ESPN says key Georgia Bulldogs player would be a great fit for Bengals in round 2 of 2024 NFL Draft
ESPN thinks that a key Georgia Bulldogs player would be a great fit for the Cincinnati Bengals in the round two of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Bengals will likely need a wide receiver this offseason with Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd each scheduled to become free agents. Cincinnati, for now, is expected to re-sign […]
ESPN thinks that a key Georgia Bulldogs player would be a great fit for the Cincinnati Bengals in the round two of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Bengals will likely need a wide receiver this offseason with Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd each scheduled to become free agents.
Cincinnati, for now, is expected to re-sign Higgins (though it won't be easy with a massive extension for Ja'Marr Chase looming). Keeping Boyd seems unlikely as he'll almost certainly look for WR2 money in free agency.
ESPN thinks that adding a slot receiver, either through the draft or free agency, will be a priority for the Bengals (assuming Boyd departs in free agency).
From ESPN: The emergence of Cam Taylor-Britt as a CB1 in his second year should allow the Bengals to focus on wide receiver, where both Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd are free agents after this season. The Bengals will likely keep Higgins, but in this high-octane attack, quarterback Joe Burrow needs all the options he can get. If Boyd leaves, expect slot receiver to be an early-round focus in the draft or a priority free agent signing.
ESPN pointed out Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey as an ideal fit for the Bengals in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
McConkey, 6-foot/185 lbs, was lightly recruited coming out of high school as a three-star recruit. But Georgia, the best team in college football over the last few years, saw something in McConkey and they took a chance on him despite the wide receiver being much lower-rated than the players they typically sign.
That turned out to be a wise move. McConkey, who could win a third straight national championship with the Bulldogs this winter, has caught 115 passes for 1,627 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career at Georgia. Those aren't eye-popping numbers, but Los Angeles Rams rookie wide receiver Puka Nacua has shown this season that average college numbers shouldn't disqualify a player with a specific role (in this case, slot receiver) from being an ideal option for an NFL team.
(Nacua's college numbers, by the way, were very similar to McConkey's….Nacua caught 107 passes for 1,749 yards and 14 touchdowns during his college career, which was split between Washington and BYU.)
A lot will obviously happen between now and then, but McConkey sounds like an ideal fit for the Bengals' offense. And he would be a cheap replacement for Boyd, who certainly appears to be destined to play for a new team in 2024.
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