The Cincinnati Bengals are one of the hardest teams to project in the 2023 NFL draft.
Those Bengals enter the fray with no major needs and can take a best-player-available approach. Conventional wisdom says they will attack offensive tackle, cornerback or pass-rusher in Round 1, with tight end and even running back possibilities, though those are non-premium positions that early.
As such, a big board prioritizes those positions, emphasizing the premium spots the Bengals historically tend to like (with a rare exception for a certain running back).
For the purposes of our big board this year, we will omit 15-20 prospects who either won’t be there for the team at No. 28 or simply wouldn’t interest them. So there won’t be a QB C.J. Stroud or LB Will Anderson or CB Christian Gonzalez, for obvious reasons.
These are the top 15 prospects who could be available to the Bengals at No 28, ordered by how we’d prioritize them if they were all on the board.
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