Zac Taylor was a guest on the Bengals Beat Podcast earlier this offseason and he openly acknowledged that the team had to improve up front on both sides of the ball following a four-win season.
During the 2021 NFL Draft, Taylor and the Bengals made it abundantly clear what their focus was.
The Bengals’ 10-member 2021 draft class is comprised of four defensive linemen (DE Joseph Ossai, DE Cam Sample, DT Tyler Shelvin and DE Wyatt Hubert) and three offensive linemen (G Jackson Carman, OT D'Ante Smith and C Trey Hill).
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The seven total offensive and defensive linemen are the most ever selected by the Bengals since the NFL draft became a seven round format in 1994.