Final Mock Draft Monday! What would WE do for the Bengals' 2024 draft?

In our final Mock Draft Monday for 2024, Jake and James put on their GM hats and go through their ideal (realistic) draft targets for the Cincinnati Bengals. From early trench picks to trying to find value at the skill positions and even a big trade(!), find out who could make the biggest impact for the Bengals as the guys run through their scenarios to try to better the team. Join the Locked On Bengals Insider Community! https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonbengalsFind and follow Locked On Bengals on your favorite podcast platforms:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locked-on-bengals-daily-podcast-on-the-cincinnati-bengals/id1159723162Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AObc0lh0WmQl5fJVgtajsGoogle Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vbG9ja2Vkb25iZW5nYWxz?sa=X&ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwio_sXtj8nuAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAgStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/locked-on-bengals
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Today we dive into a couple ofhome brewed no simulator involved, mock draft
Monday scenarios. What would we doif we were Duke Tobin and Mike Brown
combined into one Bengals decision maker?We've got two scenarios for you going through

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seven rounds? What do you got? How are we starting this thing?
Yeah? I think it's pretty clearin our listeners and viewers know what I
would do. I pick eighteen.I would will brock Powers into existence.
But we also are going to tryto be realistic with this, and I
just don't think he makes it toeighteen. I think there's going to be

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too many teams, whether it's adark horse team, like the Bears,
who have been rumored to be interestedin Bowers. Now, obviously the Jets
and Colts have been mentioned, theBroncos, the Saints. Who knows one
of those teams are going to takebrock Powers And we talked about this when
we set the draft board. Olufashanuto me, would be the target here.

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I also think he's going to begone, So I go back to
the drawing board and I think AmariusMems is going to be there and be
available at eighteen, and that's whoI would take. And I would take
him for a few reasons. One, I think that he has a chance
to be the best tackle in thisclass, and that's really hard to find
it pick eighteen. The risk isthere because we haven't seen it, but

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I'm comfortable with just talking to anyone, whether it was Dane last week,
obviously, we've had Joe Goodberry onwhoever you want to discuss this topic with.
I'm comfortable taking him at eighteen becauseI think the risk is there.
There's some risk, but I thinkthe reward is much much higher. And

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there's also a chance that he doesn'thit a ceiling but also doesn't bust and
it's just a solid player, whichI don't think we've really talked about Amarus
Mims in that way, and Ithink his solid is really darn good.
So give me a Marius Mims.I would be happy with him at eighteen,
and that's who I would take.And with Trent Brown expected to start
the year right tackle. If Mimscomes in and he needs time to cook,

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he needs time to develop that awarenessthat only comes with experience what you
need reps for, So hopefully youwould get them in the preseason. If
you were the Bengals first round pick. Then you have Trent Brown who can
get you started, who's been aroundthe NFL for a long time, who've
seen everything you can see in theNFL. And then you got a Maru
Smims cooking in the background, readyto unleash that freaky frame and ridiculous way

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to carry three hundred and forty poundswith a ridiculously low body fat percentage and
all of that athletic cupside from anexpected draft position perspective. Shout out to
BENJ. Robinson who Grinding the Moxis his website where he tracks where players
are expected to be drafted based onscraping a ton of mock drafts from around

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the internet, and Mariusmims is themost likely to be available to the Bengals
based on that data as well.Brock Bowers, while we would all like
to dream, has maintained throughout theprocess an expected draft position between you know,
nine and eleven for this entire process, maybe dipping down to twelve at
one point. Ol Fashanu, whowould also be my first choice I believe

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at tackle if he were to fall, which he could, because some teams
I guess do have some concerns therehas an expected draft position at thirteen.
Jac Latham, who would also bein consideration for me and I am in
locks up with you here for thisfirst round pick James of looking at tackle.
Jac Latham expected draft position at sixteenand Mems I think I mentioned earlier

