31. BENGALS _ DE Arnold Ebiketie, Penn State; Geoff Hobson, Bengals.com
There are some surprises up there (Watson, McCreary) and you’ve got to figure three quarterbacks are going somewhere in the first round, leaving the Bengals a couple of more position players to peruse.
But this is pretty much the universe the Bengals are going to be looking at in the wee hours of the round on Saturday morning. Looking at a mix from the big boards from Scout, Inc., Pro Football Focus and Walter Football:
Ebiketie, Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum. Washington cornerback Kyler Gordon, Michigan edge David Ojabo, Baylor safety-cornerback Jalen Pitre and Connecticut defensive tackle Travis Jones.
No question Linderbaum is enticing. He’d be a lock if they didn’t draft a guard and center last year or sign a guard and center in free agency last month.
Gordon and Pitre are also attractive simply because the Bengals have little cornerback depth and a guy like Pitre could have the kind of cornerback-safety…