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NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein released his first mock draft of the 2024 cycle this week and has the Bengals adding protection for Joe Burrow.
Zierlein slotted Penn State offensive tackle Olumuyia Fashanu to Cincinnati at Pick 18.
“Fashanu has good size and length, and plenty of upside, but he still has work to do to reach his potential,” Zierlein wrote.
This would be a huge steal for Cincinnati compared to his consensus big board projection as the 10th pick this year.
Fashanu is the consensus second-best offensive tackle in the draft behind Notre Dame’s Joe Alt.
Fashanu would have to learn an entirely new position at right tackle in Cincinnati after playing left tackle for his entire college career.
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Tennessee has the No. 7 overall pick in this year’s draft, which means there’s a good chance that Bowers is on the board for their pick.
The Georgia product might get his wish, but the Titans appear to have much bigger needs. Could Bowers fall to the Bengals at No. 18? It’s unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
The Bengals had a 10-7 lead over the Ravens in Baltimore when Burrow left the game with a wrist injury that would ultimately end his season.
No one knows how the season would’ve went, but it’s hard to blame Chase for thinking Cincinnati would’ve been in the Super Bowl conversation again this year.
