What is the latest on who the Bengals may take in the draft?

2 hours ago, theguru said:

What is the latest on who the Bengals may take in the draft?

Tyler Linderbaum - C, Iowa
Andrew Booth - CB, Clemson
Kaiir Elam - CB, Florida
Kyler Gordon - CB, Washington
Kenyon Green - G, Texas A&M
Daxton Hill - S, Michigan
Devin Lloyd - LB, Utah
Tyler Smith - OT, Tulsa

Source: Bengals.com

The Bengals selected Daxton Hill from Michigan.  From NFL.com:

Hybrid safety/nickel with an outstanding blend of speed, explosiveness and coverage versatility. Hill is a smooth, twitchy athlete who is unencumbered in his coverage movements. He's rangy playing over the top, has the eyes and burst to play zone, and the oily hips and length to shade bigger slots in man coverage. He can trigger quickly downhill to cut off angles in run support but his play demeanor is more run-and-cover than run-and-hit near the line. Hill has premium athletic traits, enticing coverage talent and the ability to make plays on the ball from anywhere he is aligned. He's sure to be a coveted target for defenses trapped in pass-happy divisions.

I like it. 

Horrible pick.

2 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Horrible pick.

Personally, I'm shocked that this would be your stance on this. 

3 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Horrible pick.

Why do you think that?

11 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I like it. 

CincyJungle.com ran an article on Hill with the following thoughts/rankings:

Mel Kiper Jr. said he was steal and should have gone 10 to 15 picks earlier.

Todd McShay had Hill number 18 on his list of top prospects and gave him a grade of 91.

Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network had Hill as the No. 23 prospect on his list.

CBSSports.com had him as the 18th prospect on their list.

I realize all those are just opinions but they are good ones.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/2022/4/29/23048052/daxton-hill-looks-like-a-true-steal-of-the-draft

10 hours ago, theguru said:

Why do you think that?

Since it is the Bengals, he would have said that no matter who the Bengals picked. 

Here are the 2022 draft picks for the Bengals:

Round 1 - Dax Hill, DB Michigan - IMO Nice pick for the Bengals as they prepare for the departure of Bates and Bell next year. Hill benchmarked defense, speed and versatility as the themes for the 2022 draft. 

Round 2 - Cam Taylor-Britt, DB Nebraska - More speed, more versatility in a player that can play safety, slot CB or even edge CB. Players like these first two picks allow Lou Anarumo to disguise coverages and use multiple players to match up with opponent receivers. This is the new strategy for defenses in the NFL. The Bengals aren't the only team doing this. Other teams also drafted with player positional versatility being a key goal. In the pass happy NFL, you have to have speed to match those wideouts and receiving TE's.

Round 3 - Zachary Carter, DT Florida - And here it is again, positional flexibility. This time on the DL. Inside, outside, 3 technique, athleticism. Bengals put a high priority on athleticism in this draft. Add in the goal on the DL of getting after QB's for the front seven. Carter fits the goal.

Round 4 - Cordell Volson, OL North Dakota St. - Volson played mostly OT in college but is expected to compete at G for the Bengals. Big, strong, and versatile. Added some youth to the free agent signings. I see Volson as more of a project player who I would not expect to play significantly before year 2.

Round 5 - Tycen Anderson, S Toledo - Just as they did in round 2, the Bengals trade up to get more depth and speed in the defensive backfield. All three DB's drafted by the Bengals are 4.4 speed DB's. Good size and length in Anderson to go along with the speed. 

Round 7 - Jeffrey Gunter, DE Coastal Carolina - It is a round 7 pick so you take a shot at an athlete. Gunter has potential as another edge rusher with speed to get after the QB and hold the edge. Enough speed and flexibility to be used in a variety of ways to disguise a defense and surprise the offense. 

The Bengals drafted like a Super Bowl team. They built depth. They looked to shore up the weaknesses on defense exposed in the Super Bowl. They used their draft capital to go after players they had targeted. A couple of those players look like reaches. Primarily Carter in round 3. I think the guy who will define how good this draft was is Gunter. Can the Bengals turn his athletic skill into NFL production? I like the draft overall primarily because of the DB's. You never know till 3 years from now what you really got but on paper it looks like a good draft.

44 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Here are the 2022 draft picks for the Bengals:

Round 1 - Dax Hill, DB Michigan - IMO Nice pick for the Bengals as they prepare for the departure of Bates and Bell next year. Hill benchmarked defense, speed and versatility as the themes for the 2022 draft. 

Round 2 - Cam Taylor-Britt, DB Nebraska - More speed, more versatility in a player that can play safety, slot CB or even edge CB. Players like these first two picks allow Lou Anarumo to disguise coverages and use multiple players to match up with opponent receivers. This is the new strategy for defenses in the NFL. The Bengals aren't the only team doing this. Other teams also drafted with player positional versatility being a key goal. In the pass happy NFL, you have to have speed to match those wideouts and receiving TE's.

