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Insider suggests Bengals are willing to overlook character concerns for a group of first-round talents

For a long time, the Cincinnati Bengals had a reputation of having players who had frequent run-ins with the law. Honestly, that label stuck far too long for how often it actually came up.

It sort of got rejuvenated when the team took running back Joe Mixon in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft after being suspended for striking a woman.

Most of the Zac Taylor era has been spent purposefully filling the roster with "high character" players, but last year showed they aren't afraid to still take a chance on a guy with character concerns when they took Jermaine Burton in the third round.