The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar and Jim Owczarski
The inherent flaw with most mock drafts are within the first hour on April 27, two trades will occur and now all the time spent ranking and deducting what players will be available might as well be a list of fast food restaurants.
Place the countless mock drafts you’ve done over the last three months in a bucket. Light it. Use the fire to warm your cold, empty soul.
Well, maybe that’s a bit too far, but inevitable trades render previous predictions useless. Particularly in a year when the Bengals own catnip in backup quarterback AJ McCarron, four compensatory picks which would create a crowded roster and a first-round position worth moving back out of, they could find themselves in the mix to deal.