Dexter Lawrence trade apparently saved Bengals from NFL draft mistake
A new report says the Bengals were considering a big mistake at 10th overall before the trade.
Let the always-running NFL rumor mill tell it, the Cincinnati Bengals had six or seven very high grades on NFL draft prospects the team might have hoped for at No. 10 overall. Clearly, the Bengals didn't think those prospects would actually fall to them at No.
10, hence shocking the world by trading the selection for Dexter Lawrence. In hindsight, the Bengals might have had a few prospects graded that highly, but they wouldn’t have been a good value at No. 10.
This idea comes up because former Dallas Cowboys scout Bryan Brauddus recently told Jeff Cavanaugh that the Bengals were targeting a specific, surprise prospect at No. 10. “Here’s Intel for you, they were going to reach on Peter Woods,” Brauddus said.
“They were going to take Peter Woods at 10. They were going to reach on a defensive tackle, is what they were going to do. ” No word on why the Cowboys beat has this sort of Bengals intel, but it’s not that far-fetched of an idea.