05-06-2024, 04:51 PM
(04-28-2024, 03:07 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Not sure your point? I was talking about what type of DB’s they’ve liked *in the draft* recently. Hilton and Stone obviously weren’t drafted by the Bengals.
Sorry, I did not realize your point was draft only.
Still, I don't really see the draft/FA distinction being very important. I mean, you think we draft one kind of guy but sign a different type? I mean, I guess for FA, you have NFL tape, so physical traits are less important. So maybe you do have the right of it here.
My point was that a big chunk of our DBs are not that speedy. Battle was drafted. So was Newton. Stone, Bell, and Hilton are not burners.
CTB, Turner, D. Hill, and Anderson ARE speedy.
Ivey & J. Davis have good speed but are not burners. A lot of Ivey's high RAS was due to size & length, IIRC.
I guess the larger point is that we do not really have a type. I mean, you'd love a guy to check all the boxes: big, fast, quick, smart, physical, great tackler, zone & man, ball skills, leader, etc.
But I think we have shown a willingness to sign or draft different types of guys.
Productivity, smarts, & leadership would be the three traits I'd say we most often go for. Even in the draft. Traits second.
The guys most against type, for me, were Burton (marurity issues) and Johnson (raw, trait guy).
Even there, Burton has good tape, and we have TJ & Battle to vouch for him. And we tend to be more willing to go for raw guys later. Though, again, Murphy was pretty raw.
