Cincinnati Bengals add defensive trench beef and receiving upside on day 2 of 2024 NFL Draft

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too. We really appreciate it.That'd be really nice of you. The
Bengals have two days of drafting inthe books, James, and we're going
to break down the second round today, and we were really close in a
couple of ways to nailing our predictivemock. Max Milton obviously goes much earlier

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than we had them in the predictivemock. But we start two for two
with Chris Jenkins going to the CincinnatiBengals in the second round, and when
they go a Marius Mems in thefirst round, it feels like defensive tackle
is priority number one in round numbertwo. And then there's a crazy run
with teams trading up and my hopesheld out for Johnny Newton in a trade

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up there don't come to fruition,but instead they land with Chris Jenkins staying
put at forty nine. Yeah,and There's a lot to like about this
pick. First what First off,he was really high on their board and
Zach Taylor and Leuen Rumo talking abouthow they were squinting. I think Lou
mentioned the squinting but just staring athis name hoping that he would be there.

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I think they had it Johnny Newtonand then Chris Jenkins out of all
those defensive tackles that went. Ithink that's how their board lined up.
And so to get Jenkins to getthe consolation prize for Johnny Newton, the
Johnny Newton dream that Jake Lisco triedto manifest. You really tried in every
way from locked on Bengals insiders inshout out to all of our insiders,

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to the show we did on Fridaywhere we led with Newton and how they
could trade up all of those things. It doesn't happen, but they got
a really good player in Chris Jenkins, and someone that is going to contribute
right away, is going to betheir third defensive tackle. And I think
you tweeted this. Obviously they're they'regetting worse without DJ Reader, but the

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trio might be better that they havethis year with a guy like Chris Jenkins
like DT three might be better,mate. It was you or Joe or
somebody. Somebody tweeted it, Yeah, that was me, Okay. There
there was a clear need on thisteam for a third defensive tackle. When
DJ Reader or bj Hill were offthe field last year and Josh Tupo or

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Zach Carter, Wow, Zach Carterhad to come on the field and they
had a rotated defensive tackle. Itwas noticeable. You'd see a run get
ripped off and then the replay wouldbe like, Hi, I wonder if
Zach Carter wasn't on this play.I wonder if DJ Reader needed a break
when he was healthy last year.And then you look up on the replay
and you see the trench view ofit and it's like, oh, yep,
there's that Carter and so Chris Jenkinsshould You never know, right,

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you never know if players going tohit. But on paper, the second
round defensive tackle with the track recordof run defensive Chris Jenkins has the athleticism
that Chris Jenkins brings to the Bengalsinterior defensive line should improve them at that
rotational DT three spot immediately. Andthat was a big need for this team.
It was. It was a hugeneed. And to me, this

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is the typical Bengals pick where youget a guy who comes from a winning
program, that is the captain,that is going to come in and contribute
right away and be part of theculture. And would it shock you if
Chris Jenkins had a C on hischest at some point here at Peycorp Stadium.

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I don't think it would shock anyone. And we talked to him after
he was picked, and he wassuper excited, said how he wanted to
be a complete defensive tackle and that'show he used himself as a defensive tackle.
He's asked about how PFF described himas a run stuffer and n run
stuff or whatever it is. Andobviously he comes in and is going to
help them right away in that areaand that's important, especially in the AFC

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North. But man, I lookat it and some of these defensive tackles
that went ahead of him, I'msure that the pundits are going to wonder
why Jenkins was able to fall afterthe run on DTS two forty nine.
And so I like it a lot. I think this pick makes sense and

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it's why we predicted it. Ithink is because it just it fits if
he were to make it there,and he somehow made it there despite the
run on dts. Yeah, andit's a pick that sets a theme or
follows a theme that we're going todiscuss for each of the four picks the
Bengals have made so far. Wherethe flashes for Chris Jenkins are excellent,

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even in the pass rush where hedidn't have the most productivity as a pass
rusher. He wasn't this penetrating threetechnique in the Michigan defense where he's racking
up pressures in sacks, but hedid have a percent past rush pass rush
win rate in twenty twenty three,which is pretty good. It's it's not
elite, it's not the fifteen,seventeen, eighteen, nineteen percent of the

