Every year, we need to remind ourselves: The NFL scouting combine matters. No matter how foolish the TV track event - which feels more popular than actual track and
field - might seem from a distance, on the ground in Indianapolis is the draft
current. You can feel The
race for the AFC FOOTBALL IRON ONS it: Scouts, coaches, execs and agents are
cruising around the city, gossiping about the offseason to come. And every year,
information we gather in the Circle City, plus what we heard down at the Senior
Bowl, is far more reliable and accurate than what leaks out in late March and
early April. So, we’re soaking up as much as we can from what we heard and saw
at the combine and funneling it into our pre-free agency mock draft. Veteran
moves will change teams’ needs and outlooks, but the prospects are starting to
slot into their little corners of the draft picture. Here’s where we are in what
feels like FOOTBALL
IRON ONS draft preseason. 1. Cincinnati Bengals LSU QB Joe Week
14's biggest takeaways from NFL Nation CLEVELAND BROWNS IRON ONS Burrow The
speculation of Burrow not wanting to play for the Bengals appeared to cool as
combine week went on. Everything points to this being the pick here, especially
after the team franchised wideout A.J. Green. If Andy Dalton is traded before
the draft, the likelihood of Burrow to Cincy would go from about 97 percent to
roughly 99.