{"id":20948,"date":"2025-04-20T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2025-04-20T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:57:06","slug":"breaking-cincinnati-bengals-select-quarterback-in-major-seven-round-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=20948","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cincinnati Bengals Select Quarterback in Major Seven-Round Mock Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-mm-id=\"_x730hgp6a\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5601,h_3150,x_0,y_125\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01js4v1c758vjdvznqc9.jpg\" alt=\"Mar 1, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord (QB09) during the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. 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The Bengals will almost certainly go defense in Round 1,&#8221;\u00a0Edwards wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_kstsixq7d\">Check out the rest of the picks with their\u00a0big\u00a0board ranking:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_bozi2b-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sgqt5okuo\">\n<li class=\"style_dswvvi\">Round 2, No. 49: S Xavier Watts, Notre Dame, 51st overall<\/li>\n<li class=\"style_dswvvi\">Round 3, No. 81: EDGE Bradyn Swinson, LSU, 64th<\/li>\n<li class=\"style_dswvvi\">Round 4, No. 119: QB Kyle McCord, Syracuse, 118th<\/li>\n<li class=\"style_dswvvi\">Round 5, No. 153: DT C.J. 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