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[WeezyBengal]

(02-05-2022, 04:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: When you pick in the top ten you can feel better about drafting a guy who will start as a rookie.  And if you draft in the top ten you are usually desperate for a guy who will start as a rookie.  At 31-32 you are drafting a guy that will probably need a year to develop (unless you are drafting a WR or RB).

When you draft in the top ten you also have a much better idea of exactly which players will be available in order to target a specific position.  When you draft at 31-32 you are much more likely to go BPA because it might be too big of a reach to take a player at a position of need.

I would hate to spen all of our free agent money before the draft and still have an important hole to fill.

This is why the Bengals should use some of their draft picks to trade up or trade for players. They are the youngest team in the league and their window is now. They don't need a million picks this year. They just need to hit on a couple quality players.