Speculation has Bengals looking to draft a quarterback

The Bengals have a big offseason ahead of them. It’s the first year of the Zac Taylor era, after the team finally fired coach Marvin Lewis after 16 seasons. Cincinnati has Andy Dalton at quarterback, but he'll be 32 in October and it might be time to look to the future.  As such, the Bengals could realistically use their first-round pick on a quarterback, according to a panel on NFL Network (video Twitter link). Bengals owner Mike Brown recently said the team wasn’t in any rush to extend Dalton and indicated the TCU product would need to prove himself this season. Last week we heard that Dalton, who ended last season on injured reserve after undergoing thumb surgery, would be fully healthy for the offseason program. On the panel, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com said he talked to other teams picking near the Bengals, and stated “other teams are watching them, saying that is a potential landing spot for a quarterback.” Garafolo points out that quarterback-needy teams like the Dolphins and Redskins pick after the Beng

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