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in the early twenties at twenty onepoint eight twenty two. Roughly he's the
most likely to be available. Ithink that my order of preference is fashion
new and then Latham and Mems isstill really hard to pick. Latham is
a guy that I think you couldcome in and he could be a solid
pass protector for you right away.I thought he was very aware in college
of where the different pass rushing threatscame from in the passing game. I

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thought he was a very smart player. I thought his in play communication was
really good. I think he hasgood bursts out of a set, even
though he doesn't have good, youknow, forty yard dash type speed.
I don't think he's a guy thatyou want pulling. I don't think he's
going to do is good of ajob getting to the second level as Mems
could. I think Men's is abetter mover and open space. But I

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think both of those players have reallyrefined pass sets, really clean footwork.
I really like Latham's hand usage andI like his hand placement for the most
part. The biggest issue but probablymost guys coming out, is you're worried
about for guys that move slower likeLatham, oversetting because he knows he has
to get to the spot against widealignments in the NFL and speed rushers and

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then getting beat back across his faceinside because he can't recover quickly enough to
get back inside and redirect those sortsof countermoves. So that's obviously the concern
with Latham. Then Mems, I'vejust discussed the experienced issue there, So
assuming fashion New is gone. Ifhe's not, that's my pick. But
if he is gone, then I'mtrying to decide Latham memes. I would

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probably lean upside in Mims as wellJames, but I think there's a really
strong argument there for Latham as wellif he's available. And I think fu
Wanga, who neither of us havementioned, is also in the conversation.
But uh, I lean toward thebigger body types here, the longer arms
the guys that I know some peopleare projecting length in the guard, but

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not as many as think Fuango's bestfit in the NFL might be guard.
Why does everyone add an end toFuaga? There's no end. When he
said his name in an interview withsome NFL network guys, that's where I
heard weird. Yeah, so weird, Like even in the Beast, it's
Fuaga random because I know Joe's donethat too, and I'm like, where
where's the end? So we'll findout. It's like we'll find out,

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you know, if the Bengals pickhim, we will certainly we'll certainly find
out. We'll probably find out oneway or the other. Anyways, it
makes sense. Wait, like takingan offensive tackle here makes sense, But
wait, what, We're not goingto the second round? Oh okay,
to make I goes trading up inhis mock, Yeah, the Bengals would,

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but I would. I have seenin mox from Dame Brugler, from
Lancer Line from mel Kiper and fieldYates, Johnny Newton falling to the end
of the first round, and Ijust don't get it. We've talked about
Johnny Newton a ton. We've talkedabout the fact that we don't necessarily expect
the Bengals to pick him. Althoughmaybe that top thirty I'm gonna keep calling

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it that because Zach Taylor did visitthat he reportedly took with the Bengals,
maybe that does mean that there's moreinterest there than we previously assumed. Hard
to say, Buss, my preferencesaid defensive tackle. If you're taking one
at eighteen, by the way,that's who I would take. I would
take Johnny Newton. Just taking thatone out there. His expected draft position,
and that's fair. His expected draftposition is twenty seven, and I've

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seen him go thirty one into thesecond round thirty two, and I'm trading
up with Tampa at twenty six.I'm trading a future first in eighty this
year to get back into the firstround. Tampa is the team I target
there. I would do Arizona,but they have too much picks. I
think Arizona's more likely to want totrade up than trade back. Maybe somebody

(09:03):
else trades into twenty seven and Itrade with whoever has a twenty seventh pick.
But I'm going to get Johnny Newton, and I'm going with a tackle
tackle offensive defensive combination in the firstround and getting bold here James, and
I'm keeping my second round pick.I'm keeping one third round pick, and
I'm giving up next year's first,which to me is going to be a
second because the Bengals are putting themselvesin a position to win the Super Bowl.

