03-13-2017, 01:54 PM
(03-13-2017, 01:44 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: While also missing out on the prime of his career. You spent a ton of time and money on drafting and developing, but at the same time don't feel like it's worth it to pay him? It doesn't make much sense to say we don't value really good guards to then draft one in the first round.
I hear ya.
The Bengals had two 1st round picks that year and actually Traded Down from pick #21 to pick #27 to get Zeitler and an extra 3rd round pick. So Zeitler was near the end of round 1 and they got an extra 3rd round pick to boot. All of this made it easier for them to justify getting a Guard in round 1 which is not normally their thing.
