The Cincinnati Bengals certainly drafted for upside.

I'm joined today by Mike Renner to discuss the Cincinnati Bengals 2025 draft all.

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And Mike, I went through your top

150 again before we started recording and the bengals got some guys in there i think four of the

players of bengals drafted maybe five four of the players of bengals drafted in your top 150 and i asked you before we started recording, would you agree if I described this Bengals draft as a draft for upside?

And you said, yeah, but when you think about that answer, how many of the players the Bengals picked do you see as upside picks like if you go through each one how many of

them are swings for the fences probably four i would say i think steward pick demetre snipeck

barrett carter pick and gillan rivers pick i think all of those are upside plays uh fair child feels like

not as much felt more of like a scramble at the time where it's saying, hey, we need someone who could probably play for us this year. And he was

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