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Mike Halls and the Biern Murphys andthe Johnny Newton's, the higher end pass
rushers in the class. But healso didn't have a ton of opportunities to
do it. But when he did, the flashes were there. And so
when you think about the flashes thatJohnny that Chris Jenkins put on tape,
the flashes that Amarus Men's a MariusMens has on tape, the flashes that
were going to talk about. Withthe third round picks for the Bengals,

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they're clearly swinging for upside in thisdraft. That is a theme that we've
seen for the first two days ofthis draft, and if Jenkins hits that
upside, then I think he candevelop into a three down player. Do
I think that he's going to bea three down player right away? No?
I don't think that that's what theBengals are going to ask him to

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do right away. I think thathis role in the Bengals defense will be
different from what it was in theMichigan defense, and that will have an
acclimatization period that will have the normalNFL transition where things are going to be
a little bit different. He's goingto have to learn a slightly different role.
But if he can hit that upside, then he could be a starter
for you in a three down playerdown the road. Do I still think

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they have a need for a penetratingpass rushing type defensive tackle, Sure,
and they could have gotten that thisyear. But I don't completely write off
Chris Jenkins upside in that area.No, I mean neither. I don't
either, especially once people start tohear him, and we obviously haven't met
in person, but you can justtell that he's made of the right whatever

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it is to maximize what he has. And his nickname is the Mutant,
which is one of the best nicknamesever. And so no, I think
it's really hard not to like thispick. And I think he's pretty complete
and from what you're looking for forthis team, Like I said, all
the intangibles, all of those things. Plus he's really talented, he's athletic,

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and he's going to have the workethic and so whatever his ceiling is,
I think he's going to get toit. And you're right, he's
not going to hit the ground runninglike he did at Michigan when he's helping
them win national championships. But Ido think he'll be able to contribute as
a rookie. And it's a reallygood pick there, and yet we have
another defensive tackle to get to.But I think we need to get to
the shock of the draft first,which yeah, let me let me add

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a couple of things if you don'tmind, is that? Okay? Can
I jump back in on Chris Jenkinsfor a minute here, James, It's
fine, you can bore people withtrench talk instead of the most important pick
of the draft to this point,because it shocked. I think what's exciting
about it with Jenkins is that theyadd that athleticism. You mentioned it when
you were kind of trying to wrapup there. The athleticism injection that Jenkins

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represents is exciting. They needed athleticismon that interior defensive line, and since
it comes with a package that wasvery productive in run defense at Michigan,
I think that is an enticing pick. I give it a B as my
final instant knee jerk reaction if yougive another grade. If you give another

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grade, I'm gonna fly to Canadaand I'm gonna steal it. Not doing
grades. Okay, No, Thenthe last thought is four straight years with
the Michigan player picked, and threestraight years with the Michigan player picked with
a Round two or higher pick forthe Cincinnati Bengals, this time going to
the trenches after a couple of yearsdoing it in the defensive backfield. Yeah,

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I like it. I think ChrisJenkins might have the biggest impact of
the three. Since there there's somequestions about how they used the first rounder
and we'll see. But DJ Turnerprobably going to start for this team this
year. But let's get to theshock of the draft. I said most
important. That's clearly not true.Marius Moms is the most important, but

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it certainly was the shock of thedraft. Jermaine Burton is a Bengal.
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an active subscriber to receive free dessert. A shock to start the third round
for the Bengals, they had twopicks in the third round in Jermaine Burton
was the guy that I've watched agame of James pretty early in the process.

