{"id":858717,"date":"2026-04-07T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858717\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:55:18","slug":"bengals-news-4-7-best-case-scenario-in-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858717\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals News (4\/7): Best-case scenario in NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/2026-nfl-draft-ideal-top-two-picks-for-every-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft: Ideal top two picks for every team<\/a><br \/>This would pretty much be a dream scenario. Who knows if Downs is even available for the Bengals at 10, or if Woods could somehow make it all the way to 41? But there were good defensive options beyond those two for Cincinnati in both slots. Pairing Downs with free agent Bryan Cook would give the Bengals the most upgraded safety room in the league, and landing Woods would prevent them from having to sign a veteran inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/quick-hits-dan-hurley-bengals-fan-final-four-jimmy-burrow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Hits | Burrows and Bengaldom watching Fan Boy Hurley<br \/><\/a>\u201cI\u2019m sure he only got about 10,000 today. At least he\u2019ll know one of these days,\u201d Jimmy Burrow says. \u201cIt\u2019ll be something like, \u2018Good luck, win another one.\u2019 He doesn\u2019t need any motivation or advice. He knows how to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/2026-nfl-draft-top-prospects-wide-receivers-carnell-tate-makai-lemon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft Prospect Primer: Wide Receivers<\/a><br \/>Tate declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season. He was named Second-team Associated Press All-American in 2025 as well as First-team All-Big Ten Conference, catching 51 passes for 875 yards and nine touchdowns. He started all 15 games in 2024 for the eventual National Champion Buckeyes, catching 52 passes for 733 yards and four scores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/04\/06\/bengals-best-nfl-draft-fit-developmental-big-weapon-eli-raridon\/89485529007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals tabbed as best NFL draft fit for developmental big weapon<\/a><br \/>\u201cMike Gesicki is back with the Cincinnati Bengals, but he\u2019s obviously a temporary solution at tight end. Notre Dame\u2019s Eli Raridon took a nice step forward in 2025, producing 32 receptions for 482 yards (15.1 yards per catch). Raridon is a primary pass catcher, but plays with enough in-line blocking technique to suggest he\u2019s capable of expanding his horizons in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: Ideal top two picks for every teamThis would pretty much be a dream scenario. Who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,1561,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-858717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-news","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116363064333492659","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}