James Wright - Released - Burfict to PuP - a few other moves

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(07-30-2015, 10:55 AM)djs7685 Wrote: I highly doubt that I'm the only person that didn't see WR as a "glaring need".

MLJ will be out there unless he has yet another random incident, again, you can't really expect certain positional groups to become injured. They brought in Denarius Moore and drafted Alford, I think that covers the speedster aspect. The team has control of A.J. for another year, no worries there. How did I "fail to realize" that their contracts are up when I specifically mentioned it in my post? Like I said, WRs come out of the draft more NFL ready and talented more so than ever before. You can expect a first year WR to come in and produce, you can't really do that with the linemen that can greatly benefit from the development.

You claim they have all of this solid depth, but not at WR. Really?

Is T.J. Johnson a better C than Sanu is WR2? Are we not in terrible shape if another LB goes down early? What happens if Iloka or Nelson get injured?

You can't have All-Pro players backing up every position. Sanu and Moore are better depth than what we have at some other positions. You're just upset that we didn't get the receiver you wanted even though this team is not lacking in players to  catch passes this year. I don't think I would have complained much if the Bengals took a top WR, but it was hardly a "glaring need" to anybody that saw our projected 2015 lineup. Our LB corp is a mess, we desperately needed line depth which we drafted, depth at S is lacking, and they desperately needed help at TE. I'm not even going to get into your scenario of trading back our picks, because neither of us have ANY idea of what could have actually happened in that circumstance. You're just putting the spin on to present it to follow your opinion. You have ZERO clue of what we could have gotten for our pick, if anybody was even interested to begin with, and then which players would have still been available after a trade was completed. Neither of us know that, so it's sort of silly to argue about that part.

Wow...so much ignorance in this post.  Where do I start? 


I guess what you failed to realize was that WR is a position that has FA hitting all three of the top performers at the same time.  You eluded to the OTs selected as "helping them prepare for next year".  Why not do the same for WR?  As far as your statement about more WRs come in NFL ready than OTs, I think this is pure speculation.  It used to be a common occurrence to get limited production our of rookie WRs, but then the likes of Odell Beckham Jr and others come along and suddenly college WRs are "NFL ready"?  Hardly.

I understand, as stated previously, that you cant have Pro Bowl talent backing up every position.  However the WR position showed to have very little talent behind Sanu, MLJ, and AJ last season.  I don't think it is unreasonable to think that a high draft pick be utilized on such a key position. 

It isn't at all because the Bengals didn't draft the player I wanted.  Let me be very clear about this:  I want the Bengals to win a Super Bowl.  The thing I saw as a glaring weakness on the offensive side of the ball last year was the lack of separation from the WRs.  On defense, it was a lack of a pass rush.  I thought a second year of Geno recovering, the return of Pat Sims and MJ, and the development of Margus Hunt and Will Clarke would take care of the defensive side.  On the offensive side, I did not see Denarious Moore as much of a signing at all.  The guy hasn't performed well at all over the past few seasons.  I thought a draft pick was in order. 

As far as what the Bengals could have received for pick #21 and who would have still been available, I understand it isn't fair to redo the draft in your head knowing when all the other players were selected.  However, Denver offered Detroit quite a bit to move up to #23.  There were reports that teams came to the Bengals with offers, but the Bengals had their sights set on their man.  I can respect that, but a guy that won't likely contribute at all in 2015 AND a second round selection of another OT just seemed foolish given the WR talent that was available.  I hope MLJ is 100% all season.  I hope Moore proves me wrong and is as big a FA steal as Deltha O'Neal.  That being said, I would have much rather taken one of the young players in this past draft to push AJ and improve the overall WR corps.