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For me, it was February,and then I stopped because someone told
me there were character concerns, andI said, okay, well, Zach
Taylor hasn't picked character concerns in histime with the Cincinnati Bengals, but clearly
there's comfort with Jermaine Burton. Yeah, a ton of comfort. I mean
a pound the table. You're soexcited you get him comfort. A fact
that Zach Taylor called him a quotegreat receiver. Comfort. Think about that

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caught him a great receiver right now? I asked him and that was the
quote. So yeah, I thinkthis is very much a Zach Taylor is
extremely comfortable with Jermaine Burton the person, the player, and man is there
are a lot to like about theplayer. Let's start there, because everyone's
going to lead with the character concerned. Let's talk about the player. Because

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you're talking about twenty and a halfyards per catch last year, over seven
hundred yards receiving for Alabama, eighttouchdowns, no drops, and can play
slot, can play outside obviously,is the deep threat a good and contested
catch situations averaged eighteen plus eighteen anda half yards per catch in SEC for
four years. And so there's alot to like there is, And they

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love the tape, and you tweetedout you were really good. You were
on this. From Dan Brugler toSteve Polozolo, all these different analysts that
John Ledyard loved the pick, allthese guys loving the fact that the Bengals
added Jermaine Burton. And so theplayer on the field certainly is someone you
want, but there's the off thefield concerns. There's a reason he was

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there at eighty. There's a reasonwhy we didn't really discuss him on this
podcast. And it's simple. TheBengals haven't gone this route. They go
with the Chris jenkinses. That's justit's what they've done, and it's it
feels risky because we haven't seen thisiteration of the Bengals do this. I
remember Marvin doing this and the midtwo thousand, right where it's like,

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oh, character concerns, but manlyupside's there and it was just that was
a normal conversation. So I getit and I remember that vividly at the
same time. Now it's the firsttime I think we've seen Zach do this,
and it's such a key draft,key moment that I think it's it's
interesting and could nail it. TjHuschmanzada is obviously a fan of the pick,
so we will see. But JermaineBurton is a Bengal. Yeah.

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Burton training with Hushman Zada and willcontinue to train with Hushman Zada. Hush
talks to Jeff Hobson for Bengals dotCom talking about the adjustment to the training
plan now that he knows where Burtonhas landed and who will be around Burton
in Cincinnati, the kind of offensethat has run for the wide receiver that
Hush is training, and when theypicked Burton, my immediate reaction was throw

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out everything you thought you knew aboutthe way the Bengals draft wide receiver,
because while Burton does check a lotof their boxes in terms of the measurables,
in terms of having some production,he did not have early production in
college despite playing for huge schools.You know the Georgia Alabama career where some
say Kirby Smart was fed up withthem and essentially ran him out of town.

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And Saban, who recruited him outof high school, didn't want him
out of high school in the end, was a little bit picky about the
personality coming out of high school,took him on as a transfer. Saban
had some thoughts about the maturity andthe emotions that Burton displays and will probably
need to control a little bit betteras he grows and matures at the next

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level when he was picked and he'sdoing his TV coverage, But the breakout
age outlier for Cincinnati the character outlierfor the Zach Taylor drafting era are both
significant for Jermaine Burton. So whywould they do it as well? Because
they've got a guy that they thinkprobably has first round tap and they're clearly
comfortable with the person. Explain breakoutage for people, right, good call.

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Breakout age is an indicator that hasused in advance mostly fantasy is actually
where it started that just kind oftells you this is the age at which
this is a year that the playerwas x percent of their offense's passing game.
I think it's twenty five percent,and for Jermaine Burton it was very
late. The Bengals typically like todraft players with early breakout ages. Jamar

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Chase T Higgins, Tyler Boyd allexamples where they were very productive early in
their career. So whether you knowexactly what breakout age is or whether I've
messed up the definition or not hereand somebody can correct me in the comments
if I have, it's essentially justan indicator that they were productive at a
young age, and that's what thatmeans. The Bengals have prioritized this consistently

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when drafting wide receivers for like adecade until last year. Last year we
kind of wrote it off as theymade some exceptions on Day three in a
class that has all these COVID seniors. And they still have COVID seniors this
year obviously, and that'll increase inDay three. But apparently they are much
more willing to overlook that now andthey used to be if this is something

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that they indeed did use as ametric, and it seemed like they did
because it was so consistent with thewide receivers they've drafted for years. Yeah,
I agree, And that's what's interesting. That's the other element of this
is it was like character. He'salso twenty three. It's not like he
had multiple thousand yard seasons or anythinglike that. But I do think that

