03-13-2016, 01:50 PM
(03-13-2016, 01:18 PM)Beaker Wrote: Do not spend a 1st round pick on a WR! You dont draft a WR in the first round to be your #2....you draft a first rounder to be a #1. The Bengals should take BPA in the first. A decent #2 WR can be found anywhere from the 2nd to the 5th rounds.
Among other things, there's a world of difference between pick #4 (AJ) and pick #24. I don't think anyone this year is a reliable #1 in the draft class (at least yet), but there could be some quality talent at #24 if it falls right. To be fair, I think only 1 or two guys at 24 would be worth it.
All I'm trying to say to the crowd that says it shouldn't be done...is we have a huge dearth of WR talent after AJ that can't be ignored. How is that not a priority? These platitudes of "that shalt never use a 1st round pick on a #2 receiver" etc. are a bit to fire and brimstone for me.
The team is stacked, and because of this, every single choice at 24 will fall into one of two categories:
1) A player will be picked at a premium position, and will likely not see quality snaps until later (or at all) in their first contract. Or
2) A player chosen that will fill a void in a position deemed "not high value," but could fill in immediately.
Seriously, guys. Wright. Alford. Kumerow. Tate. How can you not consider a WR at 24 (if that's BPA) when you're looking at those stellar options?
