Not only was Cashius Howell not on my Cincinnati Bengals draft bingo card, but he wasn’t even in the bingo hall. Apparently, the 90-year-old Mike Brown is more of the Mahjong kind of guy.
Howell just didn’t seem like a fit for what the Bengals normally target at the position.
Consider his arm length. Yes, I had talked myself into Rueben Bain’s 30 7/8 inch arms, but at least he was a renowned run-stopper, which the Bengals are known to value. Howell, with his 30 1/4 arms, is super-twitched up and bendy, which is not something the Bengals tend to value as much as other teams.
And yet, here we are.
The Bengals deepened their pass-rush talent pool with a very different kind of player.
Howell just didn’t seem like a fit for what the Bengals normally target at the position.
Consider his arm length. Yes, I had talked myself into Rueben Bain’s 30 7/8 inch arms, but at least he was a renowned run-stopper, which the Bengals are known to value. Howell, with his 30 1/4 arms, is super-twitched up and bendy, which is not something the Bengals tend to value as much as other teams.
And yet, here we are.
The Bengals deepened their pass-rush talent pool with a very different kind of player.
5 months ago
