While Carter was surprised the Bengals didn’t deal with him much before the draft and he thought he was headed to Buffalo or San Francisco, his unique versatility had been on their radar since they had a formal 18-minute interview with him at last month’s NFL scouting combine.
“He’s been in the conversation all day,” Taylor said. “I think for him to be where we got him, we’re pleased with that, because we’ve talked about him, really, over the last couple of weeks. Spent a lot of time on him. We feel really good about him.”
The knock on the 6-4, 282-pound Carter is that he’s a “tweener.” Not big enough to play tackle and too big to play the edge. The Bengals are going to see if he needs to bulk up near 300 pounds to go inside, or if he can hold up in there before trying him on the edge. Just like they’re going to see where Dax Hill is the most comfortable. The luxury of Super Bowl starters. Anarumo is going to put Carter inside at first and that’s where Carter thinks his size causes…