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Of course, with my Fantasy Landmock here, I love it.
I love it. I mean,if you can add Johnny Newton and add
a stud offensive tackle in Amarius Mims, I mean you could look up in
a few years and those two guysbe near the top of their positions in
the league, and so I getit. I love that you went the

(09:48):
future first route, because we've seenthat some of our listeners certainly have done
that. In their mock. Soyeah, this is this is very is
some thing I feel like I woulddo, but I did not do it.
You did it, Jake. Let'sgo moving up getting Johnny Newton.
I have a second round pick,You still have a second round pick.
We will get to what we woulddo in the second round coming up next.

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The Bengals have the forty ninth pick, and if you listen to this
show, I think you know thispick too. It's pretty predictable for me,
and I don't shy away from it. I'm sure you could guess this
one. I would be in onLad McConkie here. I don't think he's
going to fall here, and I'lldo that throughout our mock. Here of
what we would do is name aplayer or two that I think could be

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in the range or that I wouldconsider. But this is Troy Franklin's Troy
Franklin's there at forty nine, andDane Brugler has a second slash third rounder
on him in the Beast. Ithink they one. The Bengals should consider
him two. I would take himbecause he gives them a dynamic threat on
the outside that can contribute right awayand fits the T Higgins, Jamar Chase,

(13:01):
Mike Gesicki offense. He fits rightaway and can give them something that
these other guys don't necessarily have,and yet you're not banking on him to
have ninety catchers as a rookie either. So I think that that fit makes
a ton of sense. And soI'm going offense offense here Marius Mims and
Troy Franklin. I'm also staying onthe offensive side of the ball, but
I've had a defensive pick with mysecond first round pick. I know you

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love your wide receivers in the secondround. Just to summarize the expected draft
positions for Troy Franklin a little bitlater forty three compared to Lad mccackey,
who is up at thirty four,So there's a chance that both of those
guys could be gone. Who's yourfallback wide receiver here? Or is there
one? Oh? I if Franklin'snot here, I might wait on receiver

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certainly, And I think that ChrisJenkins would be in play. The defensive
tackle out of Michigan would be someonethat I would consider here. I think
that they would consider a trade downhere potentially depending on who there, if
the run happens and they don't havea first round grade on the guy at
forty nine, because I do thinkthat there's that scenario where they're like,

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oh, we can get like alow, low first round grade on one
of these guys our early second Soyeah, we'll see. But in this
what we would do, I'm willingit. Troy Franklin is going to be
there, Jake, there you go. They're going to take him. So
I am not looking at receiver here. I thought about it, but especially

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having given up a third ground pick, I thought about it because I thought
maybe I could get a receiver inthe third round. Maybe I still can
with ninety seven, where maybe that'sthe last opportunity for some guys. But
I'm looking interior offensive line here,and I land on Cooper Beebe, who
has an expected draft position of fiftyaccording to BENJ. Robinson's grinding the mox

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Zach Frasier is the other one that'sin consideration here, who I think does
have some center guard ability to hisgame, but an earlier EVP of forty
three suggests that he might not makeit. I think the defensive tackle also
in consideration. Chris Jenkins. Youmentioned expected draft position for him at forty
five, so while you've seen himin mox go a little bit later,

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I think for Chris Jenkins Also he'sgone a little bit earlier. Dan Brugler
has him gone thirty five to theChargers. So maybe you can't get the
perfect fitted defensive tackle here. Maybethey do really like Ruca Rovero and end
up going that route. Maybe theyreally like a different defensive tackle, Braden
Fisk something like that. But Igo interior offensive line here for I think

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ideally I like Zach Frasier a littlebit better. But if you can't get
him, I think Cooper BB canstep in and has the upside to be
a really good guard for you fora really long time. I think he
can compete for a starting job thisyear, and then Alex Kappa is a
free agent, and then he's competingcertainly next year and probably has a long
term starting job. The only downsideto BB for me is that he's gonna

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be a little bit older coming outof twenty three. But a two time
captain with really good data, goodenough film, great to justify the pick.
To me, I am going heavyin the trenches here early, James,
and I'm gonna have to find allmy skill players later. Yeah,
you are trench heavy, and peopleare gonna love your mock. They're going
to be in love with it andlove with it, and I get it.

