Andy Dalton hasn't seen this much change in the Bengals' offense since his rookie season. He's expecting even more when the NFL draft begins on Thursday.
For the second straight year
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They chose receiver John Ross and running back Joe Mixon with their first two picks last season, hoping to inject big plays into an offense that had declined.
Instead, things got even worse ??Cincinnati finished last in the league in offense for the first time in its history.
Offensive coordinator Bill Lazor has been given a free hand to overhaul the offense, and the Bengals are expected to put a heavy accent on it during the draft.
"That's one of the big things that we're trying to do here: Start from scratch, make things feel new," Dalton said.
"There are a lot of new faces and coaches, a couple new players, and I think we have more coming in the next couple of weeks. Things feel new, and that's a good thing.
"What we've done in the last couple of years wasn't good enough, and so we've got to do things a different way."
There are new coordinators on offense and defense, although head coach Marvin Lewis was retained and given a two-year contract extension that provide more chances to get his elusive first playoff win. The Bengals started a youth movement last season and it didn't go smoothly, especially on the offense.
Unlike previous years when the Bengals could draft from a long-term perspective, they'll be thinking about immediate impacts from its top picks.
Some things to watch with the Bengals' draft:
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