THE BENGALS TOOK OFFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS. THEY CHOSE RECEIVER JOHN ROSS FROM WASHINGTON WITH THE NINTH OVERALL PICK ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
THEY GOT AROUND TO HELPING THEIR DEFENSIVE FRONT BY TAKING END JORDAN WILLIS FROM KANSAS STATE IN THE THIRD ROUND. THE BENGALS HAD TROUBLE GETTING PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK LAST SEASON AND FINISHED WITH THEIR SECOND-LOWEST SACK TOTAL IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WILLIS WILL MOVE INTO THEIR LINE ROTATION.