Jackson Carman poised to compete.
Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin had a heck of a good afternoon Friday as the start of the NFL Draft s second round loomed about three hours away.
With the edge rushers picked over after a furious end-of-round run and his scouts and offensive line coach Frank Pollack giving high marks on Clemson left tackle Jackson Carman, Tobin called Bengals all-time right tackle Willie Anderson to get his take on one of his prized pupils. The Bengals believed they had their guy with the same type of M.O. as Penei Sewell, the tackle they passed on to take LSU wide receiver Ja Marr Chase in the top five. Big. Mobile. Nasty.
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The Cincinnati Bengals left plenty of work to be done after getting one of the best players in the draft by selectin wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase in Round 1. They clearly had a hole left along the offensive line, and they decided to trade back from their first pick on Day 2, and they still ended up with their guy, Clemson Tigers offensive lineman Jackson Carman.
Cincinnati followed up that pick by stealing Texas Longhorns edge defender Joseph Ossai at pick No. 69. He may end up turning into quite the steal, as he will quickly work his way into the pass-rushing rotation that was in dire need of another body.
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The Bengals did what they had to do in Friday s second and third rounds of the NFL Draft and stayed in the trenches with Clemson left tackle Jackson Carman and Texas edge rusher Joseph Ossai, respectively.
The Cincinnati-bred Carman is poised to block for another overall No. 1 pick after watching teammate Trevor Lawrence go to Jacksonville and Ossai is looking to build on his collegiate sack of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.
And just wait for Saturday s final day, when then the Bengals have three of their seven picks in the fourth round after Friday s second round trade down with New England.
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Take us through the decision-making process in trading down in the second round, from pick No. 38 to 46? We felt like there would be some good options moving back eight spots. Then we get some good ammunition for later in the draft. In hindsight, we feel good about our decision. We got a guy we were really high on.
Was Carman the player you were coveting? We would have taken him at No. 38, and felt really great about that. We moved back, got the player we wanted, and got some picks later on.
He played in high-level games in college at Clemson. How much of a factor was that?