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or on Google Play. We're going to talk about predicting what we think the
Bengals will do in the twenty twenty four draft, as impossible a task as
that is. Yeah, it might be impossible and it's not going to be
completely right. But guess what this exercise is good for, and guess what
mock drafts are good for giving you in giving everybody the knowledge of the prospects
that the Bengals are targeting that could potentially go where they could go ahead of
the twenty twenty four NFL Draft. So it's an extremely valuable exercise. I'm
learning more and more every time we do it. And so, yeah,
let's predict who the Bengals are going to pick, and who knows, maybe
we go ten for ten today, Jake, I would not put it past
us. I would, and it's it's a familiar face going at eighteen.
I would put it past this, James. We usually get a couple,
but man, getting into the seventh round figuring out where guys are going to
even be available for the Bengals to pick. There multiple reasons it's impossible,
but yeah, we've talked about all of the first round options. I think
quite a bit. Whether it's j C. Latham, whether it's Tally Fuaga,
whether it's a Marius Mims, whether it's one of the corners Quinnon,
Mitchell, Terry and Arnold, whether it's Byron Murphy falling where he's now expected
to go top ten, or Johnny Newton, who we talked about with Joe
Goodbert yesterday. Had a great visit with the Bengals. We talked about almost
all of the guys we think they could realistically pick at eighteen. But when
you combine the will he be available with the will he like him cross section
of players, we land on a Marius Mims as a one that we think
is most likely to be available to the Bengals. And we still think you
and I, I believe, are on the same Patriot that Plan A is
an offensive tackle, and we don't think brock Bauers is going to be there.
We don't think that, you know, maybe Byron Murphy would throw them
off that plan. We don't think he's going to be there either. But
even then, I think Plan A is offensive tackle. It is I even
would go past saying, think you just look at who they've brought in,
who they've looked at. They would love to add a franchise offensive tackle,
someone that's under contract for the next five years or maybe longer. They want
to find their whitworth for Joe Burrow, and that doesn't necessarily mean left tackle.
They want to find their Willie. They want to find this guy that's
going to be there, done that for the next five years, eight years,
ten years, hopefully longer. And Amarius Mims is someone that there.
We know they like, we know they like a lot. We know Frank
Pollack likes him. And if all these other offensive tackles are gone, they
may like him more than some of these guys, by the way, But
if they're gone, the jac Lathams of the world are gone, then I
think it makes a ton of sense. Now, I think you're right,
Quinjon Mitchell. If he falls to eighteen, if all of the offensive tackles
that they feel our tackles are gone, well then they're going to go in
another direction. I don't think they're going to force it. I don't think
Tyler Geiton is going to be the eighteenth pick. Knock On Wood. Don't
think that's going to happen. But what I do think the Bengals, in
a perfect world, one is a Lufashanu or Amarus Mims or J. C.
Latham or maybe Fuanga as well. If he's there, they could go
that route if they view him as a tackle. I think it's unique that
some teams think he's more of a guard. Fautanu is probably lower because they
probably view him as a guard as an interior alignment, and that's when I
think you do get into right is it Johnny Newton versus Quinjon Mitchell versus Terry
and Arnold. It's the tackles that they view. Our tackles are gone that
could very well happen. And I think they're comfortable picking Newton, which I
wouldn't have said a month ago. I think that that visit helped them a
lot, helped him a lot, and it certainly changed my perception because in
February there was no talk of him being the eighteenth pick, and the talk
was, oh yeah, I'll be there at eighteen for sure. Even a
few weeks ago it felt that way, but certainly at the NFL combine.
