The Bengals, who hold the first pick in the second round, are high on wide receiver Denzel Mims and defensive tackle Ross Blacklock, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter) hears.
Rapoport also notes several teams looking to move up/down in the order. The Jets, Jaguars, and Falcons are among the clubs interested in making a leap. Potential trade partners include the Colts (No. 34) and Dolphins (No. 39), who are willing to listen on offers to move back.
Cincinnati doesn’t necessarily need any immediate help at wide receiver, as the club boasts A.J. Green, Tyler Boyd, and John Ross as its top three options. However, Green and Ross haven’t been able to stay healthy, and each has just one year remaining on his respective contract (the Bengals hold a 2021 option on Ross that they’ve yet to exercise). Mims would add an explosive option for new quarterback Joe Burrow, and give Cincinnati a long-term asset.
Blacklock, meanwhile, was a draft riser in recent months and was viewed as a potential Day 1 pick. Instead, he’s likely to come off the board at the top of Round 2. The Bengals already have Geno Atkins and free agent acquisition D.J. Reader on the interior of their defensive line, but Blacklock would give them ample depth.
Does josh jones have a secret issue?
He’s an explosive tackle but undersized but with the comments from his coach at Houston I think teams are worried about his character a little pure speculation tho
Really short arms as well
Awful parallel parker
Love mims he’s going to be a special player got the highest ceiling of any of the four bengals targets left with baun, blocklock, and jones
Trade back. RT. TE. Trade Dalton.
Falcons need to trade back. Should have did it the first round because they ultimately took a guy they could have gotten much later in the draft
Take Ezra 0r
Take Mims and trade Green for picks, I actually like this idea a bit- Wouldnt want Burrow to walk into a possibily frustrated Wr1