Ranking Cincinnati Bengals Needs at Trade Deadline, including tight end, running back and defensive tackle!
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00:00 How would you rank those needs in?
00:02 Are there any others in there?
00:03 Because those are the three most obvious for me.
00:06 I would probably list Titan first,
00:10 although I think you can make a case for any of the three.
00:14 They need help on the inside of that defensive line.
00:16 They need something to evolve at running back.
00:20 They need what they're doing at that position is not working.
00:23 But I mean, look, offensively, what do they do well right now?
00:27 They throw to Jamar Chase. T Higgins is not having a great year.
00:31 Tyler Boyd is, you know, sort of been hit or miss.
00:34 They're not a good running team.
00:36 You know, the last couple of years, they have had a productive tight end,
00:40 not a guy who was putting up Travis Kelsey numbers.
00:43 And I think sometimes that's what happens, right?
00:46 With that position in particular, the high profile nature of like Gronk
00:50 and now Travis Kelsey, it has I think people.
00:53 Well, if you're not one of those guys, you're not valuable.
00:56 Well, those dudes are Hall of Famers.
00:57 Like, I'm not looking for that.
00:58 I'm looking for a guy that can catch five passes a game,
01:01 be a threat in the red zone and make them more difficult to defend.
01:04 Darren Waller can do that.
01:06 And so just because I feel like they badly lack that element
01:10 and they're really easy to defend right now, I would prioritize
01:13 tight end more than the others.
01:15 But I don't think anybody would be upset if they addressed the other two positions.
01:19 I'm not sure I see another one as a major area of need.
01:22 Their secondary has been killer.
01:25 You know, they're upset at linebacker.
01:27 It's not like they're going to go and trade for another wide receiver.
01:29 T Higgins is back healthy.
01:30 So and I think they're pretty comfortable with the guy
01:33 they have playing quarterback.
01:34 So but, you know, those three are, you know, we use the term premium position.
01:40 You might say, well, they're not premium positions, but they're positions
01:43 that they haven't gotten the requisite production that you're looking for.
01:46 And if that continues, this team's ceiling is not that high.