WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:09.800 That's a wrap on the Bengals twenty twenty four NFL Draft. Let's recap everything 2 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:20.160 that happened as a Bengals added college players this weekend. You are Locked On 3 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:26.519 Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast network, 4 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:32.399 your team every day. What up Bengals Hands and welcome to another episode 5 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:35.000 of the Lockdown Bengals Podcast. I'm your host, Jake. Let's go. 6 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.920 He's your host, James Rapine. The draft is in the books and we've 7 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.399 got several more episodes, but one recap episode for you here to cap off 8 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.560 the weekend. We're on the Lockdown Podcast Network of course, here on Lockdown 9 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.640 Bengals, and you can find us on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts. 10 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:53.880 If you're new to the show, you can subscribe to stay up to 11 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:59.200 date with all things Bengals leading into the twenty twenty four regular season. We'll 12 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:03.799 have draft con tent for you to wrap up this draft part of the offseason 13 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:07.719 for a while here until it's time to move on to what's next. As 14 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:12.879 the off season program will continue and James, the Bengals kept all their picks, 15 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:18.480 which maybe is the biggest surprise I don't know. Jermaine Burton might still 16 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:23.519 take that take that cake, but certainly one of the biggest surprises is keeping 17 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:30.239 all ten picks for the Bengals, no movement at all. It's why when 18 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.840 we did our predictive mock, I wanted to keep it at ten. I 19 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.959 thought the Bengals are willing to be aggressive. I also thought there were scenarios, 20 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.560 especially early, they'd want to trade down. But everyone was saying, 21 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:42.959 oh, they're going to trade some of these picks, and just knowing how 22 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.159 the Bengals operate, I would have leaned towards that way. Of course, 23 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:49.799 that was the favorite to them trade some of these and I think they were 24 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.359 willing to, I really do. But once we got past the first couple 25 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.079 of rounds and they're guy Chris Jenkins, who was I think their second target 26 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:02.920 in the second round realistically at behind Johnny Newton once they get him, and 27 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:09.120 then clearly they were a static about Jermaine Burton and McKinley Jackson falls to them 28 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:14.759 and they were targeting like there was just never a time where the board wasn't 29 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:19.560 falling the way they had hoped or predicted, And so I don't think they've 30 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:23.840 got into that Cam Taylor britt area where it was like a few years ago 31 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.719 where he was the last corner in that bucket, and they just never felt 32 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:30.919 that way. Even with Chris Jenkins, they had some backup defensive tackles that 33 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:36.919 they would have targeted there. So yeah, I think that's why. But 34 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:38.360 it is a bit surprising because some of these guys aren't going to make the 35 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:44.039 team and I wonder who it is, but you're not getting ten guys on 36 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.560 the team, and it's going to make it that much harder for some of 37 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.680 these college free agents to surprise and push it too, and that's hard enough 38 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.680 for them to do. So I think that's it is a surprise of the 39 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.039 weekend. I would put the Burton pick as a bigger surprise, but that 40 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:00.800 is a surprise for sure. I could see actually to all ten guys making 41 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:07.039 the team, although Eric Hall might make it as a pupp list player that 42 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:12.280 doesn't count at first, It doesn't count count no, so Eric Hall doesn't 43 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.639 make the team because he's on the pup list. Well, if he starts 44 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.560 on the pup list, then Tlor Tanner McLachlin makes the team. Tanner McLachlan 45 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.759 isn't making the team. If Eric if Eric All isn't on the pup list, 46 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:27.319 you're not keeping Oh I could see it. Yeah, I talked myself 47 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.639 into that being a possibility. This five tight ends going three running backs going 48 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:35.120 light at safety with with daxx Hill playing corner. But maybe if Dax is 49 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:39.319 just playing corner, light as light at safety, they're light at safety is 50 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:45.639 for safeties. Yeah, that's one less safety than last year. Yeah, 51 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:49.280 that's that's not light at safety, that's normal. I can see a path 52 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:53.560 to these guys making the roster. A tight end is probably the hardest because 53 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.159 I think that Tanner Hudson showed enough last season to keep his job. But 54 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:03.080 if they think that, you know, Tanner McLaughlin can do those things in 55 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.199 the receiving game, I think Tanner McLaughlin could put push Janner Hudson. Tanner 56 