Swiping a defensive player from the Ravens, the best team in the AFC during the 2023 regular season, would certainly make Cincinnati’s defense better while taking away a key part of Baltimore’s defense.
He’s young (he doesn’t turn 22 until the week of the opener) and he’s got just 16 college starts. But he played in 39 games, was the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year, and he also made Joe Burrow’s Freaks List. According to nflfdraftbuzz.com, Feldman wrote, “has been clocked at 18 MPH on the GPS, had a team-best 455-pound front squat, and power-cleaned 375 pounds,” with his strength coach saying he could have done more.
Much of what the Cincinnati Bengals might be able to accomplish in the upcoming 2024 NFL draft hinges on the teams in front of them in the official draft order.
It’s January 14th, 2012. We’re at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. With 14 seconds to play, down three, and facing a third down, the 49ers need a score to keep their playoff hopes alive – without needing to roll the dice in overtime. The Saints meanwhile can end this here with a takeaway and head to the NFC Championship Game themselves. To understand how we got here and to appreciate everything this moment represents, we need to rewind.
