DRAFT PUZZLE | Solving the Bengals' Draft Plans without another FA Guard addition

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Zac Taylor says there's no guard signing coming for the Cincinnati Bengals before the 2025 NFL draft. How does that impact their draft plans with a clear need for a starter (or two)? Jake Liscow is joined by Joe Goodberry to discuss how the draft puzzle pieces are starting to come together. Between first round options with flaws that may remove them from the Bengals' board altogether, to trying to find the sweet spot to draft a guard while also finding difference-makers at other positions, the guys try to discern the ripple effects to potentially forcing a guard early in the draft.

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0:00.0	An NFL owner meeting, Zach Taylor indicated that you shouldn't expect to see the Bengals sign a guard before the draft.
0:06.7	What does that mean for the Bengals draft as far as pigeonholing themselves into drafting certain positions at certain times?
0:12.5	Let's break it down.
0:18.9	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
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0:29.3	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals Podcast.
0:33.5	I'm your host, Jake Liskow, joined today by Joe Goodberry at Joe Goodberry on Twitter,
0:38.3	Bengals on the Brain on YouTube where he does a great job of covering the Bengals
0:42.5	and offers a subscription service on Twitter where you can get his unique blend of insight
0:47.4	and analysis and film breakdown all with a click of a button.
0:52.7	Today we're going to be talking about what is going on
0:55.6	with these first couple rounds of the Bengals draft
0:58.5	and the things that they have to navigate to get there,
1:01.6	especially given the Zach Taylor comments
1:03.6	at owners' meetings that they won't be signing a guard
1:05.6	before the draft.
1:07.6	Welcome back to the everydayers.
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1:18.6	vests when your first $5 bet wins. And Joe, we knew at some level we will be having this conversation at some point.
1:30.3	The Bengals have a history of putting themselves in a position going into the draft with very clear needs.
1:37.8	It just seems like there's a few more of them this year than normal, where even if we try to pigeonhole them and say, yep, they're going to just
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