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I do. BB's a really goodplayer. Addressing the interior offensive line
is something that I'm going to dospoiler, but it's not at Pickady because
Pickadi is. And this is willfultoo. I think you're gonna think I'm
pushing it a little bit. Ithink Michael Hall Junior has a chance to
go in round two. I alsothink that there is a scenario where the

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Chris jenkinses go and guys like thatahead of him. Maybe it is Rouke
a ro ro row goes ahead ofhim, and so I'm gonna go with
Michael Hall Junior here. But here'swhat I would say. If the receiver
isn't there round two, I'm probablytargeting the Chris Jenkins or the defensive tackle
there or taking one. Certainly withthis first third round pick, I think

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that's the windows second third round youwant to land one of these guys and
then double back later. So Ihave Michael Hall Junior here falling, and
I'm sure he's not consensus there,but I do think that there's a chance
he falls. Typically a precipitous fallfor Mike Hall, who if they could
get him in the third round.I think is a slam dunk pick.
Consensus grade has him ranked at sixtyseventh. The EDP the Expected Draft Position

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board doesn't go beyond the second round, and I didn't check to see where
he was there. But Mike Hallin the Dame Brugler mock, just because
it's another point of reference, isforty three to the Atlanta Falcons. If
you can get him at eighty,sign me up all day. This happens
all the time. Though Micha Osidewas projected to be like a top forty
pick and then he falls like thishappens a lot match And notably, just

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to mention, I don't have aneightieth pick, so I don't get to
talk here, but I'm going totalk anyway. Some some offensive tackles around
this pick for Dame Brugler, RogerRosengarten seventy eight, Blake Fisher four be
shocked about that would be a shocker, and the Yale offensive tackle kier On,
whose name I have not yet learnedto pronounce eighty five. So some

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tackles in that range. Some runningbacks in that range too, if you
wanted to go running back, JalenRight could have gone that way there,
But let's get your third round wrappedup. Who do you got at ninety
seven? Now it's time to addressthe interior of the offensive line. I've
addressed the interior of the defensive line. Now I'm gonna go with Tared Tanner
Bordolini and I love this kid's gamefrom from Wisconsin, elite athletes twenty one

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years old and can play. Hasthe versatility you're looking for, can literally
be Let's say you don't want himto start right away and you feel comfortable
with the starting interior offensive line,that's fine. He can back up all
three spots, Karis, Kappa,and Volsa, so you feel really good.
I think about adding a guy likethat at pick ninety seven. I
would love it if they were ableto, and that's certainly what I would

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do. Big pasta immediate nickname.Big is not a pasta name, of
course, that's somebody from Twitter.Sorry, I don't remember who you are.
I'm sure you're a listener and you'reupset that I don't remember your name.
Right now, I apologize. Theyoungest of the interior offensive line options
in this range, But while youwent late, a mic call. The

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consensus Rancaus, Tanner, Bordalini wonthirty six, so giving up that value
back a little bit. I'm justcurious where Dane has him. One seventeen,
so fourth rounder for Dane, latefourth rounder by consensus. If I
can do math one thirty six,that's still fourth round. So you're going
a little bit early there, butit's a cop third essentially fourth anyway,

(19:52):
respect the getting a guy late,getting a guy early. I'm going opposite
to you where I went offensive lineor you went wide receiver. I'm going
now wide receiver where you went offensiveline. I continue to see Javon Baker
available in mock drafts at the endof the third round, and if he
is, that is the pick I'mmaking. I think there's easy wide receiver
too upside there. There's a coupleof flaws in the profile. Didn't get

