2019 Draft 1st rd revisit

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(07-05-2023, 02:06 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Bengals needed a LT, and they took arguably the best (or at least safest) LT prospect in that draft.
Jonah was a technician, and was pretty much pro-ready from a talent standpoint.


I liked the pick at the time, and think it wasn't a reach even still. Jonah just hasn't gotten to a Pro Bowl level, but what LT has from that draft?
Tytus Howard and Jawaan Taylor have been playing well recently, but both have been playing RT up to this point. Elgton Jenkins has been playing all over the OL and played well, but his best seasons were playing LG.

I think though the Bengals probably could have done better if not having to factor in need at all.
Yea, the Bengals had Cordy Glenn, but it was pretty known he wasn't in their future plans and was just there as a stopgap given his age at that point.

Had the Bengals gone another position, I wanted Devin White, TJ Hockenson, or Ed Oliver. All of them went in the Top 10.
Looking in retrospective though, had the Bengals had either had a better plan for LT going into that draft, Brian Burns or Jeffery Simmons would have been great as heirs to Dunlap/Atkins.

Yea that entire OL draft was bad... Christian Wilkins went just a couple picks after Jonah I would probably take him over Lawrence and Burns.