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:12.280 Hudson is making the veteran minimum. But there's Dejon Anthony. How's Dejon Anthony 57 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:17.839 making the team? Uh? Forth safety? Okay, so Tyson Anderson's just 58 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.759 gone. Tyson Anderson is a better prospect than Dejian Anthony, Yeah for sure, 59 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:26.639 But like, I don't know why you make that pick. If if 60 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.800 there's not unless he's just a practice squatter that's going to be a special teams 61 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.759 player for you. I think that that I don't know, maybe I'm reading 62 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:38.879 too much into it. That could say something about where Tyson Anderson is in 63 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:43.600 their eyes. Nah, Tyson's fine healthwise, so like he's coming back from 64 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:46.439 the but he's fine, Like he's gonna be ready. There's no reason they 65 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.519 wouldn't. But anyways, we're going down a rabbit hole here. It is 66 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.879 a surprise that they kept all ten and maybe they do make it to your 67 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:59.680 point, but I think a lot of what we thought they would do they 68 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.399 did. They wanted the versatile receiver with some explosion. They wanted to add 69 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.240 trenches, and that's what they did. I mean, look at this offensive 70 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:09.959 tackle, defensive tackle, wide receiver, defensive tackle, tight end. Those 71 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:15.319 are their first five picks, weapons trenches. They go to cornerback with Josh 72 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.639 Newton, and then boom, weapons trenches. In fact, there's only two 73 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:26.160 non trench or weapons picks, zero linebackers, one corner one safety. I 74 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.199 mean that's the weapons trenches. We've spent a lot of time talking about one 75 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:33.720 or the other, and they invested in it. Now some surprises for sure. 76 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:38.160 No running back, I think that's a bit of a surprise, and 77 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:43.079 no interior alignment until the seventh round, that's a surprise, or no second 78 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.959 offensive lineman until the seventh round. You have the two book ends in Amarius 79 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.319 Mims in Matt Lee, and that's it as far as offensive line goes. 80 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:56.279 So I do think that that's interesting as well. Yeah, and waiting until 81 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.720 the last pick was like, Man, you and I were talking about it 82 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.920 a question on yesterday show, like are we sure they're prioritizing I said this 83 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.680 in our in our post day two episode. Are we sure they're prioritizing offense, 84 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.720 interior, offensive line for day three or is that just something we think 85 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.680 they should do where we think they need depth and they didn't need a center 86 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:16.680 of the future. And we'll get into Matt Lee later. That might be 87 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:20.240 my favorite pick today, although you can make some arguments for a few of 88 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:27.399 the guys they've picked today, but the overall, some overall themes of this 89 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.720 draft class that I think are very interesting, and we touched on some of 90 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:34.319 these yesterday film over Data class. In a lot of ways, a lot 91 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:39.639 of these guys are our film picks and I think that's especially true for you 92 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:45.040 know, Jermaine Burton, McKinley, Jackson, Eric All, probably also Tanner, 93 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.759 McLaughlin, Josh Newton. The corner they took in the fifth round had 94 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:53.199 a lot of height coming into the season. He was seen as a first 95 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.959 round corner at the start of the twenty twenty three college football season. By 96 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.199 he was fourth. Yeah, twenty fourth, I believe on Danesport and by 97 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:03.399 Trevor Sikima, who saw him as a first round player going into the season, 98 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:09.920 but this season didn't go the way that it needed to go for him. 99 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:15.040 And another big theme is guys they have visits with and we didn't have 100 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.439 all of these track, but we had a lot of them tracked. We 101 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:21.439 might actually have the full list of thirty visits for the Bengals this year because 102 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:26.040 of information we found out because they drafted those guys. But A Marius Men's, 103 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.160 Chris Jenkins, Jermaine Burton, McKinley, Jackson, Eric All, Tanner, 104 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:33.160 McLaughlin, and Daejon Anthony. I believe we're all part of the Bengals 105 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:39.199 official thirty visits where those guys came into Cincinnati for visits. They also had 106 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:44.680 virtual at least a virtual meeting with Josh Newton. They met with Cedric Johnson, 107 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:47.079 the edge rusher out of Ole Miss at the Combine, and they sent 108 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.959 their defensive line coach to his pro day, and they have presence at the 109 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:56.439 Miami Pro Day. But I'm not sure exactly what the extent of the contact 110 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:01.040 with Matt Lee was before the Combine. So a prize, but more of 111 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:07.600 