Bengals draft target's late red flag changes outlook

Every year ahead of the NFL draft, intel that is late to go public changes the outlook for the Cincinnati Bengals and the rest of the league.

This year, one such occurrence might be with Oregon defensive lineman Derrick Harmon, a prospect projected to go off the board as high as the top 10, while consistently being linked to the Bengals at No. 17.

According to Bryan Broaddus of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Harmon has a shoulder injury that could cause him to slide in Round 1.

Now, this could just be an interested team leaking info or something else. But it's notable, then, that ESPN's Peter Schrager just kept Harmon out of the first round completely in his "what I'm hearing from my sources" mock…