The Cincinnati Bengals and the NFL league office haven’t had the greatest relationship as of late.
The most recent example seems to be them possibly making a mistake that cost the Bengals a third-round selection instead of a sixth.
Nick Korte from Over the Cap has been regarded as an expert on the NFL compensatory pick formulas that help repay teams who lost major free agents the past offseason.
But the Bengals may have also missed out on a 3rd rounder for the departure of Jessie Bates, if the 3rd/4th cutoff was closer to expected, but in between his contract and that of Orlando Brown, Jr.