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onto the field at Alabama, hassome inconsistency issues, but when he does
put it together, is a playmakerdownfield after the catch. The tested athleticism
not great, but the GPS datais strong for him. But James,
we have an entire Day three toget to here as well. You can
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Day three, James, We've gotwell a lot of Day three picks.
I don't know if I'm making allthe Day three picks. Well, maybe
I figured it out. We'll seeif we have seventh rounders here to discuss,
but we do. I do.It's a big part of my draft,
big part. Hell yeah, it'sa big part. Yeah. No,

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I'm trading them. I'm going toget my punter. Who do you
got in the fourth round? Yeah, that's silly. They should not draft
a punter this year, and Iwould not. Odric Estime is the guy.
And this is why I knew Iwant Bordolini and I want Estime.
Neither one is going to be therein round five. You got to take
one early. And so whether it'sEstima in round four Bordolini in round four,

(23:36):
that's why I took Bordelini early.I think he'll be in higher demand.
Estimate has age on his side,size. I think he's gonna fit
perfect in this backfield and give themthat power back early on. That compliments
Zachmos. That compliments Chase Brown.So Odric Estimate out of Notre Dame,
sign me up. And if you'rea Notre Dame fan, just stay tuned

(23:56):
because I got another Notre Dame pickcoming. Wow, spoilers tease it.
I also land on odjrict estimate here. He is one of the younger guys
that I think you could get inthis range consensus rank one ten. Have
seen him go after this a numberof mock drafts. I think that it
is realistic can develop into a soupedup Samaj p Ryan, who's a little

(24:18):
bit bigger, has good wiggle tohis game, has made guys miss at
five eleven, two twenty, gooddensity, and he honestly fits what the
Bengals like too. And in termsof several of their thresholds, the only
one that's slightly off is he didn'trun a good forty and that does hurt
him. I think that that's probablywhy he's available here at this point.

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But despite the somewhat limited athleticism,I think you've got that athletic upside in
Chase Brown, and you've got agood, complimentary back that really fits what
you're trying to do in object estimate. Who can develop as a pass rusher
I who can be a power backand who still can make guys miss,
And that is on tape. Soif you can get your customer in the
fourth round, and it seems likeyou can, maybe he just goes earlier.

(25:03):
Maybe people are just too low onsome of these running backs. But
Jalen Bright gone, Trade Benson gone, Jonathan Brooks gone. Of course,
one of the next guys I wouldlook at would be Oddrick Estama. And
so I'm in agreement with you hereat one p. Fifteen. Four of
my first five picks have been offense, but defense wins or the rest of
the way for me. And inwith pick, I'm taking cam Hart out

(25:27):
of Notre Dame. I think thatthe Bengals would love to add a trait
cy corner like this that has thesize, that has all of the checks,
all of those boxes, and uhno, I think he's he's played
in big games. He's been matchedup against Marvin Harrison Junior. And so
adding someone like that at this stagesign me up all day long. And

(25:49):
I think the Bengals would sign upfor it too. And it might be
a different corner here, but thisis around the range where I'm looking at
corner early day three. I thinkthey're going to be some good corners that
fall. And when you get toDay three is when you start to have
wider ranges of outcomes for players.Cam Hart for Dame Brigglers in the fourth
round, So maybe he's not therein the fifth. Maybe they've got to

(26:10):
go for the guy that I'm targetingin the sixth As a spoiler there a
little bit. I'm going to goto Corner in the sixth round. Maybe
you would have to take him inthe fifth round. But since I didn't
have that extra third round pick,James Well, I do think a Day
three corner makes sense. I don'treally see it in the second round this
year. Maybe in the third round. I'm pining for that tight end that

(26:33):
I didn't get in the third round, where if you could get Ben Sinnett,
if he actually makes it to pickeighty, that's one that I would
be targeting. I don't know ifI would do it at forty nine.
I would do it maybe in atrade back scenario in the second round,
but since I did not get mytight end there, I'm going Jaheem Bell
in the fifth where he continues tobe available in mock drafts and if you

