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Six games into season, Bengals on pace for high draft pick

GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 22: Quarterback Andy Dalton #14 of the Cincinnati Bengals (left) talks with head coach Marvin Lewis (right) during the first half of the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on November 22, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Credit: Christian Petersen

GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 22: Quarterback Andy Dalton #14 of the Cincinnati Bengals (left) talks with head coach Marvin Lewis (right) during the first half of the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on November 22, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Oct 23, 2017

The Bengals are having a season to forget. Now 2-4 with losses to rivals Pittsburgh and Baltimore, Cincinnati is earning its “reward:” a top 5 pick.

The Bengals currently hold the fifth overall pick in the 2018 draft.

Obviously things can and will change - we’re not even halfway through the season, and most of league is seperated by just one or two games in the loss column.

But if things continue as they look, the Bengals will stay in the top 10. On a positive note, that’d put them in position to add a bluechip player and select early in each round.

If they’re in that position, however, there will likely be changes at the top. Perhaps that wouldn’t be the worst thing.

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