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Here’s my 2012 NFL Mock Draft. There’s still a long time until the draft actually happens, and because of that, players will rise or fail dramatically in the months leading up to the real draft. Last year, Von Miller rocketed up to second overall after being projected a second rounder, and Da’Quan Bowers fell to the 55th overall pick after being projected second overall. This year, Baylor’s WR Kendall Wright, LSU’s DT Michael Brockers, and South Carolina’s CB Stephon Gilmore are shooting up draft boards. Other big names are falling, including Arizona State’s Vontaze Burfict, Boston College’s Luke Kuechley, and South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffery.

I tried to reflect the varying stock of players and predict where they will actually fall in 3 months time. Enjoy.

1. Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Luck
QB, Stanford

2. Washington Redskins (trade with St. Louis Rams)
Robert Griffin III
QB, Baylor

3. Minnesota Vikings
Matt Kalil
OT, USC

4. Cleveland Browns
Trent Richardson
RB, Alabama

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Morris Claiborne
CB, LSU

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According to NFL insider Jason La Canfora, the Miami Dolphins are expected to hire Bengals Secondary Coach Kevin Coyle as the team’s next defensive coordinator. Coyle has coached the Bengals’ secondary for the past nine seasons, and been an assistant with the team for the past 11 season. He’s helped shape pro-bowl defensive backs like Jonathan Joseph, Leon Hall, and Deltha O’ Neal. While its unfortunate to ever lose a good coach like Coyle, after 11 seasons in the NFL, I am very happy to see him finally get promoted to a higher position. That’s what we all strive to do in whatever profession we work in. Good luck to Coyle at his new job.

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According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have officially have hired Rutgers Head coach Greg Schiano as their next head coach. This means that with no more head-coaching openings in the NFL, it is highly likely the Bengals can expect to have Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer back for at least one more year. This means the Bengals should be expected to have another top-10 defense next year, and with a solid draft and offseason and limited wholes on the defense, perhaps next year Zimmer can orchestrate a top-2 or 3 level defense. With young studs like Carlos Dunlap, Geno Atkins, and Rey Maualuga, the future looks bright next year for the Bengals defense.

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The Indianapolis Colts have announced that Ravens Defensive Coordinator Chuck Pagano is their new head coach. This eliminates another potential destination for Bengals Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer to go to, and now only Tampa Bay is without a head coach. It is looking more likely by the day that Cincinnati will be able to keep their prominent DC for at least one more season.

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When the Cincinnati Bengals selected Andrew Whitworth in the 2nd-round of the 2006 NFL draft, the decision came with question as to why the team was drafting a player in an area where the team was solid. The Bengals had a Pro Bowl-quality lineman at every OL spot, and there were more pressing needs than a LT. Little did anybody know how much Whitworth would contribute to the Bengals. Continue reading this post »

The Oakland Raiders have hired Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen as their next head coach. This means the only vacant head-coaching job available is in Indianapolis and Tampa Bay, and Colts owner Jim Irsay has said he believes they will hire a head coach by the end of the week. Continue reading this post »

A lot of signs have pointed towards the departure of runningback Cedric Benson in this offseason. The team’s coaches and players don’t seem enthusiastic about the longtime starter returning for one more year, and his production hasn’t warranted another contract anyway.

It seems that the Bengals are likely going to take a runningback early in this year’s draft, and their scouts have been seen talking extensively to two early round runningbacks at this year’s Senior Bowl practices- Boise State’s Doug Martin and Cincinnati’s Isaiah Pead.

Bengals scouts talked to Pead after yesterday’s practice, and Martin after today’s practice.

Martin is projected to be a second or third round pick, while Pead is projected to be gone in the third of fourth round.

The Enquirer’s Sherry Coolidge reports that the Bengals will receive a new playing field and practice field this offseason.

This news probably means a new artificial field turf for Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals have had FieldTurf since 2004, but the stadium had a grass playing surface when the stadium opened in 2000. Problems arose with maintaining the grass playing surface then, so the Bengals will probably just replace the old FieldTurf with a new one.

The practice fields currently consist of one artificial turf field and two grass fields.

Since training camp is held at Paul Brown Stadium this year, Bengals fans will be able to get up and close to the new surfaces before the first games are played.

The Bengals have just announced that they have received word from the NFL that QB Andy Dalton, DT Geno Atkins, and TE Jermaine Gresham have been added to the AFC Pro-Bowl roster to replace the New England Patriots players who are now playing in the Super Bowl. Continue reading this post »