01-20-2016, 06:08 PM
(01-19-2016, 10:44 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: People just say the Bengals tear it up in the draft, so it gets repeated, then repeated later without even looking at how the drafting actually has been. They've not been good in the early rounds the last few years.
Actually I think you expect too much from every single pick.
Gio has only played 3 seasons yet he is tenth in rushing yards among the 28 RBs taken in the second round over the last decade. The fact that better players were drafted later does not make him a bust. In 2000 Marc Bulger was taken in the 6th round. He went to two Pro Bowls and finished in the top 10 in passer rating three times. Most people would consider that an amazing 6th round pick even though Tom Brady was still on the board when Bulger was taken.
Among the 30 WR drafted in the third round over the last 5 years Sanu is 7th in receptions.
And even though I also see Thompson an underachiever he ranks 9th in sacks (can't do search for tackles) among the 30 DTs taken in the third round over the last 5 years.
Your claim that every player taken in the first three rounds is supposed to be a top contributor just is not realistic.
And remember that I am not trying to show that these were all great picks. All i am looking at are the guys you consider our worst picks. If these are the guys you are calling "misses" then our misses are a lot better than all the other teams in the league.
And finally, the fact that we have such a deep and tyalented roster keeps some of our picks on the bench longer than if they had been drafted elsewhere. You rip Shawn Williams for not starting over Iloka or Nelson, but I doubt you could name a safety taken after him that would have beaten out either one of those guys.