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this is very much a look atthe tape, and the tape stands out.
You mentioned it first round tape.And when you do produce like he
did in SEC from a yards percatch standpoint, despite the maturity questions,
despite switching schools, all of thosethings, and you're playing in really talented

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receiver rooms, of course he's gotsomething to him and so he has a
hell of an opportunity here. Right. I read Dane Bruger's Draft guide and
you just read the summary at theend and it's underachieved in college, will
be a better pro. Well,what better situation then if you're Jermaine Burton
to come to not only the teamthat your trainer became a great act right

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TJ. Huschman's out is a Bengalgreat. He's been training you and so
now you get to come to Cincinnati. But Joe Burrow's here, Jamar Chase
is here, and you can moldyour game you guys are both six foot
tall. You can mold your gameafter him. Burton just over two hundred
pounds. Like there's there's some similaritiesthere from how they're built. No one's
Jamar, but there are some similaritiesthere. And so obviously Tigan's is as

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mature as they come to and hecan learn from him as well. So
I do think this is about asgood of a landing spot. Oh,
by the way, Joe Burrow's gonnathrow the ball over the field as good
of a landing spot as you couldask for if you're Jermaine Burton, and
it's up to him to prove ZachTaylor right and improve the Bengals right.
And if he does, the Bengalsgot to steal in a really good receiver
class. And it's a really goodclass, right. There aren't many guys

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that have done with Jermaine Burton wasable to do on tape to your point
and to draft pundits points, Andhe does fit an explosive player that can
play outside inside like football wise,he fits Jake And it's exciting thinking about
has slot experienced an extensive slot widereceiver experience in his second to last year
and school back in twenty twenty two, played a lot of slot for Alabama,

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was a huge deep threat then inhis last year at Alabama, where
his average depth of target over twentyyards was fourth in the country. More
than half of his receiving yards overfour hundred and fifty yards on deep balls.
I think was really good on contestedcatches as well, which is something
that PFF and Dame both point out. And like you said, maybe we
don't have time to read the fullquotes now, but Pfsteve Palozzolo, and

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Trevor Sekama both extremely high on JermaineBurton. Palozolo had Jermain Burton as his
fourth best receiver in the class,as did John Ledyard, and Nate Ty
said he has maybe the best handsin the class. When you have all
of that in a package, youcan also take the top off of defenses.
That's a pretty exciting player to bea complimentary future teammate and running mate
with Jamar Chase as a long termpiece to be your number two, because

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the Bengals don't need a number one. They've got that in Jamar Chase,
and they've got a one a forat least this year. You think and
T Higgins. So when you canbe a complimentary piece in the short term
and the long term, I thinkyou've got something there. Let's talk about
the last pick for the Bengals onday to McKinley Jackson and no Sacle and
we were very close to going withanother check mark for the predictive mock.

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you teased it. Did we almostget it right? Why did we almost
get it right? What are youtalking about? We have mckilly Jackson at
one fifteen, didn't we in thepredictive mock? Didn't we like that?
We probably did, actually, Sowhat I remember is that I wanted to
put them in ninety seven, andyou're like, no, let's not put
them in ninety seven because it's abad pick. So perfect we got it

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right. It's a bad pick herethere, it's early, it is,
And I don't blame the Bengals,and I'm not being mean to McKinley Jackson
here it's just early. And that'swhat happens when you have a need.
Right in this idea that all right, teams don't draft for a need.
Every team drafts for a need,and you want to go bpa that fits
your needs, and they've they wereable to do that, Like Chris Jenkins,

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I think fits that really well.McKinley Jackson is the biggest all three
of these other guys, Like Iget it with Burton, like he would
have probably went pretty quickly after pickeighty because someone would have just been like
the Bengals and been all in onhim, and he visited a lot of
teams. There are other teams thatdidn't have him on their board. With
McKinley Jackson, it's it makes sensebecause they need that three hundred and thirty

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pound nose tackle, because they needthat guy that is going to be able
to clog up those running lanes andeat up that space. So the player
makes sense. I just think itwas a tat early, That's how And
I do wonder if McKinley Jackson canbe the no cackle they need him to
be. He's not going to beasked to do a lot right away.
But when you look at boards aroundthe internet, because that's the resource we've