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can get him a guy that hasa great track record of making guys miss
I thought looked more athletic on tapethan you know potential earlier round tight end
Jatavian Sanders and tested with eighty fourzero point five percentile athleticism, So pretty
good there, but productive player.I think you could put him in a

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somewhat alignment versatile role where he canplay some fullback for you as well.
He's a little bit smaller, sothat is not in his favor, but
the ability to make guys miss afterthe catch is what I'm targeting here.
And he's also I believe, oneof the younger players that you could get
later. He's twenty three, buta lot of the tight ends you can

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target later in this draft for twentyfour plus and so when you get to
day three, you lose on theage a little bit with tight end,
but he at least brings the restof the profile, does Jaheem Bell,
who as a tight end brings someexciting run after catch off side, And
that's what I'm looking for here forsure, no doubt. If he's there

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and cam Hart isn't, I wouldcertainly be in the mix and in on
him. And that's a really goodpick, and I think that'll be a
popular pick. For a lot ofBengals fans this week as they continue to
do MOX back to offense. Igo, and it's big ten this time,
and it's another offensive tackle. Iwant some depth, and if Cayden

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Wallace is still there, I'm inon Caiden Wallace and I think he could
be there. Dan Brugler has himfourth round. In other MOX, he
goes sixth round, seventh round.I would be really comfortable taking him here
with the first sixth round pick,and it's my second to last offensive player
that I'm adding. I have onemore that I'm going to add, but
Caden Wallace. They will obviously havelooked at him after all the fashion new

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tape at Penn State, and Iwould take him at this range. If
he's there at one ninety four,sure, yeah, I can see that.
I'm going to the corner here.I do like the double down on
offensive tackle idea. I'm going corner. I'm going to the CFL. I'm
going to a non traditional path.In Quantes Stiggers, who actually had a

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visit with the Bengals. My guyBen Grant, who covers the Argonauts in
Toronto, also a Bengals fan,put me onto Stiggers as a guy who
is NFL ready had a non traditionalpath went straight into the CFL. You
know we can handle his game asa professional. He's been playing professional football.
Ben tells me he's been watching mecovers the Argonauts. He played for

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the Argonauts. NFL level movement ability, NFL level ball skills. He's going
to need to learn a bit ofa different game in the NFL. Obviously,
CFL NFL press coverage, receivers movingforward at the line of scrimmage,
those things don't really drive in theCFL. So a different skill set a
developmental player, to be sure.But I think with the Bengals having some

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interest here in Stiggers and good enoughathleticism, good enough size, I'm interested
in taking that flyer. And Ilive in Canada, so I'm going for
a guy who's played some football uphere in What would I do mock?
Yeah, I get it. Ilike it a lot, makes a lot
of sense. And I can totallysee the Bengals targeting him in this range,

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taking a flyer on that, likejust describing him. I'm like,
Ah, that's that's what they've done. They've done that with the Chris Evans
is They've done that with Andre Joseavashwhere they're taking the stab at that type
of guy. Now there's no realcomparison because he was playing professional football,
but the upside is there. Iwould say at that stage, and with

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me with the final three picks,I'm gonna combine all of them because it's
that second sixth rounder and then twosevens. I keep all of the picks,
and I keep them because I thinkI can get valuable players there.
And I want a Jalen Cochra outof Holy Cross double down at wide receiver,
and so that's who I'm taking withthe eighth pick in that last sixth

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round pick. And then at defensivetackle, James, you've only gotten Michael
Hall junior. What are you goingto do? Well, You're gonna get
Jawan Briggs from the University of Cincinnati, and then you're gonna double back with
that second seventh and say Evan Anderson, welcome to the Cincinnati Bengals. Juwan
Briggs, Evan Anderson, Michael HallJunior. Three defensive tackles, three guys

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that can help, three guys thatI think can help this year. In
Jalen Cocher is the other late rounder. Who is more of a developmental guy,
could be back end of the receiverroom, and you hope he's Andre
josavash right where he can develop,hit the ground running, and it may
be ahead of where you project himto be. Yeah. I like those

