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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    The Bengals did what they almost always do at a position of need Saturday - double up on it. This came at TE via the selections of Iowa's Erick All in the fourth round and Arizona's Tanner McLachlan in the sixth. All is a hometown kid whose film probably warranted a higher selection, but he had...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    The Bengals took their shot at shoring up their run defense Friday, taking Michigan DT Kris Jenkins Jr. at 49 and Texas A&M NT McKinnley Jackson at 97. Jenkins should be able to play the run from the get-go and may have some unrealized pass rush juice. Jackson seems like more of a reach as a...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    Excellent, and that corroborates everything I've heard. I doubt he'll play much LT this year as Orlando Brown never misses games but they can get out pretty easily from his deal after the year if his performance declines, so that's in play for the future too. They've fallen on rough times there...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    That's obviously the drawback or else he's a top-10 pick, plus he had the hammy after the combine. He'll be able to ease in a bit assuming Trent Brown doesn't get hurt right away, but do you have any reservations about him being thrown into the fire immediately if he has to be?
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    Yeah, I'm excited. I was really worried they'd take Fautanu as an experienced player from a bigtime school which has been their prototype, but he'll be 24 this year with arms suggesting a move to guard. The common themes among their failed high OL picks the last decade are poor athleticism...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    The Bengals took a swing for the fences in selecting Georgia OT Amarius Mims 18th overall. Mims had only eight starts and 803 snaps in college, but possesses freakish athleticism at 6'8/340 and showed high-end ability on tape. While the Bengals have failed developing offensive linemen the last...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    The most recent update came here two weeks ago - he should be ready and throwing by OTAs in mid-May. Hopefully he can just get through the first week of camp where he's been hurt the last two years and be ready to roll Week 1. On another note, given there are three Browns on their offense now...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    And just like that, it's done. He'll be playing RT as Orlando Brown is the LT, but I'm excited. Hopefully a one-year deal playing for a contender gets the most out of him and gives him a chance at a bigger deal, as it's a position people are capable of playing at a high level into their 30s...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    After passing on Mekhi Becton (for now at least), Trent Brown is in for a visit today. It seems he frustrated many here with a lack of effort specifically last year, but it also seems there were stretches of high-end play throughout his time as a Patriot. He's also spoken highly of Ted Karras...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    As expected, DJ Reader is gone to Detroit after the Bengals signed Sheldon Rankins. That leaves them with a Reader-sized hole at NT, which is why they're meeting with Teair Tart today. Tart fell out of favor with Mike Vrabel in Tennessee, but he's been a productive player and they need as much...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    The Bengals addressed their most glaring need in a big way, signing Sheldon Rankins to a 2/26 deal. It's a bit outside their comfort zone as they really don't sign guys on the other side of 30, but he's still a productive player (he certainly kicked the Bengals ass when they played this year)...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    Mike Gesicki heads to Cincy on a 1/$3.25 million deal. It seems he can't block a lick, so he'll be more of a Boyd replacement as a big slot. They still need a TE in the draft who can do both things so they can run more 12 personnel. Burrow has gotten two total JAGs in CJ Uzomah and Hayden Hurst...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    I can't call a career of a RB with 8500 total yards in seven years disappointing, but it feels like there was a lot of unrealized potential. He probably would've been a top-10 pick if not for the incident and was billed as an excellent receiver which never really came to fruition. I thought he...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    Oh trust me, I know - there’s a graphic in last year’s thread that highlights the absurdity. The Latham rumors at 18 have already started - he seems like a very Bengals pick as a polished guy from a big school but apparently there’s some Ereck Flowers similarities on the downside. I don’t know...
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    2024 Bengals: What Can Brown Do For You?

    And they've just agreed to terms with Zack Moss for 2/8. That will officially be the end of the line for Mixon.
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