3-round Bengals mock draft by ESPN’s Todd McShay and Mel Kiper

Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty ImagesIn their latest three-round mock draft, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay of ESPN have the Cincinnati Bengals focusing heavily on the defensive side of the ball. While there has been chatter of several defensive backs potentially being selected at pick 31, the latest version takes things in a different direction.

Linebacker isn’t a position that you may have heard needs much attention, but that is exactly where McShay projects the Bengals to draft in Round 1.

McShay’s pick: Devin Lloyd, ILB, Utah

“I originally thought hard about Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum here, but Lloyd’s slide out of the top 30 forced my hand. Lloyd…