02-18-2022, 03:28 PM
(02-17-2022, 05:31 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: Sweet...so we should be happy with average because it is the best option we currently have...that sounds like typical Bengal logic and thinking.
He is replacable and upgradable and the team should be looking for the best 5 guys to keep the elite QB they drafted upright. If he started the year bad and increased his play across the season, I'd buy the making up for lost time narrative but some of his worst games were later in the year. He isn't a franchise LT and when you have a weapon like Burrow you sure as shit better have two guys that can keep edge rushers off of him on a consistant basis.
I also like how you ignored the pick 11 the year prior in your breaking down drafts.. Minkah Fitzpatrick. Safe to say that pick was a hit. Year before that at 11 some guy named Lattimore. That is the level of production you are looking for when you invest a 1st round pick in a guy, a guy who changes your franchise, Williams hasn't come close to being that type of player.
“average “ is a big thing you you. Brandon Thorn, Lance Zierlen, Duke Manyweather and quite a few others don’t consider Jonah to be average and neither do I. I think you have it wrong.
I would love nothing more to have franchise tackles on both edges. But unless you are going to “weird science” one into creation, where do we get one?
The only point I agree with with is that Jonah fell off late in the season, it was predictable. Often times college players talk of hitting a wall when the season goes 16/17 games long. It’s pretty common. Jonah had played in just 10 games in two years. He’ll learn.
Minkah Fitzpatrick, Marcus Lattimore??? I at first thought that was sarcasm but now I know it sailed a thousand miles over your head. My list by wasn’t about the history of pick 11’s but of all OL picked 1-11 for the last 10 years. By that criteria, Jonah does not look like a bust or average at all.