the top thirty or thirty visit players drafted by the Bengals, and I think 112 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:13.519 we've ever known because that's what eight eight of the ten no, sorry, 113 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:18.319 seven of the ten picks guys they had in person meetings with in Cincinnati in 114 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.600 the first five, the first five, first five, that's it's wild. 115 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.920 And when we get into it, like with Eric All, that's someone I 116 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.040 think. I don't think we did, did we. We didn't go with 117 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:33.919 all, did we? You know? We we had discussed all we actually 118 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.159 also a correction yesterday, I thought that we had McKinley Jackson. We did 119 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.000 not have McKinley Jackson. I don't think in the final MOCKX. But we 120 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.519 talked about it. Well, yeah, we've talked about all these guys. 121 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.559 For the most part, there are a couple that we didn't. I think 122 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.120 the only one we didn't really talk about that they've picked that they picked was 123 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.120 Josh Newton. We didn't really talk about Josh. I don't know if Cedric 124 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.960 Johnson or Matt Lee ever came up either. I think Matt Lee did. 125 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.519 I think you're right about Cedric Johnson. So eight out of the ten, 126 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:01.759 Yeah, most pret these guys were on our radar, at least Matt Lee 127 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.759 did for sure. Like it's just like a quick like late round like athletics. 128 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.720 Anyway, we'll get into him. But yeah, this year in what's 129 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.720 gonna suck about this is next year we're going to reach so much into the 130 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.000 visits, Like remember the visits in the draft is going to go the completely 131 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.960 the other way. Remember there was the Senior Bowl year and then there was 132 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.080 so that's that's gonna be the case is, Oh, they're meeting with man. 133 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:28.559 I want to want to get into Day three though, because there is 134 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.919 a lot to get into. There's other draft nuggets that we're gonna have all 135 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.960 week long. So we're just getting heated up here. Don't go anywhere. 136 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:41.080 Let's get into day three coming up next Today's episode of Lockdown Bengals is sponsored 137 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:45.480 by fan Duel. The NFL Draft is behind us. 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After missing on tight end 169 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.879 to Bengals fans frustration for a couple of years, they get two on Day 170 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:00.919 three this year, both of whom have unique and individual upside and traits that 171 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:05.320 we can talk about and interesting paths for both of them. They do draft 172 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:09.200 a corner, as we expected, not necessarily one that I had on my 173 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.440 radar for the Bengals, but clearly one that they liked. And Josh Newton, 174 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.720 who I mentioned, was a scene as a first round corner going into 175 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.759 the year, and then didn't quite have the year that he was hoping for, 176 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.919 with two particularly rough games against Texas and Colorado that I think got a 177 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.679 lot of attention, and then he didn't test like an elite athlete, which 178 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:31.600 is why it was surprising because the Bengals have been drafting more athletic corners lately. 179 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:35.799 They go with an edge rusher and Cedric Johnson a verse little defensive back 180 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:39.600 in Diajon Anthony to double dip at ole miss. There's your school double dip 181 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.879 this year, coming in back to back picks at the back of the draft 182 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.159 and Cedric Johnson and Diajon Anthony from Ole Miss and finish things up with Matt 183 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.639 Lee, who might have been my favorite pick today, James. But let's 184 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:54.159 start at the top with Eric All in those tight ends. Yeah, that's 185 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.480 my favorite pick of the day is Eric Hall. I was in on Eric 186 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:01.080 All my Bengals Talk dot com mack Eric Hall, and it was because I 187 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.320 did buy into the visits. I think they they left no stone unturned with 188 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:11.840 Eric All. And it's because you look at the talent and you look at 189 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:16.600 NFL evaluators, and I think Lewis Rittick had something really good on Eric All. 190 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:22.080 The Bengals found their George Kittle if he can stay healthy. And I'm 191 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.600 not going to go that far right, I'm not. I don't think those 192 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:30.279 should be the expectations. But when you're talking about tight end, especially in 193 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:35.919 this year's class, taking the upside swing on the guy that when he's healthy, 194 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:39.600 is this six four to two hundred and fifty pound guy that can be 195 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.960 dynamic as a route runner, can make plays in the passing game, can 196 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.679 also block at a high level can be the complete tight end that James Casey 197 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:50.879 wants the Bengals tight ends coach that the