So for those that are holding out hope for Johnny Newton, maybe you love
Quinnon Mitchell maybe you like Amarus Mims. I do think that any of those
guys are certainly in the running if they do fall to eighteen Mitchell. Of
the three, Mitchell's the least likely of that trio. And as we often
do in late April, we get back to where we were in January before
the combine, with a guy like Johnny Newton being back in consideration a point
that I know Joe has made a lot as well. Joe a frequent guess
on this podcast lately. My last thought here on the Bengals first round is
what has been all the chatter in the last twenty four hours is other teams
trading up. We got reports of the Colts and Eagles feeling out the trade
up market to go after a cornerback. We've got reports of every team that
was talking to Daniel Teremia I think it was on a Wednesday morning, trying
to trade up for an offensive tackle. Five sixteams trying to trade up for
an offensive tackle. All the sudden, you got Dan Graziano with ESPN reporting
that the Bengals could be worth watching for a potential trade up. They like,
according to Graziano, J C. Latham a lot and so are you
buying any of that? I mean, everybody's to trade up all of a
sudden. The Bengals have not traded up in the first round forever. I
think that would be a long shot. But there is at least some smoke
they're connecting them to Latham, who I think is not our pick here because
we think he's been picked already at this point in this prediction. But a
lot of smoke they're connecting the Bengals to Latham as well. Sure, if
Latham's there, I think they pick him. I think they're also comfortable standing
pat saying, oh, well, Patrick Paul will be there, Blake Fisher
will be there, one of these other offensive tackles that we like will be
there at forty nine, and let's go with Johnny Newton. I don't think
they are going to push super hard to get the offensive tackle at eighteen,
because they're fine with defensive tackle at eighteen, or they're fine with Mitchell or
Arnold. And so the comfort level of knowing, hey, there's going to
be four quarterbacks off the board, there's going to be a three receivers.
They'll be fine and they'll get a really good player. So no, I
would be shocked. If they traded up, even in Fantasy Went realms,
it would be surprising, let alone in real life. So yeah, we'll
see. I wou wouldn't be too stunned if they traded up later, maybe
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All the talk Jake about a Round two wide receiver, and I think there's
a very real possibility that the Bengals go wide receiver in Round two. I
also think they stick with the trenches and do what a lot of our listeners
want them to do, which is prioritize offensive tackle round one, defensive tackle
in round two, or vice versa. And that's why I think Chris Jenkins
makes a ton of sense and that's why we're mocking him to the Bengals with
pick forty nine. The defensive tackle out of Michigan. Now, there are
a lot of contenders for this pick. Obviously, it's hard to predict who's
going to be there who's not Chris Jenkins, great run defender at Michigan,
obviously a big part of their national championship team. If he does make it
there, and he's higher on some of these boards, but if he does
make it there, I do think they'll be tempted to not wait and add
to their defensive line on Day two with their first pick. Yeah, I
think that it's a pick that could fit them for a number of reasons.
Tested well enough, has good enough size, He's a little bit smaller than
you would want for a guy who excels and hangs his hat on run defending,
needs some work as a pass rusher. That the pass rush data is
not quite what you would want it to be. So maybe it's a different
defensive tackle here in the second round. If they go offensive tackle first round,
you could certainly see defensive tackle in the second round. Maybe they'll really
like Bradon Fisk in his NonStop motor and character despite him being undersized as well.
Maybe they'll really like the upside with Mike Hull in the second round.
Maybe they'll really like Ruco Roverro's versatility. And again there's upside there with a
rover Row despite him being a fifth year player coming out of Clemson. But
defensive tackle I think is certainly realistic here, especially if fun falls, but
very in general, I think for me, I'll speak for myself. I
have the hardest time with round two, and I see it as a branching
paths kind of thing, like if they go offensive tackle in round one,
the most likely picks to me in the second round, or wide receiver or
defensive tackle. So maybe it's some of the wide receivers we've talked about in
the second round, Ricky saw Troy Franklin keyon Coleman. Maybe it's a guy
like Xavier Lguet who we haven't talked about very much. Maybe that's the guy
that they really like the late breakout, which is not something they typically like.
