The big wave of free agency has lapped up on the shores of the draft, and as far as the port harboring the second Bengals.com Media Mock Draft of the year, the topography of the top nine drafted before the Bengals at No. 10 hardly moved.
The nine names look to be frozen like a glacier, so locked in we'll have to mull a trade down for the third Bengals.com Media Mock of the year coming soon to a phone near you.
Despite more than a billion being committed on the first day of free agency, only one player fell off our board that was there before the bidding. And that because of injury and not because of any moves.
Florida defensive tackle Caleb Banks suffered a broken foot at the NFL scouting combine, and on top of the foot injury that limited him to three games last year, taking him in the top ten is a hellacious risk.
The top five followed the first Media Mock with the Browns offering the first change at six, when they opted for the only new name of the nine, Georgia left tackle Monroe Freeling, instead of Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate. Tate had to wait only three spots until the Chiefs took him at No. 9.
See if we stayed pat at No. 10.
**1.RAIDERS \_ QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana; Consensus**
No Joe Flacco sighing in Vegas.
**2.JETS \_ LB Arvell Reese, Ohio State; Rich Cimini, ESPN.com**
Old friend Joseph Ossai netted $36 million for three years from New York, but Cimini thinks they'll keep fortifying the edge since Kingsley Enagbare signed on for just a year, and the Jets are moving to a 3-4.
**3.CARDINALS \_ DE David Bailey, Texas Tech; Darren Urban, azcardinals.com**
The Cards basically filled their depth in free agency (Gardner Minshew II for one) at several spots with their one starter Steelers guard Isaac Seumalo. They still can use a right tackle, and they've been linked to the draft's fastest riser, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. But Urban sticks with that pass-rusher they also need.
**4.TITANS \_ DE Rueben Bain Jr., Miami; Paul Kuharsky, paulkuharsky.com**
Love is also in the air in Nashville after a free-agent haul highlighted by the $70-plus million of wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson, $64 million of defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers, and $60 million of cornerback Alontae Taylor. So Love is an option, but note that none of the three major signings included an edge.
**5.GIANTS \_ LB Sonny Styles, Ohio State; Tom Rock, _Newsday_**
And if Love's still here, this is where he could also go. As Rock observes, "The Giants built up their run offense in free agency at every position except running back." Still, he sticks with Styles because, "Ultimately they need playmakers on defense and Styles will fit into new head coach John Harbaugh's Giants defense the way Kyle Hamilton did in Baltimore."
**6.BROWNS \_** **LT Monroe Freeling, Georgia;** **Tony Grossi, ESPN Cleveland**
They can still trade for a wide receiver or draft one at No. 24, or both. But in order to have clear access to the offensive line help they need at tackle, they've got to get the natural left tackle here, Grossi believes. Plus, he knows how much the Browns love athleticism in the trenches, and no one was more athletic at the combine than Freeling, where he became the first player ever to go 6-7, weigh 315 pounds, run less than five seconds in the 40-yard dash, jump more than 30 inches, and hit a broad jump longer than nine feet.
**7.COMMANDERS \_ RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame; S Caleb Downs, Ohio State; John Keim, ESPN.com**
Washington can't resist the most dynamic player on the board and teaming him with playmaking quarterback Jayden Daniels.
**8.SAINTS \_ S Caleb Downs, Ohio State; Jeff Duncan, _New Orleans Times-Picayune._**
The Saints, who had their hearts set on Love, get a nice consolation prize in a guy Duncan sees as the ideal replacement for Alontae Taylor at The Star position in the second year of defensive coordinator Brandon Staley's 3-4.
**9.CHIEFS \_ WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State; Jesse Newell, The Athletic**
The Chiefs opt for a more traditional 50-50 catch guy rather than their typical YAC jackrabbits. Newell cites last season's lack of separation on the outside and sees Tate as a perfect fit for a new receivers coach and a wily veteran quarterback who knows how to get him the ball.