Bengals have coveted. That's what they 198 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:54.600 want. They don't want just guys that can can catch or guys that can 199 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.519 just block. It's just hard to find them. And so a guy like 200 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:05.320 Eric All that had a serious back injury, recovered from that after having an 201 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.240 operation that again was pretty serious, transferred to Iowa after being a captain at 202 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:15.360 Michigan and was productive before he tore his ACL in October. It was like, 203 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:20.879 showed, oh, I can play, and so I'm in. I 204 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.480 think it makes sense. He is a fair field, a lum so he's 205 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.080 a Cincinnati native, is staying home and so that's cool. But I'm in 206 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:33.120 on the player. And you know why else I'm in on the player. 207 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.919 I was already in and I thought it was worth the risk at this stage 208 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:41.480 of the draft. I think when when former teammates speak really highly of you, 209 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:46.600 that matters. And Chris Jenkins. I got the opportunity to meet Chris 210 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.879 Jenkins today and he was in the media room and we're chatting with him, 211 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:54.559 and he's like, and we got Eric and his face just beaming excited. 212 00:14:54.600 --> 00:15:00.159 He's like that dude is a beast. And so, of course health is 213 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.120 an issue. It's the fourth round. Fourth rounders miss all the time. 214 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:07.480 At least we know the talent is there with a guy like Eric All and 215 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.120 so it is a big swing for sure. There's a multiple big swing picks 216 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.600 in this draft. That's the other big takeaway. Yeah, it's a big 217 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.799 swing, but man, if it pays off, they could get a heck 218 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.440 of a player. This is a real ceiling pick, much like Jermaine Burton 219 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.639 was a real ceiling pick, much like a Marius Mins is a ceiling pick 220 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.480 for different reasons, you know, for all of them. And for Eric 221 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.519 Hall, it's clearly just an injury thing. When he was on the field 222 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.399 in Michigan and he was healthy, he was productive. He was the leading 223 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:39.360 receiver for Iowa despite missing half the season last year. That means two things. 224 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.600 One, Iowa's offense is putrid. Two, Eric Hall can produce in 225 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.639 a futured Iowa offense. And nobody stepped up in the other seven games he 226 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:52.440 missed to take that receiving title. He was a leading receiver. I mean, 227 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.240 that's crazy, and you're right when you mentioned that it's a film pick. 228 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.679 I think that on film this is a guy that has the potential to 229 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.879 be a ad all tight end. If he's healthy for his final year at 230 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.279 Iowa, he might be the second tight end drafted. I think Zach Taylor 231 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:10.919 says something similar where they didn't think there's any chance of getting him if he 232 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.519 was healthy in his final year and probably didn't have the back thing as well, 233 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.519 because I'm sure some teams might have taken him off the board. I 234 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:22.159 noticed it all said in his meeting with the media after he was picked that 235 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.919 his back is all good now, but he is rehabbing, of course from 236 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:33.000 that October I think ACL October twenty twenty three ACL injury. So when he's 237 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.919 on the field, athletic, good receiving ability, good route running ability. 238 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:44.120 I know draft guy Bengals draft scout Joel who we met when we were in 239 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.120 Cincinnati, when I was in Cincinnati back in the Thursday night Jags game in 240 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:52.600 what twenty two, twenty twenty one, however long ago that was, yeah, 241 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:56.480 twenty one. He's really high on Eric Hall's tape. Thinks he's probably 242 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:02.759 the best Bengals type and in terms of ability to beat Man coverage since Tyler 243 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:06.480 Riifert and I know that he watched a lot of Eric All and so another 244 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:10.839 pick that Mike McKinley Jackson, like Jermaine Burton, like a Marius Mims. 245 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.960 While there are holes of those profiles for this reason or that reason, whether 246 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:21.319 it's inexperienced, whether it's off field stuff, whether it's whether it's injury. 