But they like him blossoming into a player that they think could be a
good outside player in the NFL in the long term, and they see him
as a developmental option. Of course, they go defensive tackle in the first
round. We're not talking about probably any of these guys. We're probably fixated
on offensive line here, guys like Roger Rosengart, and you're hoping, hoping
or falling. Maybe this is where you talk about Patrick Paul, a guy
whose size and athleticism you'd think they would really like, even if he's not
necessarily as high on our boards and some of the people we've talked to.
But landing on Chris Jenkins here after an offensive tackle in the first round certainly
could make sense. But this is where you start to see and I'm trying
to illustrate. Maybe it's hard to keep up because there's a lot of names
and positions, this branching path idea where what they do early is obviously going
to dictate the way they go later and the way that in our heads,
the position as we think they prioritize are going to work out. You can
really see how how these different paths could start to go. By the way
the complete disrespect because he's a little, a little short. Lad McConkey,
I'm gonna I'm gonna mention him because I do think if he does fall there,
they would consider him. I think they would consider Zavier Worthy as well.
I don't think either one's gonna be there. I'm gonna throw those names
out, so we cover Cya right just in case. So we mentioned make
sure we mentioned whoever's picked that at forty nine. The thing that I think
is interesting here is if they go Johnny Newton round one, there is a
scenario where the tackles they're hoping are there, the Patrick Pauls of the world
are just gone, where it's maybe it's not even a Blake Fisher. Maybe
Blake Fisher's gone. And that's what's what's really tough. I think the day
two defensive tackle depth versus the day two offensive tackle depth, it could be
much much different depending on the path they choose. And that's why that's why
you hear about these teams trading out, probably because they're like, well,
let's go get our guy, because there's a clear drop off and when you
get to this part of round two, you don't know who's going to be
there because it's going to be picked through from the tail end of round one
and early round two if you didn't take one of those offensive linemen and land
one of them. So there is a butterfly effect for the Bengals and the
rest of the teams. I'll mention a couple others. I don't think they
go running back at forty nine, but this is when Jonathan Brooks would start
to be talked about for NFL teams in general. Trey Benson another one.
I think in both of those guys would be in play either here or at
pick eighty if one of them were to fall. I'm not sure they'll make
it that far, but I just want to throw their names out there.
But I think we've covered If Kingsley Suematia, by the way, somehow falls,
he could be in line here. But yeah, I think we've covered
it as far as who they could take. My guy, Troy Franklin,
by the way, I'm going to speak it into existence. Let's go Jake
Troy falls to pick forty nine, and all as well in the neighborhood,
but we're going with Chris Jenkins there. I think the only ones who didn't
mention or some interior offensive line options. I don't think that either of us
think it's terribly likely, but it wouldn't be shocking, I guess, is
the way I would put it. But like a Cooper Beby or Christian Haynes,
or if Zach Taylor falls this far, he might be picked around the
one to two turn. Those guys I think, sorry, Zach Frazier would
be guys. I was like, Man, you ain't picking Zach Taylor at
forty nine? Holl even tell you that's a real don't do that. No,
you bring him in late as he says, to call plays in camp.
But I do think there's some interior offensive line guys that we should at
least mention as possible, and within that realm of possibility in Roman Wilson,
who we haven't mentioned as a second round wide receiver. Oh yeah, and
you could even throw in Jalen Polk from Washington as a potential one. I
don't think they would necessarily go that route there. There are major breakout age
outliers there for him and Roman Wilson, So that's why I'm kind of less
inclined to project them to the Bengal But names we should mention, no doubt,
no doubt about it. And that's what's interesting about pick eighty as we
moved to their first pick in round three, is one, is this where
they start to look to trade up, whether it's forty nine going from forty
nine to forty five, yeah, or here eighty to seventy three to get
their guy. And that's where it gets really interesting. We're going with the
corner here and would not shock me we didn't mention any corners in round two
because there is a gap a corner could be in play in round one,
and then I think we don't really see it come back into the conversation until
pick eighty. I do think they're going to take a corner. Who knows,
maybe they double dip with all the picks they have on day three,
But we're going with Max Melton here out of Rutgers, and I think this
is someone you just look at his profile and he's someone that they will like.
