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Bengals don’t have a good history of holding onto first-rounders

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The Cincinnati Bengals had some promising draft picks in recent years, but few turned out to be the players they expected.

Since 2014, more than half of their first-round picks have left the team. A few days ago, Cincinnati traded 2018 pick No. 21 Billy Price to the New York Giants in exchange for defensive tackle B.J. Hill and a conditional seventh-round pick.

Before Price, 2017 pick No. 9 John Ross played with the Bengals for four years, mostly underperformed, and signed with the Giants in March.