247 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.319 The tape and the flashes for all of these players, and we talked about 248 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:29.200 this yesterday as well, shows high end talent and if they can rain that 249 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:33.079 in and hit it consistently, then you have a bunch of potential starters there 250 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.960 in those five players to start the draft. The only thing to couch that 251 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.039 statement is that it's a big if. A lot kind of has to go 252 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:45.240 right here, and there is risk with these picks, but the upside for 253 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.680 each of them, I think is that you have a solid contributing or starting 254 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:53.119 player for your football team. And that is something that Bengals needed. They 255 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.599 just took a pretty risky approach to try to get there. Yeah, no 256 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:03.559 doubt about it. And I think if you're taking someone like that, you 257 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:06.319 got to leave no stone unturned. And I don't think they left any stone 258 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.400 unturned. They were comfortable with the medicals. Obviously they love the player, 259 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.319 and so we'll see. But there's a lot to like. I do think 260 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.000 character wise, he's got it. Was a captain at Michigan checks that captain 261 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.920 box as well. And if you're playing tight end at Michigan and then you're 262 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.079 going to Iowa, transferring to Iowa and playing tight end there, and the 263 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.920 dude there like he's he's got it. So hopefully the Bengals can get it 264 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.160 out of him. We'll see if he can start the season healthy, if 265 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:33.240 he starts the year on pop, all of those things, if there are 266 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.839 any, if there are any helmets you're allowed to scout, it's Iowa tight 267 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:41.400 Ends, where you know, just last year we saw Sam Laporta be the 268 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.799 leading contributor in an offense that sucked and be awesome. So Eric All has 269 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.960 that similarity. Not comping him to Sam Laporta to be clear, but Iowa 270 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.799 tight Ends. I think that's a helmet that's a little bit fair to Scott 271 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.440 Lewis Riddick, said George Kittle, So you know, comp them to whoever 272 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.480 you want. If we're going that far, you might as well go that 273 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:03.160 far and who knows the Bengals are going for it all with Eric Ahl Dad 274 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.920 joke up. Next, we'll get to the rest of the Bengals Day three 275 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:11.880 picks, and Jake wants to talk about Matt Lee. All right, game 276 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.200 off, We got a pause here to talk more about Monopoly Go. I 277 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.160 know what you're saying, flag on the play. 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Got some more draft picks to 290 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:14.079 talk about here, James, we can we can jump to Matt Lee. 291 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:17.599 Want to quickly give some Well, I guess we've talked about Josh Newton. 292 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.440 Do you have anything else on Josh Newton that you would like that? I 293 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:23.759 know you had a very entertaining call with you guys. He did, and 294 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.359 Mike Petralia doesn't know who Kobe Bryant is, clearly, which Josh Newton just 295 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.480 let him know. I had to put it in just that part of the 296 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.200 call. I think Josh Newton is a dog. You mean I don't know 297 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:38.079 that, ye, cornerback Kobe Bryant. Yeah, and people mentioned that, 298 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:41.440 but clearly Josh Newton isn't worried about that guy. You know, he's thinking 299 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:48.759 about Kobe. So yeah, I think not much to add versatile defensive back. 300 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.319 We'll see if he can play outside. I think they'll give him a 301 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:55.000 shot there and then go from there. But I like him. There's a 302 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.000 lot to like. But yeah, let's move on Taylor because we're gonna have 303 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.759 time to talk about these guys. But Tanner McLaughlin out of Arizona. This 304 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:04.240 is a value pick by Zach Taylor. He said it himself where I'm sitting 305 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:10.640 one seed over about an hour ago, that they like what he can do 306 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:14.960 in the passing game. Obviously he's an older prospect that they watched him a 307 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.720 lot and they think that he can contribute. And I do think that this 308 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.799 is your Eric All insurance where if All starts the year on the pup, 309 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:26.559 then McLaughlin, like we talked about, can be that fourth tight end even 310 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:30.200 though you think they're going to keep fifty two tight ends. Well, I 311 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.880 have a hard time thinking that either of these guys are gonna get cut unless 312 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:36.960 they fall in their face and there might be like that normal NFL transition for 313 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.359 tight ends, right, But Tana McLaughlin was the first pick for the Bengals 314 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.880 that we were tracking. That was a consensus value pick where you know Josh 315 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.599 Newton's consensus ranking was one forty nine, he was picked one forty nine. 316 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:52.920 Chris Jenkins was like fifty two, he was picked forty nine. A Marius 317 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.440 Mens was twenty and a half. He was picked eighteen. So all of 318 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.599 those are like equal value. And then McKinley Jackson, according to consensus, 319 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:03.759 was to reach Eric All according to consensus, was a reach because of those 320 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:07.839 injuries and which team was going to take that risk. But Tanner McLaughlin the 321 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:11.920 first big value consensus won sixty five and picked by the Bengals at one ninety 322 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:17.480 four, So was seen by I think Dame Brugler in PFF as as potential 323 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:22.039 or no, Dame Brugler and Lance or maybe just Dane now I can't remember 324 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:25.640 and shouldn't have opened my mouth, but as a fourth fifth round player, 325 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:30.279 I believe in the Bengals get him in the sixth The athletic upside is there 326 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:37.319 and James he is the Canadian that the Bengals end up drafting after also talking 327 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:42.319 with Quantes Steggers, who ends up going to the Jets as a CFL prospect. 