2012 NFL Draft: Today's War Room Thoughts for the Cincinnati Bengals

With the NFL draft a month away, teams are starting to line up visits with players they find intriguing—as well as others on the margins in order to throw rivals off their trail.

The Cincinnati Bengals have met with or have visits lined up with a number of draft-eligible players, some of whom could be perfect fits for the team.

One player they've looked at is Virginia Tech running back David Wilson. The Bengals are likely to pick up a running back in this year's draft to complement BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Bernard Scott, and Wilson would be a perfect third to add.

Wilson has explosive speed and youth on his side. He rushed 290 times for 1,709 yards and nine scores last season, with over 1,000 of those yards coming after contact. Green-Ellis is a tackle-breaking bruiser, but Wilson has the benefit of speed, clocking a 4.4-second 40-yard dash at his pro day.

If the Bengals have Wilson in their sights, he could easily be their second-round pick unless a team before them is enamored with him.

The Bengals also are almost guaranteed to draft another wide receiver this year, and they've already lined up a visit with Rutgers' Mohamed Sanu.

Sanu's name keeps coming up when discussing second-round receivers, but he's certainly in possession of first-round talent. 2011 was the first year where Sanu was a dedicated, starting wide receiver, notching 1,206 yards and seven touchdowns on 115 receptions.

In 2009 and 2010, Sanu had fewer than half as many receptions, but also carried the ball nearly 60 times per season, proving that 40 times can be deceiving. Though he ran a 4.67 40 at the Scouting Combine, the fact that he's had work as a ball-carrier proves he does have serious speed.

The Bengals need a counterpart for star wideout A.J. Green, so expect the team to work out a number of receivers projected to go in practically any round of the draft before whittling down their list to a select few draft-day targets.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Bengals met with Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly last weekend and have also worked out Montana cornerback Trumaine Johnson. Both positions are areas of need for the Bengals—they prefer to keep six corners on the active roster and need to skew younger after signing or re-signing a pair of free-agent veterans.

Kuechly is just one of a likely parade of linebackers to work out for the Bengals as they try to improve the Sam backer position (or potentially move Rey Maualuga to the strong side and bring in a new player in the middle).

Kuechly would be well-suited on the strong side. His unorthodox method of tackling—looping around to take down running backs, rather than plowing through offensive linemen—could add another dimension to the Ravens' linebacking corps.

Clearly, the Bengals are looking first at areas of need when it comes to their precious workout invites before taking glances at players at other positions who could be good fits, if not must-haves.

At least this gives a clear indication of just what positions Cincinnati is prioritizing in this year's draft—receiver, running back, linebacker and cornerback. Nothing surprising, to be sure, but expect more visits from draft prospects at those four positions in the coming weeks.

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