The late-round receiver has been one of the integral staples of the traditional Marvin Lewis draft. In 2001, the Bengals got a steal at the top of the seventh round when they snagged WR T.J. Houshmanzadeh out of Oregon State. Behind Max Montoya and Lemar Parrish, Houshmanzadeh is objectively the third-best player the Bengals have ever taken in the seventh round, and is the best seventh-round pick the franchise has made since 1994 when the seventh round was made the last round of the draft.
Two years later in 2003, Lewis arrived and the Bengals have found little to no success finding another steal in the bottom of the draft at the position, unless you want to include Marvin Jones in the mix.