The 2024 NFL draft is just around the corner, where teams are busy finalizing their draft boards before things get underway in less than a week. Our NFL Wire editors are back with another first-round mock draft, including those with teams without a first-round pick as they made their top realistic prediction for Day 2. In our latest mock, there are several trades and plenty of movement with quarterbacks and wide receivers in the first six picks. With the draft less than a week away, here are our latest first-round projections, along with the top available prospects for teams without a first-r ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals have been very good at drafting wide receivers in the recent past and just over a week before the 2024 NFL draft, they met with another. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, on Wednesday the Bengals met with Washington wide receiver Jalen McMillan, who also had visits with many other teams including, the Kansas City Chiefs, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins. He is projected to be a Day 2 draft pick and has been hosted for private workouts by multiple teams as well. In his final three years with the Huskies, when he got almost all of his pla ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t bring in offensive tackle Trent Brown in free agency simply because he and Orlando Brown Jr. combine to make the NFL’s biggest tackle combo in front of Joe Burrow. But it sure doesn’t hurt either. That size has helped Brown become one of the league’s best pass protectors when he’s on the field and he’s working to amplify that during training this offseason. “I’m a really natural pass protector. Naturally gifted and from playing basketball and other positions. Going back to when I was a rookie up to now, I’ve never been a guy that just gets beat. You can get that f ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals landing Georgia tight end Brock Bowers in the 2024 NFL draft continues to be one of the most commonly talked about draft points leaguewide. Next up is NFL Media’s Daniel Jeremiah during his annual conference call suggesting the idea as the lone “throw a parade’ scenario” despite how unlikely it seems. Jeremiah’s comments on the idea: In terms of the Cincinnati Bengals and everything going perfect for them, where they’re picking at 18, obviously the ‘”throw a parade” scenario is if somehow Brock Bowers got down there. I don’t think it’ll happen, but hey, every now and th ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals have a tough schedule in 2024, as expected. Granted, there was some hope from fans that things might be easier than anticipated because the team technically finished in last place in the AFC North last season and will face a last-place schedule. Compared to the rest of the league via just one metric, the Bengals indeed slot with one of the easier schedules. Warren Sharp recently broke down next year’s schedule rankings based on odds out of Las Vegas and the Bengals come away with the sixth-easiest schedule. Here’s why that’s important, with Sharp explaining how his metho ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals have put a number of defensive players through the paces ahead of the 2024 NFL draft. One of those is Arkansas edge rusher Trajan Jeffcoat, according to Aaron Wilson of KPRC2. Jeffcoat is a sort of standard Zac Taylor target at this point, given his status as a team captain and the high-effort film. Said effort could be something the Bengals will be more than happy to employ in a rotation on the edge alongside the likes of depth options such as Jeff Gunter. In short, Jeffcoat is one of those prospects to keep an eye on Day 2 and beyond. More Latest News! Bengals take une ..read more

It’s mock draft season for at least another week and the Cincinnati Bengals continue to be one of the more interesting teams in the first round. One thing we’ve yet to see mock drafts do for the Bengals, though, is have them select Georgia wideout Ladd McConkey at No. 18 in the first round. That first comes from CBS Sports’ Will Brinson: Letting Tee Higgins walk while replacing him in the draft the same year would fit the Bengals’ modus operandi. In the process, the Bengals pass on some notables such as popular theory Byron Murphy, a defensive line prospect who could help right away. McConke ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals are leaving no stone unturned before the NFL draft next weekend. Now they have a pre-draft visit with a basketball player from the Dominican Republic who has never played a single game of football in his life at any level of the game. Bayron Matos, who is 6-7 and 313 pounds, moved to the United States at 16 years old to play basketball and ended up at New Mexico before transferring to South Florida, playing in 48 basketball games. He walked on to the South Florida football team for the 2022 season but never got any action. He participated in the NFL’s International Playe ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals are lucky to approach the 2024 NFL draft with the biggest problem plaguing most of the league’s rosters already solved. Thank Joe Burrow. Go ahead and thank him some more, too, because the Bengals already sitting with a franchise quarterback for the long-term means that the leaguewide desperation to find one should push premium non-quarterback prospects down the board to them at No. 18. Were the league not so desperate for signal-callers — which will push some controversial names into the first round again this year — the Bengals would otherwise need to trade up. In the ..read more

At one point this offseason, Texas tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders was a popular high draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals in mock drafts. It feels like Sanders’ stock has cooled a bit since then, but that doesn’t mean the fit doesn’t still make sense. Pro Football Focus would seem to agree, naming Sandres as the “perfect Day 2” fit for Cincinnati. Provided the team doesn’t happen to take a tight end in Round 1, this might just be the case too, especially if it’s after Round 2. Sanders is a little on the smaller side, but his versatility all over an offense is why he averaged better than 15 yards ..read more