... there are many players in FA who didn't get drafted that perhaps were considered but not picked for a trivial reason perhaps. Even HC's make lame arse play calls on the best of days. Some players are just late developers. It's a scratch n' smell exercise with trying guys out and see what feels good 'at the time'... remember that it doesn't take much for a team to decide against a player because of indifference whether it's attitude or 'not correct' on the day in training practise.