My question about mocking him here does he make it to eighty because there's
kind of a drought here cornerbacks wise in this part of the draft. I
do wonder if he just doesn't fall all the way to eighty and gets picked
in that sixty five to seventy five range. There are other corners that will
be picked in the second and third round. It's just they're not guys that
we would think the Bengals would like. And maybe we're way off on Mike
Sandroschraal and we should be in on Mike Sandrochraal at this point still, and
I'm not sure he's there at forty nine. Yeah, that's definitely possible.
I just have a really hard time projecting the Bengals to go slot corner,
and he's slot corner through and through. Even though they love Mike Hilton,
I just have a hard time with that currently. But Max Melton the guy
in this group that has the speed they would be after, and that's why
the speed size combo is why that's the name that we've kind of focused on
here. He's not the biggest guy in the world, but he has adequate
size to play outside, good length, and he ran a sub four four
forty. They've really prioritized speed and athleticism at this position, and so for
guys projected on day two at corner, he really does stand out having that
combination. Everybody else is either slower or smaller, projects to the slot only,
and we are avoiding some of those slot only options here, like TJ.
Tampa, a guy that by consensus is the second round guy that we
should have talked about in consideration in the second round, but running a four
or five eight is just not the kind of corner the Bengals have drafted.
If it's not cornerback here, Mason Smith, I think a guy they brought
him for a visit and seems to be ascending and maygo earlier than our board
suggests he should. Could even be in consideration at forty nine, not a
pick we would love there, but could certainly be in consideration at eighty as
well. And Ben Sinnett I think is currently favored to be the second tight
end drafted, but if he does fall, I think you would have to
consider him very strongly at eighty. And this is probably the beginning of the
range for Jayalen McMillan as well, a potential Tyler Boyd replacement if they do
not go wide receiver in round two. And that's where we're going here with
Pig ninety seven is Jalen McMillan, and they've looked at him obviously, they
brought him in for a visit, and it's someone that can come in right
away and be your Tyler Boyd slot receiver has been productive in college, and
it's not like he's learning a new spot. Charlie Jones was doing that.
He played outside a ton of Purdue, had to learn it, and so
he helped solidify your wide receiver corps. And heck, we had Steve Disovich
on earlier this week. What did he say wide receiver depth? You can
get guys in round three that are comparable to the player you're getting in round
two. And so I think with the either eighty or ninety seven, those
are probably the favorites. I know I made that forty nine, pick forty
nine for wide receiver, and I do think that they could take a receiver
that early. That's where it starts to get in play. But you pick
eighty pick ninety seven, if they haven't yet, I think this is the
hot spot where they want to get one because it drops off again. And
so I will get Jake's reaction to that pick, and we will continue to
discuss not only pick ninety seven, but the rest of our mock draft.
Jake, We're gonna have to speed up. We will do that coming up
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real reaction for me on the Jalen McMillan in the in the second third round
pick there, James, as you teed up before the break, I come
on, certainly see it were just not a wo touchdown I would like to
pick. I think fine. I think that there's a chance, talking to
Mike Venner yesterday that he makes it into the third day of the draft as
well. Some other receivers I could consider here. Brendan Rice is primarily the
name that stands out as a receiver that hits a lot of their checkboxes that
they would consider along with keon call earlier I mentioned his name and then some
other names here. I think this is when Baker starts to come into conversation.
I think both picks. I think eight ninety seven potentially for Javon Baker
Bernardo Green. This is probably the beginning of his range as well. In
the third round. It's possible he goes a little bit earlier if teams fall
in love with him as one of those guys that could be a type of
corner the Bengals would like. The only other names that I've got here is
our Dominic Pooney. In some worlds, I can see that one on Ann
Intarior offensive line option, Makai Wingo another LSU defensive tackle. We're going to
be talking about a lot of LSU defensive tackles between now and Saturday, potentially
as options for the Bengals. But let's go fourth round, James. We're
into day three now, and boy would it be nice to after going and
Marius Men's, Chris Jenkins, Max Melton, Jalen McMillan, go to another
skill player here before there is a bit of a drop off and odrics me.
