01-22-2016, 12:27 AM
(01-21-2016, 12:38 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 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.
That's why I included the Bengals' record over the past 5 years. Of course you can draft starters on a bad team and it looks good, but when you are a good team and are consistently making the playoffs, then drafting that many starters is a great feat.
