Hobson on Sirius

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(04-02-2016, 10:58 PM)PDub80 Wrote: Correct, so WHY take one early? There will be 1st round Dline talent available in the 3rd and 4th round because the draft is so deep. Take the shallow draft class talent early so that your later rounds aren't filled with trash.

Seriously, look at the D-linemen grades on NFL.com's draft site and see who high they are. There are guys rated 6 or higher 16 spots down!!!!! http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/tracker?icampaign=draft-sub_nav_bar-drafteventpage-tracker#dt-tabs:dt-by-position/dt-by-position-input:dl Then look at the other spots to compare. The Bengals can get 1st round Dline talent late EASILY this draft. 

Draft depth by position rated 6 or higher...

QB = 3
WR = 3
RB = 3
OL = 5
TE = 1

DL = 16
LB = 5
CB = 3
S = 0

With 16 Dlinemen rated that high... six-freaking-teen... the Bengals need to wait on that spot. Would be foolish to take that spot high and then lose out on premium talent at other spots due to lack of supply in this years draft. Premium Dline talent WILL be there in round 3 and later.

Biggest problem with that is you chose 6 as the cutoff point to make your point. According to their little chart thing on there, a 6.00-6.49 is a "Chance to become good NFL starter."

I don't think I would describe "CHANCE to become good NFL starter" as first round talent. That's why NFL people often say they don't ever view there being 32 actual 1st round talents in a draft yet there's 39 people with at least a 6.

That said, I agree with your overall message that they aren't required to draft DL in the first round to get decent help.

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Side note:
It is kind of funny how they seem to change their prospect ranking system every other year. Gotta have consistency if you want something to ever catch on. For instance, just last year 5.50-5.99 was the "Chance to become good NFL starter." In 2013 a 70-84 was a "Eventual Starter". In 2011, they didn't even have numbers for their prospects.