Last 2 Drafts

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(01-21-2016, 12:22 AM)Hammerstripes Wrote: The Bengals haven't been good drafters?

# of offensive starters drafted by the team - 11 (that seems pretty good)
# of defensive starters drafted by the team - 9 (shoot, that seems pretty good as well)  That doesn't include Burfict who was undrafted.

So, I'm still struggling to figure out why we haven't been a good drafting team when 20/22 starters were drafted by the Bengals and they've been to the playoffs 5 straight years and finished 12-4 this year.  You can throw out all the stats you want, but that is by far the most telling of them all.

First off, your defense number is downright wrong. If you're not including Burfict, it'd be 7, not 9. Adam Jones, Reggie Nelson, AJ Hawk, and Burfict... all not drafted by the Bengals. Of course, then if you are not counting Burfict, then we can't count Ryan Hewitt either, who was undrafted. So that'd put your number at 10 on offense. So 17/22.

Either way, it's a mood point, because we're not talking about drafting all time, or drafting in the last decade. I'm talking the last four years haven't been that great.

Plus, starters? That is a crazy bad measurement of being a good drafter. The Jags drafted and started Blaine Gabbert, the Jets drafted and started Geno Smith, the Bengals drafted and started Akili Smith. That doesn't mean that those were good draft picks. The last time the Broncos drafted a Pro Bowl player was in 2011, but they were the #1 seed. That doesn't make them great drafters.