The Bengals have one pick in each of the draft’s final six rounds. It appears they would like to change that. They are listening to offers for the first pick in the second round, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets.
Cincinnati received interest at No. 1 but did not appear to seriously consider them before taking Joe Burrow. A report earlier Friday indicated the Bengals were considering both wide receiver Denzel Mims and defensive tackle Ross Blacklock at No. 33, but the team may now want to add some draft capital to help fortify their roster after a 2-14 season.
Although the Bengals were uncharacteristically aggressive in free agency, adding D.J. Reader and Trae Waynes to their defense on high-priced deals, they still have several holes on their roster after their worst season in more than 15 years. Trading down from tonight’s top pick would create more chances for Cincinnati to add starter- or rotational-level talent.
It is not certain how far the Bengals are willing to move down, but teams like the Jaguars (No. 42), Broncos (No. 46) and Falcons (No. 47) have made calls about moving up, per Albert Breer of SI.com. The virtual draft’s second round begins at 6pm CT.
Miami should definitely put together an offer while also maintaining their early 2nd round pick.
If they’d take the 45th pick and a 2021 3rd, I’d beg Jason Licht to go get Swift
They might even be able to bend um over for a 2021 2nd considering everything- Think its still worth it for both teams even so
Jax at 42 plus 2 4th reders should jump for blacklock
any team would move back 9 slots for 3 picks
If the Falcons went up and grabbed McKinney (even if safety isn’t the biggest need) it would make up for the AJ pick yesterday.
Yeah, that pick didn’t make sense even though they desperately need cornerback help.
I agree to an extent. Truth be told though, they could have drafted McKinney at the 16th slot which would be consider appropriate and likely would be able to get AJ today. Lol. Or better yet, get a solid pass rusher yesterday and trade up today to get a DB. Idk. Yesterday was a brutal pick and it seems every expert under the sun agrees
Yea, but he’s never played a down in the nfl so grades mean nothing. He was a good corner on a national title team.
They won’t want to drop past 42, that’s probably even further than they’d like. I do love the wording that they may now want to drop back. They ALWAYS look to drop back in the 2nd and the beat guys have been saying since December they’re going to move back if a LB isn’t there
Maybe give them Rosen to.