It was a roller coaster day three for the Cincinnati Bengals, but an emphatic finish leaves a great

impression for their overall draft class. Let's break down how the Bengals finish the 2026th draft.

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What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.

The Bengals wrapped up their draft class on day three, and that is what we're covering today.

I'm with James Rapine. I'm Jake. Let's go. We're your host of Lockdown Bengals, and boy,

do we have a lot to talk about today, James. Bengals go four straight picks on the offensive

side of the ball. They trade back in the fourth round, which is actually a trade that I really

liked when they made the move.

They clean up with their sixth and seventh round picks and finish with some prospects that were significant fallers on consensus and really high on the old draft sheet and players that you can see making the team and making an impact.

But let's start at the top.

We'll get to the way they finished in a few minutes here toward the end of the show.

And as we continue, but the Bengals start on day three in the fourth round with the trade back,

where they move from one of their sixth round picks all the way up to the end of the fourth round to drop back 18 spots,

which fair value on the trade charts or whatever.

But to me, moving from the sixth round up into the fourth round, just eliminating that huge gap they had,

really like the trade in a vacuum.

They use those picks then on Connor Liu and Kobe Young,

a wide receiver from Georgia and a center from Auburn. And different opinions on those two

picks, James. And let's start with Connor Liu. I think here they've identified a player who

before the ACL injury, and he is coming

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