I think this is where his floor would be if you're the Bengals.
He might already be picked at this point, but I certainly don't think he's
making it to you At one forty nine. I lean back to a flexible
offensive line option. A guy that can play interior and has experience outside the
guy they met with, Brandon Coleman TCU, who's played tackle and guard in
college. Sign me up. This is this is where I want them,
whether it's pick ninety seven, pick one, fifteen nine, get one of
these versatile linemen that you think can help to stabilize the interit of your offensive
line. And that's what Brandon Coleman could do. And maybe he goes earlier
than this. Other guys that I would like, Tanner BORDERLINI We've talked about
him a lot. I'm in on him as early as ninety seven. I
don't know if the Bengals will be maybe they should be if they're not,
but getting another interior offensive lineman it should be a priority. And it really
doesn't even have anything to do with volcan or cap or cares. It's just
I want someone behind those guys at minimum this year, because we know what
happens as the season goes on. Guys get dinged up. They had to
play an AFC Championship game without three starters on their offensive line. That is
not the recipe for success. You want to have guys that you can bank
on and so get another bite of the apple. I would love a Brandon
Coleman pick in this range. And I know there will be some that say,
well, you got to get the nose tackle, and I want them
to realize, and I think they do because they've met with all. There
are a lot of nose tackles in this class, and I think a lot
of them are similar. So you have a lot of day late day three
picks, So push it back. Focus on the interior of the offensive line
makes a ton of sense for me. Other names that I think start to
come into play. You mentioned s Toma. I think Bucky Irvings starts to
come into play here if they haven't addressed wide receiver Malik Washington. I think
Luke McCaffrey, Javon Baker stays in play. I'll mention Dwayne Carter out of
Duke as well. Another defensive tackle that who knows. Maybe they don't go
defensive tackle and they doubled up on late Day two, early Day three.
You wouldn't shock me. Yeah, I think those are worth mentioning for sure.
McKinley Jackson if they do choose to go nose tackle early. I know
you just talked about pushing it later into day three. I think this is
probably the ceiling there, but you're right that there should be a lot of
similarly tiered late day three nose tackles in this class. They could pick one
of one forty nine. That's not the route we're going. They could pick
Quntest Stiggers here, a guy that I'm going to continue to talk about until
he's like it. You sold me on him. I'm in. It's a
fun story. It's a really good story, and he's good. That's why
I'm in. I don't care about his story. It is a fun story,
and he's got a great name. He's good. That's why I like
him. I like good. There's some development time, But a guy whose
experience is playing in the CFL as a twenty one to twenty two year old
is very interesting, and they've gone to the CFL well before. But Jaheem
Bell is a guy that maybe this is wishful thinking. I've been targeting and
hoping the Bengals would would go that route on day three, and so one
nine for jahem Bell could be the fit. That's what I'm going to project
here. But you could see them shying away because he's an undersized kuy.
They just need that yard after catch weapon in this offense. And if you're
not getting Senate and you're not getting Bowers, because we don't think that they're
getting Bowers, Jahem Bell would be the other guy to do it, and
he could be available in this range, yep, no doubt about it.
Also, you just mentioned yard after catch. We didn't mention him. I
think pick eighty Malachi Corley could be in the next sure if he's there,
I don't think we mentioned him. So I just want to throw it out
that and I thought of Yak and I was like, oh, Cory,
yeah, and you mentioned Malik Washington as well, talking about Yack. Guys,
you did just mention that name. And then that would be another guy
in that same same caliber. We've got four picks left here, James Late
Day three yep, and real quick Eric All another tight end in this range
that they met with three times. Brought him in for a top thirty as
well. So maybe they go that route. But let's go to these other
picks here after Jaheem Bell another guy that they've met with, and they get
their nose tackle Evan Anderson out of Florida Atlantic. I love it. I
love waiting till now. I think this is when you get the value.
