{"id":3449,"date":"2026-04-12T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/3449\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:24","slug":"even-ai-gets-bengals-nfl-mock-draft-pick-correct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/3449\/","title":{"rendered":"Even AI gets Bengals\u2019 NFL mock draft pick correct"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> might be the most obvious team in the NFL draft<\/a> at No. 10.<\/p>\n

Provided Caleb Downs makes it there, of course.<\/p>\n

Downs is widely considered one of the best overall players in the entire draft class. The Bengals<\/a>\u2019 hopes of actually landing him hinge on nine other teams not weighing the positional importance all that highly.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Even AI is on board with the idea. At USA Today, Jacob Camenker<\/a> asked Meta AI to predict the first round and Downs went to the Bengals:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bengals signed Bryan Cook and Kyle Dugger in free agency. Will that preclude them from selecting a safety with the 10th overall pick? Meta doesn’t think so, as it believes Downs’ “instincts and range” will make him an attractive option for Cincinnati at this juncture.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is zero chance the signings of Bryan Cook and Kyle Dugger take Downs off the board for the Bengals.<\/p>\n

Cook is a starter, while Dugger will see snaps. But the verdict is still out on Jordan Battle. More important than anything, Downs projects as a guy who can play in the slot. They have yet to find a slot starter at all after Josh Newton didn\u2019t pan out.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

If the draft unfolds this way, the Bengals will be looking at a lot of Cook-Battle-Downs on the field together.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious even to AI, but the Jessie Bates mistake from years ago needs corrected in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Even AI gets Bengals\u2019 NFL mock draft pick correct<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals might be the most obvious team in the NFL draft at No. 10. Provided Caleb…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,3356,3418,3359,3421,3419,3420,3357,1277],"class_list":{"0":"post-3449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-bryan-cook","11":"tag-caleb-downs","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-jessie-bates","14":"tag-jordan-battle","15":"tag-josh-newton","16":"tag-kyle-dugger","17":"tag-meta-ai"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}