What had happened as the Bengals watched from No. 63 was that four cornerbacks, six wide receivers and four defensive ends had gone in the second round. As the pickings grew slimmer, their grade on Taylor-Britt stuck out.
With the 49ers, at 61, looking for defense, and the Chiefs, at No. 62, still smarting from Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase even though they traded up to get a cornerback in the first round, the Bengals didn’t want to chance it and sent their sixth-rounder to the Bills to get No. 60.
“It’s somewhat the player, somewhat what is happening around you. And somewhat the analysis about what might happen before you pick,” Tobin said. “There are a lot factors that go into that. When you trade up, you have a guy in mind.”
And they absolutely love the guy they had in mind. Taylor-Britt seems to have come right out of one of head coach Zac Taylor’s beloved old-school notebooks, right down to the Nebraska pedigree: Productive, physical, fast and, a favorite Taylor-Made Take,…