The Bengals took Tee Higgins with the 33rd overall pick in the NFL draft and everyone from Joe Burrow to Chad Johnson are excited. But the Bengals might have gone a different direction if the Seahawks hadn’t “oiled them with the 27th pick to take [Jordyn] Brooks.”
According to Geoff Hobson, the Bengals had there eye on Texas Tech linebacker Jordyn Brooks with the first pick of the second round. The Seahawks drafted Brooks in the late first round, so the Bengals drafted Higgins at 33.