Round 3 - Zachary Carter, DT Florida - And here it is again, positional flexibility. This time on the DL. Inside, outside, 3 technique, athleticism. Bengals put a high priority on athleticism in this draft. Add in the goal on the DL of getting after QB's for the front seven. Carter fits the goal.

Round 4 - Cordell Volson, OL North Dakota St. - Volson played mostly OT in college but is expected to compete at G for the Bengals. Big, strong, and versatile. Added some youth to the free agent signings. I see Volson as more of a project player who I would not expect to play significantly before year 2.

Round 5 - Tycen Anderson, S Toledo - Just as they did in round 2, the Bengals trade up to get more depth and speed in the defensive backfield. All three DB's drafted by the Bengals are 4.4 speed DB's. Good size and length in Anderson to go along with the speed. 

Round 7 - Jeffrey Gunter, DE Coastal Carolina - It is a round 7 pick so you take a shot at an athlete. Gunter has potential as another edge rusher with speed to get after the QB and hold the edge. Enough speed and flexibility to be used in a variety of ways to disguise a defense and surprise the offense. 

The Bengals drafted like a Super Bowl team. They built depth. They looked to shore up the weaknesses on defense exposed in the Super Bowl. They used their draft capital to go after players they had targeted. A couple of those players look like reaches. Primarily Carter in round 3. I think the guy who will define how good this draft was is Gunter. Can the Bengals turn his athletic skill into NFL production? I like the draft overall primarily because of the DB's. You never know till 3 years from now what you really got but on paper it looks like a good draft.

Great analysis VoR, I agree and I think this was a solid draft for a Super Bowl team that has a very bright future.

3 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Here are the 2022 draft picks for the Bengals:

Round 1 - Dax Hill, DB Michigan - IMO Nice pick for the Bengals as they prepare for the departure of Bates and Bell next year. Hill benchmarked defense, speed and versatility as the themes for the 2022 draft. 

Round 2 - Cam Taylor-Britt, DB Nebraska - More speed, more versatility in a player that can play safety, slot CB or even edge CB. Players like these first two picks allow Lou Anarumo to disguise coverages and use multiple players to match up with opponent receivers. This is the new strategy for defenses in the NFL. The Bengals aren't the only team doing this. Other teams also drafted with player positional versatility being a key goal. In the pass happy NFL, you have to have speed to match those wideouts and receiving TE's.

Round 3 - Zachary Carter, DT Florida - And here it is again, positional flexibility. This time on the DL. Inside, outside, 3 technique, athleticism. Bengals put a high priority on athleticism in this draft. Add in the goal on the DL of getting after QB's for the front seven. Carter fits the goal.

Round 4 - Cordell Volson, OL North Dakota St. - Volson played mostly OT in college but is expected to compete at G for the Bengals. Big, strong, and versatile. Added some youth to the free agent signings. I see Volson as more of a project player who I would not expect to play significantly before year 2.

Round 5 - Tycen Anderson, S Toledo - Just as they did in round 2, the Bengals trade up to get more depth and speed in the defensive backfield. All three DB's drafted by the Bengals are 4.4 speed DB's. Good size and length in Anderson to go along with the speed. 

Round 7 - Jeffrey Gunter, DE Coastal Carolina - It is a round 7 pick so you take a shot at an athlete. Gunter has potential as another edge rusher with speed to get after the QB and hold the edge. Enough speed and flexibility to be used in a variety of ways to disguise a defense and surprise the offense. 

The Bengals drafted like a Super Bowl team. They built depth. They looked to shore up the weaknesses on defense exposed in the Super Bowl. They used their draft capital to go after players they had targeted. A couple of those players look like reaches. Primarily Carter in round 3. I think the guy who will define how good this draft was is Gunter. Can the Bengals turn his athletic skill into NFL production? I like the draft overall primarily because of the DB's. You never know till 3 years from now what you really got but on paper it looks like a good draft.

Great analysis. Cam Taylor Britt is very versatile and could transition to any of the spots you mentioned. He been mostly an outside corner in college and expected to compete for the outside corner here with Eli Apple. The Bengals got a lot faster and more athletic on defense in this draft. 
 

I expect next year in the draft we see them do the same more on offense.  As we will see the Bengals start preparing for the losses of Boyd and Mixon coming up possibly after this next season. 

On 4/29/2022 at 11:20 AM, theguru said:

Why do you think that?

Georgia safety would have been a better pick.

13 minutes ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Georgia safety would have been a better pick.

The Bulldogs had a lot of talent for sure.

Who Dey!

Read where Bates wasn’t at voluntary workouts today, probably not a good sign???