328 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:48.240 Tana mcglocklin's path took him from Canada to Utah State or Southern Utah, 329 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.599 Southern Utah and then Arizona where he finally started producing when he finally got to 330 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.640 a real football program. So there's some refinement needed in his game because of 331 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:00.240 the path he took, starting with playing football in Canada, play at a 332 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.119 small school in the United States didn't get that development time and maybe just isn't 333 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:10.000 the most fluid of athletes, but is a player that can probably contribute for 334 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:12.039 you, I think in the passing game if he has the opportunity. But 335 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:15.480 as a sixth round pick, he does have a bit of a harder path 336 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.720 to the roster than eric All. If eric All is healthy, they come 337 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.519 back with another value player in terms of consensus rankings, being Cedric Johnson one 338 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.799 fifty three or one to fifty four on the consensus board two fifteen for the 339 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.680 Bengals in the draft with their compensatory sixth round pick and a guy that didn't 340 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:36.440 necessarily take all the production boxes and kind of looked like he was going to 341 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.279 be an as sending player Ole Miss in his first two years, starting as 342 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.440 a true freshman and ascending as a true sophomore and then just didn't really produce 343 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:47.079 more after that, but as a freaky athlete, and that's why his consensus 344 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:51.400 rating is higher. This is a multiple player, the youngest player the Bengals 345 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:53.880 picked on Day three at just twenty one and a half years old, and 346 00:23:55.200 --> 00:24:00.200 with the athletic traits he has, he was a ninety three percentile athlete you're 347 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:04.720 looking to develop that athleticism into a pass rushing threat if you can't for sure, 348 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.480 And this is one of those guys, Joseph Osai in the last year 349 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.680 of his contract. You look at it and you're like, all right, 350 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:15.440 it would be nice to hit on one of these day three edge rushers. 351 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.319 And can he just be a contributor? Can he can you mold him into 352 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:23.640 a contributor. He's got the profile that you're looking for, the sec background. 353 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:26.759 He did produce early. Like you mentioned, he is really athletic, 354 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:30.519 and so hopefully they can get something out of him. And it was picked 355 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:33.440 two fourteen by the way, just so the commenters don't get you. But 356 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:41.519 nevertheless bad nevertheless type of where in the sheet that I'm reading from? Oh 357 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.160 oh okay. Yeah. I was like, you're you're bad. I'm not 358 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.440 reading for the sheet. I was like, where's the two fourteen? But 359 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:51.119 yeah, I like it. I think it makes sense we talked about edge 360 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:53.960 rusher. By the way, this doesn't mean that Trey isn't playing trays'pling. 361 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:59.640 This isn't Trey Hendrickson's replacement. This just might be the guy that has a 362 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.240 role Joseph Osaigo's elsewhere after this year because he's in a contract year. That 363 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:08.279 went quick. Anyways, Dejohn Anthony, who was the next pick, someone 364 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:12.400 we talked about. We've talked about a few times. I think it's special 365 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:17.440 teams for certainly. I think he's got a shot at competing in that nickel 366 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:22.599 spot safety gives them some depth there as well, if Tyson Anderson can't go, 367 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.519 if they realize Dax is going to be a full time corner forever, 368 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.799 you know, whatever the case is. I think that that's what he brings. 