04-28-2024, 09:40 AM
(04-28-2024, 02:27 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: We really crushed this draft. We needed to do some serious roster construction. And I think we did.
RT of the future and Trent Brown insurance. Fixed our need for long term RT.
A couple DTs that very well might be a future starting tandem. Fixed our DT depth.
Stole the top talent out of Alabama that won a national championship with Georgia and was the leading receiver on the team that also had McConkey and AD Mitchell. Fixed our need for more premier WR talent.
Added two guys that could be complete TEs. Fixed our TE depth.
Hendrickson threatens to retire so that threw a curveball. I really wanted a LB but DE became a higher priority so I’m not mad at adding a super athletic SEC pass rusher as an insurance policy late in the draft. Fixed our need for DE depth. On top of Trey being a buttface Sample and Ossai are free agents next year.
Two competitive versatile DBs that Lou loves. Fixing our DB depth.
A C that can keep the QB clean. Karras and Hill are free agents next year.
We had our starters pretty much locked and loaded heading into the draft. I’m 100% behind how they used the draft to try to build a team for prolonged success.
We had a good draft and I think we got some good players. Especially Mims. But we can’t just be like, oh Hendrickson might retire so don’t worry we addressed it with a 6th round DE. All good, bye Trey!
We used a 1st on Murphy and he can’t even replace what Hendrickson brings. I think the most we can say is we got a RT who can play if need to, due to injury. We got a couple DT that we needed, hopefully they can help stop the run. We got a couple TE- we’ll see but we needed to fill that position. We got a WR who should be starting #3. He should beat out Andrei and Jones. And the rest is a giant question mark, odds are they are all back ups or irrelevant in a couple years.
Every fan base thinks they got better after this weekend. And they did. But did they get better than their competitors?
