12-24-2016, 12:39 PM
(12-23-2016, 08:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: We made the playoffs so many times thanks to the drafting of guys like Green, Dalton, Bernard, Dunlap, Atkins, Eifert and scooping up Burfict. None of which happened over the last 3 years.
The last few drafts have been underwhelming, IMO, and that's partially why we're 5-8-1 right now. The flop of Ogbuehi alone was arguably the biggest reason for this disappointing season.
I do not study draft results for other teams, but I do know drafting can often be 'hit and miss'. Sometimes players do not live up to their college performances in the NFL, (Archie Griffin), and sometimes players drafted very 'low' in the draft, become the very best (Tom Brady).
Based on college performances, the one head scratcher in recent Bengals drafting would be Og. According to reports, he really wasn't a stud in college and not sure what the Bengals saw in him, but outside of that one, I think the Bengals do very well or so many wouldn't have tried to get Tobin.