369 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:33.400 And clearly they liked him because they met with him and kicked the tires 370 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:37.720 on him, and I assume they think he can be They can help on 371 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.559 space, he can help on special teams, and then either nickel slash safety 372 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.680 safety slash nickel the fifth sixth round grade from the Beast and Dave Brugler, 373 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:49.519 who says he projects best as a nickel defender who can work underneath and overlap 374 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:53.039 responsibilities in the secondary. And you look at what he did as the second 375 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:57.720 straight ole miss pick for the Bengals. He played all over the place in 376 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.240 the secondary. He played safe, he played in the slot, He played 377 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:04.240 a couple of years outside before he moved to safety a little bit more in 378 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:10.599 his last year, and that could be because of his speed and his ability 379 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:12.799 to stick it outside corner, and wanted to improve his versatility a little bit 380 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:17.240 to give himself a shot in the NFL. But another player that you could 381 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.119 see the role for the Bengals. When we saw this visit, we thought 382 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:25.200 it was probably a special team's driven visit because they're so stacked on the roster 383 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:29.319 as safety. But I'm sure he'll be in the competition with the rest of 384 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.160 the guys at the back of that room to try to find his way onto 385 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.680 the roster, one of the harder paths to the roster, along with McLaughlin 386 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:40.799 potentially or one of these tight ends if they're all healthy, just in terms 387 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:45.519 of the competition. But you're right, my favorite pick potentially of Day three 388 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:49.359 is Matt Lee. We were waiting all day an all draft for the Bengals 389 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:56.279 to find an interior line prospect, and honestly, when we were talking about 390 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.200 this leading up to the draft, we were thinking about a guy with a 391 00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:02.119 little bit of positional versatil. Matt Lee is probably just the center in the 392 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.079 NFL. He kind of struggles to stay at three hundred pounds. He was 393 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.839 two hundred and eighty eight pounds at the East West Rye game, got up 394 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:11.680 to three ZHO one for the combine, I believe, and then ran a 395 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:15.400 five h five forty with an extra thirteen pounds of weight potentially on which is 396 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:19.359 a pretty impressive feat to be honest, to add weight for the weigh in 397 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:23.720 and still move that quickly. This is an athletic center, so the Bengals 398 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:27.880 have had a two athletic offensive linemen, which I love. The pass pro 399 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:34.400 tape and grating and productivity are great for this guy. And the only question 400 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:37.599 the reason he falls as far is I think because of size, and even 401 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:42.400 then from a consensus to where we had him perspective, that's value. And 402 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.119 you go look at Brandon Thorne's ratings. I think Brandon Thorn had him as 403 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:49.119 a fourth rounder. So while this is the last pick of the of the 404 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.039 draft for the Bengals, I tweeated this James. That's a top one hundred 405 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:56.240 player on our board. He was ninety ninth on our board, the highest 406 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.720 graded player the Bengals drafted by our overall or is it weigh in some analytics 407 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:06.519 and film into the equation since Jermaine Burton, who is a seventy Matt Lee 408 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.960 coming into seventy three point six, so in fact a little bit higher ranked 409 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:15.720 even than Jermaine Burton ended up with the analytic factors included there. So when 410 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.799 I see this pick, I see potential center of the future that the Bengals 411 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:23.160 nabbed with their last pick in the draft, and when you're talking about adding 412 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:27.640 two athletic offensive linemens, something we've been begging the Bengals to do for years. 413 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:32.200 I know he's a little undersized, but he has experience with inside zone 414 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:36.480 and duo stuff. As Brandon Thorn has pointed out, that's a very exciting 415 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.519 pick for me, and I truly think Center of the Future should win a 416 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:41.440 roster spot immediately this year. Well, yeah, he's going to beat out 417 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:47.119 Trey Hill. Trey Hill's aficial, absolutely, that's what this is. Now 418 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:49.000 after that, who knows, He's got to develop and show that he can 419 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:53.039 and all of those things. But yeah, I think that's the new favorite 420 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:59.680 for backup center this year, which either beat out Trey Hill or say it's 421 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.880 Max replacement. But yeah, I think the one of the surprises was they 422 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:10.680 waited Matt Lee was someone if they would they had taken him where McLaughlin went, 423 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:15.480 so their first sixth round pick one ninety four would not have been shocked. 424 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:17.599 If they had taken him there, I wouldn't have said anything about it. 425 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.440 I'd have been like, yeah, there you go, there's your interier, 426 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:22.920 there's your center. And so to get him here it is their best 427 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.119 value pick by far, which is easier to do because it's the latest. 