THE DUKE Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Missed mock draft Monday, so here is one I did today using the Joe Goodberry big board over on Fanspeak 28. Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee 60. Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State 92. DJ Turner, CB, Michigan 131. Israel Abanakanda, RB, Pitt 163. Jalen Redmond, DT, Oklahoma 206. Bryce Ford-Wheaton, WR, West Virginia 246. Anfernee Orji, LB, Vanderbilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 55 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: Missed mock draft Monday, so here is one I did today using the Joe Goodberry big board over on Fanspeak 28. Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee 60. Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State 92. DJ Turner, CB, Michigan 131. Israel Abanakanda, RB, Pitt 163. Jalen Redmond, DT, Oklahoma 206. Bryce Ford-Wheaton, WR, West Virginia 246. Anfernee Orji, LB, Vanderbilt I like picks 28,60,163. I think we could probably do better at 92 and 131. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I did one for fun, also using Joe's board. I uhhh, think it's probably unrealistic lol. Only 2 OT's went off the board before the Bengals pick - B Jones and Skoronski. 28: R1 P28 OT Paris Johnson Jr - Ohio State 60: R2 P29 TE Sam LaPorta - Iowa 92: R3 P29 RB Devon Achane - Texas A&M 131: R4 P29 CB Jaylon Jones - Texas A&M 163: R5 P28 DL Jalen Redmond - Oklahoma 206: R6 P29 WR Puka Nacua - BYU 246: R7 P29 FB Hunter Luepke - N Dakota St The Hunter Luepke pick was for fun, because i want to see a FB play football in the NFL again XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 16 hours ago, theJ said: I did one for fun, also using Joe's board. I uhhh, think it's probably unrealistic lol. Only 2 OT's went off the board before the Bengals pick - B Jones and Skoronski. 28: R1 P28 OT Paris Johnson Jr - Ohio State 60: R2 P29 TE Sam LaPorta - Iowa 92: R3 P29 RB Devon Achane - Texas A&M 131: R4 P29 CB Jaylon Jones - Texas A&M 163: R5 P28 DL Jalen Redmond - Oklahoma 206: R6 P29 WR Puka Nacua - BYU 246: R7 P29 FB Hunter Luepke - N Dakota St The Hunter Luepke pick was for fun, because i want to see a FB play football in the NFL again XD I think it's much more likely that Paris goes top 10 before he makes it to 28, but weird stuff happens in the draft sometimes, so I guess you never know. I'm not that big on Jaylon Jones, but otherwise i'm onboard with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: I think it's much more likely that Paris goes top 10 before he makes it to 28, but weird stuff happens in the draft sometimes, so I guess you never know. I'm not that big on Jaylon Jones, but otherwise i'm onboard with this. I'll admit to knowing nothing about the round 4-6 guys. Basically just clicked a name lol. I have some seen some highlights of Luepke though. He's fun and I think the Bengals offense could do some creative things with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 minute ago, theJ said: I'll admit to knowing nothing about the round 4-6 guys. Basically just clicked a name lol. I have some seen some highlights of Luepke though. He's fun and I think the Bengals offense could do some creative things with him. I'd love a hybrid FB/RB/HB type of guy, I think Taylor could actually get pretty creative with that. I also heard he is a solid receiver and at pass pro. I'd much rather do that with Luepke in rd 6/7 than with Kincaid in rd 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Saw somewhere we worked out Purdue QB Aiden O'Connell. Perhaps the Brandon Allen era is over and we're looking for a cheap 4 year backup to Burrow now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I tried the Fanspeak mock with level set to difficult. But it still had CJ Stroud available at pick 28. So I don't think I'll be trying theirs again. It would be nice to have a fullback on the roster and routinely convert on 3rd and 1. Or be able to pound it in after first and goal from the 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, sparky151 said: I tried the Fanspeak mock with level set to difficult. But it still had CJ Stroud available at pick 28. So I don't think I'll be trying theirs again. It would be nice to have a fullback on the roster and routinely convert on 3rd and 1. Or be able to pound it in after first and goal from the 6. I miss Jeremy Johnson. Football was more fun with FB's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Israel Abanikanda supposedly ran in the 4.3's at his pro day and looked great in the drills. Not sure he makes it to 92 anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 We talked to Forbes at the combine and then also have a top 30 visit with him. Where there's smoke..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 It's no secret the Bengals are looking at CBs. I don't think this means Forbes is the guy, they've spoken with lots of them. Forbes has good length and speed and great ball skills. But he's also lighter than any CB currently in the NFL and not very physical. I could see our AFCN opponents just running at him every down. He's not going to slow down Najee Harris or Nick Chubb or JK Dobbins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 hour ago, sparky151 said: It's no secret the Bengals are looking at CBs. I don't think this means Forbes is the guy, they've spoken with lots of them. Forbes has good length and speed and great ball skills. But he's also lighter than any CB currently in the NFL and not very physical. I could see our AFCN opponents just running at him every down. He's not going to slow down Najee Harris or Nick Chubb or JK Dobbins. I'm not saying that I approve, or anything, but there are plenty of corners that tackle about as well as a kicker running around the league. I'd be much more concerned about him just being manhandled by receivers at the point of the catch. It's hard to beat NFL receivers to the ball as easily as he did in his admittedly impressive college highlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Forbes weighed 166 at the combine. If he gained 25 pounds, he'd still be lighter than most CBs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 5 hours ago, sparky151 said: It's no secret the Bengals are looking at CBs. I don't think this means Forbes is the guy, they've spoken with lots of them. Forbes has good length and speed and great ball skills. But he's also lighter than any CB currently in the NFL and not very physical. I could see our AFCN opponents just running at him every down. He's not going to slow down Najee Harris or Nick Chubb or JK Dobbins. I don't know that i'd say he's not physical. His size is certainly going to be a problem tackling larger TE's/RB's, but he'll get in there. He's also tall enough that getting to 190 lbs with an NFL nutrition plan shouldn't be all that difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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