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got now between Dame Burglar and PFFand you know, you name it,
he's got it. You know,a sixth seventh round grade and that's that's
most of it is. The filmgrades are a little bit better. Joe
Gooberry's film grade was a solid.I think day like late day two,
early day three. Draft guy Jaredwho does his big Boy board where he

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goes through all the trench players,similar, similar idea, But I do
wonder if he will be the nocackle they need him to be. He's
a big body and he has theframe to do it. He has the
strength to do it. But we'llneed to be coached up and we'll need
to get on the right track withthe Bengals, and the Bengals, unfortunately

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have this history of picking defensive linemenin the third and fourth round, interior
defensive lineman in the third and fourthround, and then not getting it right.
And this goes all the way backto like Brandon Thompson in twenty fourteen,
thirteen twelve, whatever year that wasmore than ten years ago. I
think in the Brandon are the Devinstill drafts. So the history twelve,

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twelve twelve. Yep, yeah,so more than ten years ago. Eventually
we got there. I just hadto count down a few years. But
they kind of need to get itright. Like their DT three is better
because they add Chris Jenkins in thesecond round. We think if that pick
goes according to plan, their DTthree is better period. But they still

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need a nose tackle or rotational nosetackle because they don't have one on the
team. It's not just DJ Readerwe're talking about here either, it's also
the Josh Tupo staffs. They needtwo guys that are gonna be able to
rotate in and elevate what they gotfrom DT three and DT four leaves year.
I hope that McKinley Jackson does that. I'm not sure that he will.
I hope that he can. Hehas the body to do so.

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And he again has flashes. Andthis is what I mean about this theme
of drafting to the flashes. JermaineBurton's upside is sensational if he hits it.
The Kimley Jackson's flashes are great.But the question, and Dame Burgler
pointed this out, is why isn'tit more consistent for mckimley Jackson. And
so that's where when you're picking anose tackle in a world of nose cackles,

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where we think you can get oneon day three and there's not going
to be a huge difference, andthere's an inconsistency question and you look at
some of the other options. That'swhy it feels early. But hopefully the
Bengals are just smarter than us.It's happened before, it'll happen again,
and then that's the hope with thispick for sure. Yeah. I mean
if he turns to be turns outto be a productive guy that can man

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that spot, well, then it'sworth the ninety seventh pick. Right,
there's no debate there, and hedoesn't need to become a pro bowler to
be worth it. He just needsto be solid and so hopefully he can.
I look that the Bengals defensive lineis much much better than it was
twenty four hours ago. The trenchesare much much better. There's much better

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depth with these three guys than itwas than they had forty eight hours ago.
I get it. You mentioned Burtonand like the flashes, I think
as a player, it's not justflashes. I think he's that dude,
Like I don't really worry about thethe upside from a playing standpoint as much
as I do, just making surehe's mature right and cares himself right away

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exactly. Yeah, that's all withMcKinley. Yeah, there's in draft guy.
Jared's big on McKinley. Jackson likereally liked what he saw and was
tweeting out some stuff about it.And so the Bengals probably saw the good
stuff. And because it's a need, you start to overlook some of the
bad stuff. And that's or youdon't care about it enough because you know

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you've got to have it. Yeah, and that's it's just a tough place
to be in because we had abuffet and you gotta eat, and you're
desperate to eat, and they're outof the good fried chicken, and man,
they got some some bad sushi.See. I like sushi, so
it's not really bad sushi, butthe face sushi's bad sushi. You got
bad some buffet sushi over there.You want the fried chicken, but the
fried chicken, Yeah, you settledfor the sushi. You like that analogy?

