R1P21 – Mike McGlinchey, OT Notre Dame
It’s no secret that the Bengals like McGlinchey. They’ve met with him for 3 times. Fisher has not lived up to the hype. McGlnchey has all the tools to be a great right tackle. Pollack is best known on the Cowboys for bringing in talent. McGlinchey can really help with our offensive line.
Highest graded tackle in the draft class? Mike McGlinchey, of course. pic.twitter.com/wzChPnNJq9
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) April 23, 2018
R2P46 – Billy Price, Center Ohio State
It’s no secret Bengals need an upgrade at center. It looks like either Price, Daniels, or Ragnow will be the pick at 46. Who knows who will be there? Price is a 4 year starter, he has proven how good he is. The torn pectoral was bad luck, and you could argue a fluke as he never missed a game in college. Other then that, Price has no injury problems. The one thing i will give Bodine, he never missed a game. We need that in our new center.
R3P77 – Josh Sweat, DE Florida State
This would be a case of best player available. It’s kind of a team need, as Chris Smith left us for the Browns (Really Chris?) so a replacement is in need. Lawson will seem to be a hybrid linebacker/edge. We haven’t forgotten about Willis. Willis was rotating in for Dunlap as Lawson was for Johnson. Johnson might be gone soon and Dunlap might leave for free agency, a new fresh defensive end is in place. We’d use Sweat what we did for Christ Smith, pass rush specialist in the defensive tackle position on 3rd downs.
Josh Sweat nearly had his leg amputated four years ago. Now, he’s waiting to hear his name called at the NFL draft ? https://t.co/egxzTu6VcE pic.twitter.com/hvFoVvH9gL
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2018
R3P100 – Deshon Elliot, FS Texas
Bengals don’t have a true free safety. Both Iloka and Williams are strong safeties. Part of the reason Bengals struggle with intercepting passes is they don’t have a true ball hawk safety. Elliot can change that. He’s great at playing the ball in the air. He’s also good when needed in the run game, as he is a hard hitter(this dude sounds like Reggie Nelson). Elliot could help fix our secondary.
R4P12 – Nick Nelson, CB Wisconsin
Considered a round 2 prospect until he tore his meniscus. Bengals will need a nickel corner soon, as it is currently unknown if they will re-sign Dennard. If they don’t, they need to find a replacement. Nelson will be back by training camp. So we could have him learn behind Dennard for a year and possibly have him take over next year. Also, a 2nd round talent in round 4? Heck yeah!
Only one draft eligible cornerback forced a higher percentage of incompletions than Wisconsin's Nick Nelson pic.twitter.com/ypuEqDjr7O
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) April 20, 2018
R5P151 – Mike White, QB Western Kentucky
Bengals brought in Matt Barkley for the backup job, but bringing in chompetition for the backup role is a great thing.
R5P158 – Antonio Callaway, WR Florida
Oh Callaway, so talented but so stupid. What’s with Florida players being so stupid? Callaway has gotten in Trouble many times at Florida.
Before the 2016 college season started, he has sexual assault charges on him(maybe he should be with the Steelers). However, it was dropped. He was apparently “To Stoned” to do anything sexual. At least he was honest I guess.
Oh nice, charged with marijuana possession!
But what Callaway is best known for his the fraud credit card scheme. Basically him and other Florida players used stolen credit card information to fund themselves. They put the credit card information on their school card to buy stuff. A lot of money was stolen. Seriously Florida, get your players under control.
This dude is troubled, why even consider him?
Scouts believe Callaway is a 1st round talent. Also, Bengals love giving players 2nd chances. Callaway had a baby in February and is determined to change. Of course you can’t assume he’ll suddenly change, but with that in mind with his talent, he may be worth it. We wouldn’t be risking more then team reputation and a 5th round pick on Callaway. When do we care about team reputation? He’s worth the risk. He can really help change our offense.
Mel Kiper says Antonio Callaway a ‘first-round talent’ who will be drafted https://t.co/ePQwvr00x4 #GatorNation pic.twitter.com/xPzrSNGp2K
— SEC Country Florida (@SECCountryUF) April 18, 2018
R5P170 – Micah Kiser, LB Virginia
Bring in depth for our linebackers. A special teams player year 1 and could rotate in quite a bit the first 4 games that Burfict is suspended for.
R7249 – Wyatt Teller, Guard Virginia Tech
Adds needed depth for our guard position.
Senior Bowl standouts:
LSU WR DJ Chark
UTEP OL Will Hernandez
OSU DE Jalyn Holmes
UTSA Marcus Davenport
Wyoming QB Josh Allen
SDSU RB Rashaad Penny
Arizona State RB Kalen Ballage
Virginia Tech OL Wyatt Teller
WKU QB Mike WhiteThere were other standouts, but those were the best
— CFB Focus ? (@cffmwachsman) January 27, 2018
R7252 – Deandre Goolsby, TE Florida
Bring depth to a tight tight end group.
R7253 – Steven Richardson, DT Minnesota
Bring in depth for our defensive line. He played against good big ten offenses, so he knows how to compete.
What picks did you like? What picks did you hate? Did you even read past round 1?