428 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.839 Of course I get it, but I was surprised that he fell that far, 429 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:34.920 and maybe that they knew that they had a feel for where where NFL 430 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.119 teams felt he was, where he was going to go, if he was 431 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:41.079 going to go, and so that's why they let it happen that way. 432 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:45.960 But yeah, I mean, if they had taken him literally forty three picks 433 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:49.960 earlier, I wouldn't have blinked at all, and I would have been like, 434 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:53.119 yeah, that's that's about right, that's and that's still pretty good value, 435 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:56.079 I think. So to get him where they did, I get why 436 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:02.640 it's your favorite pick, and I think you're right. From the athleticism standpoint, 437 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:06.799 it is nice, isn't it to get to athletes and on the interior 438 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.799 that's okay. Like Tanner Bordalini, the guy I liked that at Wisconsin, 439 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.640 he wasn't the heaviest guy in the world, but he could move. And 440 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:17.200 the thing I like about Matt Lee certainly not the heaviest guy in the world, 441 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.799 he can move. We know he's athletic. Good note on him gaining 442 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:23.640 weight and still running that well, so he's able to stay athletic even though 443 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:29.519 he's moving or even though he's gaining weight. But the pass protection part of 444 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:34.039 it, Dane Brugler described him as boring. He's a boring pass protector because 445 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:37.839 he just never gets beat. That's sign me up for that. That's what 446 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.200 I want to hear. And so yeah, hell yeah, that's the heck 447 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.759 of a pick. We'll have some priority free agent notes for you as we 448 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:51.279 get those officialized later this week, but the most notable one that I saw 449 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:55.920 early here, James, is the Bengals did reportedly sign or agree to terms 450 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:59.839 with Texas Tech punter Austin McNamara. And we're not going to spend a ton 451 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:03.440 of time here because we're pushing our time limit already, but bringing in punting 452 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:07.720 competition for Brad Robbins after the draft after there was some speculation the Bengals would 453 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.640 add a punter. I thought that was worth noting. He was PFF's third 454 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:17.559 highest graded punter in college football last year, coming in right ahead of Ryan 455 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:22.240 Recal and had a solid hangtime average over four seconds. Was one of the 456 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.799 better net punters in the country in college football. So some competition there for 457 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:32.839 Brad Robins. YEP, not shocked this would be a fourth predictive. We 458 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.880 didn't mock a punter. We thought they were going to go this route, 459 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:40.720 and so our third if we're going with our predictive either way, we nailed 460 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:42.079 this. Now we didn't say Matt Numara. We didn't know which one would 461 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:47.759 make it there. But I always strongly felt like they were like, all 462 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.880 right, we're not using another draft pick on a punter. We're just not 463 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.960 this year. We're going to find one. We're going to get one. 464 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:55.440 Because if you're a free agent punter, where do you want to go? 465 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.640 You want to come here after what Brad did last year and so game on. 466 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.799 I knows competitions coming, by the way, so this is this is 467 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:07.720 exactly what should happen. Who knows Austin Brad. There we go. Let 468 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.440 the games begin, because that's gonna be something we're talking about during training camp. 469 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:15.880 Baby had a fringe draftable grade from Dame Brugler, who had Tory Taylor, 470 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:20.920 the Iowa punter with a fourth round grade. Isn't that where he went? 471 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.079 I'm pretty sure he went in the fourth round. Was that the punter 472 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:24.720 that got picked? I honestly tuned it out. Oh yeah, yeah, 473 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:30.440 yeah yeah. So Austin McNamara with a with a fringe draftable grade seventh round 474 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.599 of PFA grade from Dame Brugler. There to wrap up our coverage, did 475 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:36.799 you say you wanted the punter over eric All? What's wrong with you? 476 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:40.680 Jake? Huh? Why would you say that I didn't want that punter over 477 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:45.160 eric All in the fourth round? Oh? I see what you're doing. 478 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:50.640 That's gonna do it. For our coverage of the twenty twenty four NFL Draft, 479 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.519 we'll have more in terms of grades, in terms of thoughts on this 480 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.720 draft. We might have some guests come on to tell you what they think 481 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.559 of this draft. We're hopeful to talk to some folks with the Bengals as 482 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:05.000 well on the podcast. We'll see when we can get those scheduled. So 483 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:08.640 plenty more on the draft coming your way for the next week, but that's 484 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:13.200 going to do it for the Draft weekend. Until next time, we're back 485 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:17.759 on Monday night. Thanks for listening to this episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast. 486 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:21.000 Who Day, and have a good one.