The 2016 NFL draft resulted in some high-quality players for the Bengals, including WRs Tyler Boyd and Cody Core, LB Nick Vigil, S Clayton Fejedelem, and versatile G Christian Westerman. However, two very exciting prospects the Bengals drafted didn’t get to see the playing field. CB William Jackson III and DT Andrew Billings were selected in hopes of making immediate impacts to the Bengals very good 2015 defense. However, they both sustained injuries in training camp and were lost for the season.
As I detailed in Part 2, just like the Bengals offense, the defense should receive a significant boost with the return of Jackson and Billings.