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I lost the analogy somewhere over Yougot confused about the sushi. I
was like, what do we doing? What are we talking? I'm saying,
I'm saying, but feyt sushi isnot good. It's one a m
bro. Yeah, no, doyou think the fey sushi is good?
Most buffet sushi is not never seenor eaten the fay sushi. There we

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go, see, so how canit be good? How could it be
good? Interesting notes on on McKinleyJackson here ball. He was a team
captain in twenty twenty three. Hewas suspended in twenty twenty one. He
did have some some drug charges inhis background, according to Dame Buglers East
possession of a controlled substance, Sothat is something to note. A couple

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of players, and Brugler mentioned thisin his coverage on the NFL Athletics Show
or the Athletic NFL Show where they'redoing live coverage. Two players for the
Bengals in the third round that someteams just did not have on their board,
apparently due to due to those characterconcerns. Bengals cleared them obviously,
and the Bengals did their homework,but the Bengals are the team that took

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on the risk for both of thoseplayers. And so they must be very
high on the football product for bothof those guys, obviously not only for
being strongly convinced enough to make thosepicks, but to have gotten through the
clearance on the character as well.So a mixed character review there, I
would say for McKinley Jackson, whoboth was a captain in his last year

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in college and also had the suspensionand arrest in the background. As far
as Day three goes, because theBengals they bolstered the train and is some
I think we're going to see acorner pretty early. I could see them
double dipping right now. They havesix picks. If they keep all six
would not shock me at off wesee another double dip, whether it's at

(29:11):
corner, whether it's at I couldsee receiver. I think it's a little
unlikely because Burton is that versatile piecethat can do a little bit of everything,
so they don't necessarily need to getanother one. But I could still
see it. Man, But ifa guy falls, like if Troy Franklin
is still there at some point,or if Brendan Rice is still there,
they're all there. There's a Tonthere. Yeah, there's a top where
he got picked that's the only one. Luke McCaffrey got picked at one hundred.

(29:34):
Yeah, probly last pick of thethird round. Who picked him?
That would be Washington. Washington havingthe draft of Bengals fans dreams they're having
a good way. Oh man,See, it's one hundred picks earlier than
our board would have had Luke McCaffreypicked, and forty three picks earlier than

(29:57):
his consensus rating. He was alwaysgoing early though, Like I told you,
one fifteen was kind of the soanyways, the fact that all these
guys are still there, like MalikWashington is still there, don't shy away
from going back to wide receiver waswas what I was trying to make a
point about. There, no doubt, no. And then obviously running back,

(30:18):
interior, offensive line, cornerback,those are the three. We could
see. A linebacker, we couldsee an edge rusher, but I think
I think those are the big threefor me. And then yeah, of
course, dude, if Malik Washington'sthere at one fifteen, hard for me
to say no to that. Man, Well, you got Troy Franklin is
still there, and we can't nobodycan figure out why Troy Franklin fell out
of day two all together. AndI'm going to keep mentioning Rice even though

(30:42):
apparently the things we thought the Bengalsliked in receiver are not necessarily the same
things anymore. Uh, Jalen Wrightand who had a really late breakout age?
Who had the latest breakout age?That's who the latest breakoutage? Like
breakoute on the set. Daviel Legettewill be one, a guy named who

(31:03):
Griffin? There we go, Iwas naming some people. I thought the
Bengals. Oh, Gabriel Budget isthe other one that prick you said,
Gabriel Murphy. Yeh. And estimateapparently could go a little bit later than
we thought. Javon Baker still outthere. Dwight mcglothern a corner that we
know they they met with. Wouldn'tbe shocked to see him come off the
board to the Bengals here. Andwe could see a tight end, did

(31:25):
you mention tight end? Could seea tight end as well with Jatavian Sanders
falling all the way out of daytwo as well, I believe, yeah,
I think he did. Now nowI'm in on Sanders, yeah,
day three sure, jehem Bell obviouslywe're in on him. So do you
think they're actually targeting an interior offensivelineman here? We've mentioned it a lot,
but do we do we believe thatat this point? Do you think

(31:48):
that they're confident in Trey Hill?But we but we know they like Cody
Ford, and now they have CodyFord who can focus on the interior spots
with with no center, they haveno backup center. That's true. They
have to have it, and soyou might as well get a center that
can also play guard. Lemmer Bordellini. Those guys are Bordelini can probably play

(32:09):
a little guard. Bordelini, Baby, gimme the Bordelini Guini. Let's get
out of here. I'm gonna goeat some totally. I'm not gonna do
it for this episode of the podcast, and we'll be back, of course
to recap day three as well untilI'm not. Thanks for listening, Whoda,

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