NFL Draft What If: What if the Bengals decide to “Load Up” at one position?

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesIn this five-part series, I ask “what if?” and explore different draft scenarios. In all, I will due 15 mock drafts and use this as an avenue of discussing 97 different prospects.

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The Bengals had a need at linebacker for a few years. Then, in 2020, they drafted three. The linebackers coach that season just so happened to be Al Golden. He got mid-round selections Logan Wilson and Akeem Davis-Gaither involved right away as third-down specialists. Between Wilson, Davis-Gaither, Markus Bailey, and Germaine Pratt,…