Jihaad Campbell Cincinnati Bengals Target if 100 Percent Healthy
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00:00Love Jahad Campbell. Love everything about him. And the big question is his shoulder. The Alabama linebacker, you look at his production, you look at everything that comes with him. He's going to be a top prospect on the Bengals board. I have no doubt in my mind. Elite athlete, I'm looking here, 21 years old, checks that box, which is a big box, I would say, for a lot of these guys. Walter Nolan as well, checks that box at 21.
00:25And right now, his consensus is the 19th overall pick, Jahad Campbell. Meanwhile, Walter Nolan is the 21st overall pick, according to all the different mock drafts. So theoretically, both guys could be there and they may get their pick. Might not. But Jahad Campbell is someone, if the Bengals are looking to upgrade their linebacker unit, and I think they are, if they're looking for someone that can make plays and be a difference maker and get pressure on opposing quarterbacks as a blitzer and just be a playmaker on defense.
00:54And I think that's what they need. Like, I'm really not, I don't have the tunnel vision. And by the way, I'm totally fine with defense. I think there are a lot of people that, oh, James, you just want skill players. No, I talk about playmakers a lot. Well, there can be playmakers on defense. And that's what the Bengals are missing. They need playmakers on defense, guys that are going to go out there and make big plays.
01:13And they don't have enough of those guys. And so if that guy is there at 17, well, you take him. And one of those guys is certainly Jahad Campbell. I think he's going to be in the mix there. He's not alone. Derek Harmon, I think, is someone that the Bengals could consider with the 17th overall pick.