Mel Kiper's 2-round mock draft might be Bengals' best-case scenario
This might be the best way the opening two rounds of the NFL draft can go for the Bengals.
More and more mock drafts keep throwing LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane at the Cincinnati Bengals . That includes the biggest NFL draft insider of all. ESPN’s Mel Kiper just issued a two-round mock draft and does just that for the Bengals at No.
10. Kiper wrote the following about the pick: “Delane is technically sound, and he can make plays to get the defense off the field and put the ball in quarterback Joe Burrow's hands. Over four college seasons -- including three at Virginia Tech -- Delane had 27 pass breakups and eight interceptions.
” Sonny Styles and Caleb Downs were off the board in this scenario. In the second round, Kiper had the Bengals selecting Texas A&M pass-rusher Cashius Howell. “He had 11.
5 sacks and 16. 5 tackles for loss last season,” Kiper wrote. “That's big-time production for a Cincinnati team that just lost Trey Hendrickson.