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to take in and to It helps us out and we appreciate it. We appreciate all of you as well, who make us your first listen and who are every dayers? And James In today's episode sponsored by Monopoly Go, which you can get for free on the App Store to mess with your friends banks 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 at round two. Should we discuss round two or you want to wait? Yeah, let's go there. Next, let's talk about day two, and they're now three picks on day two. Appreciate that comp pick fix NFL giving us a little bit of extra work to do, and the Bengals a little
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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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There's only one place you can find this level of expertise, The Lockdown NFL Mock Draft, available to stream now on the Locked onn NFL Draft Podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, Your teams every Day. No 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 to this Draft preview episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast. Who Day and have
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