The 2026 NFL Draft is full of intriguing prospects in the early part of the first round, but it's a rather top-heavy rookie class in that regard. Many of those consensus elite players in this draft have some very real drawbacks, too.
Case in point: Caleb Downs is my No. 1 player in the draft. Jeremiyah Love is second. Sonny Styles is fifth. They play safety, running back, and linebacker respectively. Positional value narratives abound.
Given how these top 60 prospects stack up, and the fact that the Bengals don't need a pure boundary CB or WR, how can the front office possibly emerge from the first two rounds without at least *ONE* immediate-impact rookie?