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names a lot. I'll throw outsome others. Jordan Jefferson from LSU wide
range of outcomes for him in daythree if he's available in the sixth round.
That's a guy that I would targetat nose tackle if they want to
go get a puncher. I knowyou said it's a waste, and I'm
inclined to agree. They probably coulddo this as a priority free agent.
But Ryan Recau from BYU, aguy that Dame Brugler has actually mocked to

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the Bengals as a late round puncher. And Giovanni Manu, the BC tackle
who we've talked about on the show, also mocked by Dame Brugler to the
Cincinnati Bengals, a guy that I'llmention in the late rounds as well.
I'll also throw out Dijon Anthony,the old Miss safety with whom we know
the Bengals had a visit. Youmentioned Evan Anderson j Wwhite mclothern from Arkansas.

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Another player with whom we know theBengals had to visit. Charles Smith
Wade an undersized corner that Mike Rennerreally liked at the Senior Bowl, a
guy that Dame Brugler has going inthe seventh round that I'd be interested in
as well. And Logan Lee Iowainterior defensive lineman. Another one that in
the seventh round I think is morethan worth the dart throw. So there's

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a number of late round names foryou. I don't know which ones you
know specifically. I would take combinationof those guys perhaps, But there you
go. Do you have the fullmax? You're ready to recap James before
we get out of here, Ican. I'm ready to go real quick.
Marius Mims, Troy Franklin, MichaelHall, Junior Tanner, Bordalini Orodric

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Estime, cam Hart, Caden Wallace, Jalen Cooker, Jowan Briggs, Evan
Anderson, and I think you hita lot of the boxes with that mock.
I didn't get a tight end,obviously, I would be in on
a tight end. Ben Sonet,if he's there at eighty, I would
be all in on that jeem Bellis obviously someone on day three that you
got that I would target certainly,and then obviously if brock Powers falls,

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I'm in on him at eighteen.So it's not a hate against tight end,
but I'm not going to force itin this year's class, and I
don't want the Bengals to do that. There's only a few guys that I
would consider taking it tight end.Yeah, the only other tight end that
I think is even worth really mentioningon on day three, well Tip Ryman
and Well they've obviously met with EricAll, but Tanner McLaughlin as well is

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an interesting one. On day three, my mock gets crazy in the first
round with that trade future first andeighty for twenty six, and then I
go in order Fashnu Latham, Mims, Mims, Latham, one of those
tackles is going to be the guyat eighteen. Ideally one falls, otherwise
probably Mims. I'm probably in agreementwith you there, Johnny Newton Cooper beebe

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solidifying the trenches there to start thedraft before I switch over to some skill
position players. Javon Baker at theback of the back of the third We
agree on project estimate in the fourthJahem Bell if you can get him in
the fifth, give me that allday Quantes Stiggers the CFL corner who Ben
Grant, my guy describes as athird round talent who's gonna fall because he's
had a non traditional path. Andthen if you can get a Jordan Jefferson

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and Giovanni Manu from BC or EvanAnderson or Dwight mcleothern, one of those
developmental players, I'm interested in theseventh round sures time me yup and you
can let us know who's mock youlike more In the comments on Twitter on
x yours getting Molton and mems No, I mean that wins it. You

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get two studs, it should beyours. It obviously would be hard to
pull off, but if they can, they would give up the future first
round pick. Though maybe the peoplereally don't like that. I don't know.
I think that's the thirty second picknext year if you do that plan
though, it's all Johnny Newton.I think they like Johnny Newton. I
think that's what they like. Yeah, easy to like Johnny Newton. That's

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gonna do it. For this episodeof the Lockdown Bengals podcast, a ton
of Draft preview content coming you foryou this week, including well several interviews
of what do we think they welldo, mock draft, and all the
rest before the draft arrives on Thursday. Until next time, thanks for listening
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