The Cincinnati Bengals exited the draft with double, double dips on day three, adding some depth to key areas of the roster.

Let's talk about the way the Bengals finished the draft in 2025.

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We've had you covered, of course, throughout this draft.

We will be away from you tomorrow if you're looking for a programming update.

So since we've covered each day of the draft

we'll take tomorrow off we'll be back with you on monday evening afternoon and today we're going to

talk about how the bengals finish the draft with double double dips going back to the well at linebacker

and the interior offensive line we'll have some overall thoughts on the draft where it's a mixed

bag. It's not black and white to me, James. There's some good. There's some criticism, obviously,

and we'll get into those topics. But day three, I thought, was a pretty solid day for the Bengals

overall. I don't necessarily quibble with any of the individual

picks to a significant degree. The Bengals add Barrett Carter, linebacker from Clemson in the fourth

round. They add Jalen Rivers, a 30-visit lineman from Miami in the fifth round, Taj Brooks, running back from Texas Tech

in the sixth round. And these are all players that you can see how they fit. You can see what

their role can be. And they all bring something to the team that is valuable depth at three

positions where they go from a whole lot of questions at linebacker

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