Unfortunately, the Cincinnati Bengals have resorted to arbitrary, self-imposed, and constraining metrics to evaluate early-round prospects in recent NFL Drafts.
Some of those metrics, such as height, arm length, and weight, have them missing out on the most obvious of prospects who could have helped them win the Super Bowl, if only they had one more quality offensive lineman.
More recently, the team has gone off the beaten path, relying more on advanced stats to identify whom they should select in the draft. And we should expect them to do the same in the 2026 draft.