Insider information: Things I think I know heading in to the first day of the draft

[Benton]

(04-27-2017, 08:43 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Remember there was some doubt when the Bengals drafted their only Hall of Famer out of college because of significant knee injuries.  And there are also countless cases where the player was durable in college and glass in the NFL (Chris Perry).  

Almost every pick in Rd 1 has some warts of some kind.  However, it is a very deep draft of really good talent on defense and I am sure they will be adding depth at LB, DT, DE, and possibly CB.  

Fair points, but my issue is we don't need depth at dl. We need a starter. We can't just lean on Carlos Dunlap forever, or hope that burfict isn't suspended/injured when someone busts through the line. That's been an issue for a couple years, whereas we've got receivers collecting dust.