{"id":860640,"date":"2026-04-08T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860640\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:58:32","slug":"bengals-roster-move-another-bad-mark-for-horrendous-2024-draft-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860640\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals&#8217; roster move another bad mark for horrendous 2024 draft class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/test-post-221407100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cincinnati Bengals&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> waived Matt Lee early this week, it was yet another proverbial nail in the coffin of the team\u2019s 2024 draft class.<\/p>\n<p>Horrid drafting hit rates over the last handful of years from Duke Tobin\u2019s department have put the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bengals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bengals<\/a> in a hole they\u2019re still attempting to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lee was only a seventh-round pick, of course, but another look at the 2024 class in its entirety is almost repulsive:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">3.97 DL McKinnley Jackson<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">6.194 TE Tanner McLachlan<\/p>\n<p>A disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Amarius Mims has a chance to be a nice piece for a long time. He just needs to stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>But the problems start after that. Kris Jenkins has never emerged. Defensive tackle is a massive need and top 10 candidate this month.<\/p>\n<p>In the third round, Jermaine Burton got cut and McKinnley Jackson just asked for a trade last season because he can\u2019t see the field.<\/p>\n<p>Erick All can\u2019t stay healthy, so that red flag has come true so far. And Josh Newton never developed into the starting slot corner. It\u2019s one of the biggest needs on the roster and a top 10 candidate this month.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sixth-rounders Tanner McLachlan and Cedric Johnson are backups at best, but not promised the final 53. Matt Lee is already gone, and coaches didn\u2019t trust Daijahn Anthony last year at a miserable position.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lot like the 2022 class, where Dax Hill was the first-rounder and everything else after it has turned out horrendously (Cam Taylor-Britt, Zach Carter, etc).<\/p>\n<p>And until these consistently bad draft classes stop, the Bengals are going to find it nearly impossible to give Joe Burrow the support he deserves.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/04\/08\/bengals-roster-move-bad-mark-horrendous-2024-draft-class\/89509495007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals&#039; roster move another bad mark for horrendous 2024 draft class;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bengals&#039; roster move another bad mark for horrendous 2024 draft class&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bengals&#8217; roster move another bad mark for horrendous 2024 draft class<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Cincinnati Bengals waived Matt Lee early this week, it was yet another proverbial nail in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[8723,2979,228,32770,227,256,2296,7,14705,1577,11990,22932,24572,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-860640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-2024-draft-class","9":"tag-amarius-mims","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-cedric-johnson","12":"tag-cincinnati","13":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","14":"tag-cincinnatibengals","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-jermaine-burton","17":"tag-joe-burrow","18":"tag-josh-newton","19":"tag-kris-jenkins","20":"tag-matt-lee","21":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116368500819111927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860640","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=860640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}