Wasn't a fan. With draft grades!

[Benton]

(04-30-2017, 10:25 PM)Beaker Wrote: I gave the draft much higher grades than you because I believe that selecting the BPA is a much better draft philosophy than chasing needs. The Bengals chased needs in the draft all through the 90s. It was only when we changed our draft philosophy that the Bengals became a perennial contender.

I don't disagree that it's better to take a better player than it is to take a lesser one.

Unfortunately, if you stick with that philosophy without developing higher round guys, you end up with what we've got now. We've had too many CBs and receivers playing to develop picks, but not enough good players on either line to step in. You've got to balance BPA with need. So either we need to be more flexible with BPA, or we need to do a better job of developing guys.