The Cincinnati Bengals are in a not unfamiliar position this year. They again hold a top 10 draft pick. They have been in a similar position numerous times over the course of the past 20 years. Sometimes, they opt to trade back. Others, they sit tight.
Last year, after going 2-14 the previous season, they knew all along exactly what they were doing. After earning the first overall pick, they used it to bring in quarterback Joe Burrow out of LSU. Burrow was coming off of one of the all-time great college football seasons.
The Bengals hold the fifth overall pick in the upcoming 2021 NFL Draft after posting a 4-11-1 record a year ago.