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(04-14-2021, 06:36 PM)ochocincos Wrote: And that's what happens when you don't properly address all your needs in FA.
It will likely leave you with gaps after the draft and/or force you into drafting for need.

As I said in another thread, a "solid" draft only yields 2 starters and probably one other decent contributor.
You also shouldn't typically expect any reasonable contribution from a Day 3 draft pick as a rookie except for ST.
So if you go OL and DL with the first two picks, you may have to be willing to accept that a pass catcher you take may only contribute a few hundred yards and a TD or two as a rookie.

I would have been more willing to accept that for the Bengals if they had gone out and signed a cheaper FA like Reynolds, Watkins, or Conley to be WR3 to give a drafted pass catcher more time to develop.

I think the Bengals can afford to draft a Rd 2 or 3 OT guy because they can put him at OG for a year before potentially moving him into the RT spot.
Or, if they draft two OL between Rds 2-4, it would allow one to start at OG while the other serves as the swing OT.

I also see Tee taking another step forward this year. So I guess I'm not too worried about wide receiver. It would be nice to have 3 great receivers, but I'd rather have (2) and a great offensive line. If we had (3) starting caliber tackles on our team we'd have a lot of flexibility with our depth. One tackle kicks in to guard and backs up both tackle spots. This excites me more than having 3 legit wide receivers--mainly because of the past several years of such terrible offensive line play. But I also hold the opinion that a franchise LT is more valuable than a franchise WR.