01-18-2024, 02:16 AM
It's hard for me to see how this draft makes us a better team in '24.
Mims has massive upside, but he's extremely raw, inexperienced, and had injury concerns. Georgia OL are not really that well coached, either. Mims is a guy similar to Broderick Jones who came out of there last year. Basically, he just wins on athletic ability. I can get behind if a stopgap vet is also brought in, but I don't know that he represents a big, immediate upgrade. There will be growing pains.
Sweat has upside, but trusting a rookie NT to come in and start in the AFCN(which he will have to do even if Reader is resigned), is a tall order.
You kind of lose me when you're drafting a CB4-5 and a C2 instead of addressing WR2-3. Nothing against either guy as a prospect, but neither represents such great value at the slots you're taking them that you can't pass on them, need be damned.
ESPN put out their list of win rates by club, and the Bengals were 9th in Run Block Win Rate. The run game struggles are largely a component of lack of talent at RB, and you don't address the position at all.
Mims has massive upside, but he's extremely raw, inexperienced, and had injury concerns. Georgia OL are not really that well coached, either. Mims is a guy similar to Broderick Jones who came out of there last year. Basically, he just wins on athletic ability. I can get behind if a stopgap vet is also brought in, but I don't know that he represents a big, immediate upgrade. There will be growing pains.
Sweat has upside, but trusting a rookie NT to come in and start in the AFCN(which he will have to do even if Reader is resigned), is a tall order.
You kind of lose me when you're drafting a CB4-5 and a C2 instead of addressing WR2-3. Nothing against either guy as a prospect, but neither represents such great value at the slots you're taking them that you can't pass on them, need be damned.
ESPN put out their list of win rates by club, and the Bengals were 9th in Run Block Win Rate. The run game struggles are largely a component of lack of talent at RB, and you don't address the position at all.