I think Evan Anderson can give you those snaps right now and you're not reaching
early on. You're still able to get that interior offensive line help in a
quality offensive lineman. You add a guy like Jaheem Bell and then you still
get your nose tackle and Evan Anderson someone that. Again. I think at
this stage of the draft, if you find someone that can contribute as a
rookie, really hard to do. And I think they did it with Evan
Anderson. And maybe it's Jordan Jefferson, the other LSU tackle I told you
we would be mentioning. Maybe it is m ckiley Jackson going in the Dane
Brugler range more than where you've seen him on some other big boards where Dane
has him as a day six or around six to seven guy. Maybe it's
Chris Boyd from Iowa who Northern Iowa where they sent their position coach. Maybe
it's the local guy Jaan Bit Jawan Briggs. There are some no sackles later.
I would be surprised if they're in on to Andandre Sweat at this point.
To be fair, I know we haven't mentioned his name, but since
we're on the topic of no sackles would be shocked outside of that tip Raymond
perhaps if they don't get a tight end before this point, is a guy
that I would think about here in Xavier Thomas ed Rusher from Clemson, who
they had a lot of contact with. I think starts to come into play
around this area as well. I'm sure there's some other guys we're not mentioning.
We will tee up day three before day three, after day two a
little bit at the end of that show on Friday night, so there will
be other guys that we're able to talk about once we have a little bit
of a clearer picture of who's still available at that point. But let's go
to the compensatory six round pick and another guy they've met with a lot.
And that's kind of how you identify some of these guys as Josh Cephis utsa
wide receiver yep, and the double dipp at wide receiver, the double dipp
at cornerback, the double dip at offensive line, double dip at defensive line.
I think you're going to see multiple double dips here, which c the
sein Seinfeld reference. But no, I think getting two receivers makes a ton
of sense, and you want to find someone that can contribute right away and
then maybe try to find your next andre Yosavash And that's what stephis would fall
under. Is one of these small school guys that you met with that you
really like. And I don't know that they really like him, obviously we're
projecting that, but that's what happened with andre And then they got him in
the building and they're like, WHOA, he's better than we thought. He's
farther along than we thought. He's going to be able to contribute right away.
So you never know. With josh sefhas So, I think this pick
makes a lot of sense. And now we're talking about a lot of the
same same names, and so I think we wait and go through them after
we give our next two picks in the seventh round, and then we can
name six and seventh round potential targets because you have the linebacker, and I
do think they take a linebacker at some point, So get to your guy.
Yeah, I don't know that he's my guy. I kind of picked
a name here that it looked like it fit that would be in this range.
They did have their linebackers coach at the Notre Dame pro Dae where there
were a couple of linebackers to see. To be fair, both of whom
could be picked on Day three, and J. D. Bertrand is the
one that I'm landing on here. He's lower on our consensus sports so it's
more likely that he's available, and he was a two time captain, and
that is roughly the extent of the projection for the Bengals here. I think
they would like a linebacker, a guy that they've seen up close, and
a guy that was a two time captain. Checks a lot of boxes for
the Bengals, no doubt. And then one position that they haven't addressed yet.
I do think they're going to address it running back. Not sure when
they do. I think it could be as early as a Round four with
Rodrick Estime, maybe earlier, but I think it's tough. Maybe though the
right guys there at the right time. But Kendall Milton out of Georgia is
the final pick here, and we obviously didn't do any trades hard to project
trades. We're trying to give you the prospects that they're potentially targeting. Why
they're targeting them where they could target them, and we'll see how many we
get right, if we get any right. But yeah, Kendall Milton could
make some sense. Obviously, he has size and would bring some size to
that backfield with Chase Brown and Zach Mass And he had an injury that kind
of led to a timeshare for him, so his productivity numbers were impacted there.
