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 sighting 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; 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.

10.BENGALS _ RT Francis Mauigoa, Miami; Geoff Hobson, Bengals.com

After talking so effusively about the Andrew Whitworth Rule in the first Mock when we took LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane, we thought we'd invoke The Law of Whit by taking a guy who actually played Whitworth's position.

Then, of course, when we took Mauigoa, we immediately had cover cornerback envy and looked longingly at Delane, probably off to Miami at No. 11.

But it's worth a discussion.

The Whitworth Rule is basically BPA. Best Player Available. And that means BPA. No Matter What. Need. Contracts. Depth chart. Nothing matters except the grade.

As in 2006, when the Bengals took LSU left tackle Andrew Whitworth in the second round even though they were on the verge of extending both their tackles making up one of the best tandems in the league. Bengals Ring of Honor member Willie Anderson at right, and one of the most underrated players in club history, Levi Jones at left, would be in the fold by the preseason finale. BPA never disappoints. Three years later, Whitworth began his run as the left tackle of six Bengals playoff teams

Twenty years later, the Bengals need defense, and yet any big board out there would tell you that the front seven at No. 10 in this particular Mock is a reach.

Obviously, we don't know what the Bengals' rankings are. But if you go by the big boards of Pro Football Focus, ESPN's Scouts, Inc., and The Athletic's consensus rankings, Mauigoa is the first or second best player available in this Mock.

He's ranked No. 7 in PFF, tops available. He's No. 9 in Scouts, Inc., behind only Penn State guard Olaivavega Ioane in availability. He's ranked No. 10 by The Athletic. Only Delane at No. 7 is ahead of him.

And maybe we should take Delane here again. The Bengals need a third outside cornerback behind Dax Hill and DJ Turner II, and they didn't get one in that first wave of free agency.

But, let's play it out.

Mauigoa is viewed by many as a versatile right tackle who can also eventually be an impact right guard, as well as a backup swing at left tackle.

And yet, the Bengals love their tackles and are committed to them. Just like 20 years ago. They just gave Orlando Brown Jr. a two-year extension at left, and they believe Amarius Mims at right has emerged into the elite and is a future franchise cornerstone.

Plus, their first move of free agency was to make sure they retained veteran right guard and keeper of the chemistry Dalton Risner with a one-year deal. A big thing with that move is it gives Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor the benefit of having the same offensive line intact from the previous season, a season that was the best year of the O-Line in the Taylor Era.

So that's the major knock with this pick. Mauigoa isn't playing right away and maybe not even as a rookie. That 10^th pick has to be a guy playing right away on defense, right? And, you figure Delane would be the first outside corner off the bench and getting in the mix right away.

(On some snaps, if you put Hill at nickel), you'd have two first-rounders and a second-rounder three across.)

But, the Bengals may have that vet cornerback by the draft. Even if they don't, it's worth wondering about a guy like Mauigoa, who one day could line up next to a fellow first-round pick in Mims and maybe give you options out into the future. You just never feel badly about loading up on top offensive line prospects in the AFC North.

Even though on paper he won't help in 2026, Mauigoa still feels like a solid pick.

So does Delane. Maybe we'll just make it easier next time and find a trade.