But when he was on the field, six point two yards per attempt
on two hundred and ninety eight career attempts, so low tread on the tires,
which is something they like, productivity which is something they liked, played
for a big program, which is something they like. And one of the
best yards after contact per attempt backs in this class, especially for guys that
you could get a little bit later on. And so there are some reasons
to think the Bengals could go that route. Not a burner by any means.
So if you're looking for speed, this is not where you get it
at the end of the draft, but some other day. Three names that
we should talk about, James, anybody on your list that you want to
mention before we get out of here. Yeah, for sure, as far
as linebackers go, jayl Ford is one, Jordan McGee another. Keep your
eyes on those two guys. If they go defensive tackle Juwan Briggs. There's
a reason Mike Brown came up to him at the local pro day and talk
to him. That's rare, that's unique. Would not be shocked if they
take Jowan Briggs. The reason I didn't push to mock him Jake. I
think he's gonna go a bit earlier than some are anticipating, in a little
bit earlier for the Bengals. For the Bengals to take him. Another name,
Dylan Johnson, big running back out of Washington that I certainly think they
could target maybe round six with that one of those first or that first round
six pick, or maybe he's there in that second round six. He had
one hundred and ninety three receptions in college and that was some injuries. But
at that stage of the draft, you're willing to take that risk. I
think that's all safety. If they go Trey Taylor air Force maybe at the
end of round seven, I could see him in round seven at some point.
So there's I think that's everyone. I'm just trying to make sure did
we mentioned we didn't mention Christian Boyd yet, did you I think I did?
Okay, Christian Boyd, Justin Rodgers, all those nose tackles, certainly
keep keep them on your radar as well. But literally, our goal right
now is to make sure we're mentioning guys that should be on your radar.
We'll do it throughout the draft, but this we are at least aware and
you're like, oh, hey, I heard that on lockdown. I've got
a couple two really quick. Just we've talked about some of these guys.
Malik Mustafa wake Forest safety, the Bengals had their safety coach at the PRODA
there died Jon Anthony. They brought in for a top thirty. The Ole
Miss safety we talked about contest Siggers plenty. Don't need to bring that name
up again. Jalen Green, James Madison linebacker, slash edge player. I'm
not sure what exactly position you play in the NFL, A guy they have
showed some interest in if you're looking at late Day three options. In addition
to Trajhon Jeffcoat from Arkansas, we got Avery Jones into your offensive lineman that
we added to the draft spreadsheet when it was reported that the Bengals had extended
time spent with him at his pro day and in virtual meetings. You mentioned
I think before we started recording favorite Matos, the guy who didn't play football
who is now being looked at as a potential football player. He would project
to be an offensive lineman at six seven, three thirteen. Giovanni Manu for
another late offensive tackle prospect from the University of British Columbia who we've talked about.
Those guys could be more priority free agent types, but the NFL seems
to be blowing up Manu in particular as a late target for tight end.
Just wanted to make sure we mentioned Tanner McLaughlin and Trey Knox, and for
wide receiver, wanted to make sure we mentioned Jacob Cowing as well. And
I think that is all the names that I have on my list to mention
as potential Bengals target. So it's time for the draft or your next episode
will be of reaction to the first round. It's draft time, baby,
It's draft time, Jake, Yeah, can't wait, really excited. We
will join you on Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, so when
you wake up Friday morning, you obviously have our reaction. When you wake
up Saturday morning, you'll have our reaction, and then heck, Sunday morning,
you're gonna have our reaction and that'll be there for you Monday as well.
So it's gonna be a busy weekend, Jake, But obviously we're excited
always is, and you can make sure you stay tuned to our socials as
well for any in draft live coverage and maybe one or two of us are
doing I'm doing. I don't know what your plan is, James, but
you can find out if we're doing any live plans on socials as well at
Jake Let's go app, James. Repeat until next time. Thanks for listening
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