Before You Go Over Board Remember The Past

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(05-01-2017, 11:04 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: To temper our optimism...not everyone thought we had a great draft. TSN ranked us as having the worst draft:

NFL Draft grades: Browns, 49ers top class; Raiders, Bengals get schooled
from The Sporting News

Cincinnati Bengals D-

Draft picks: Washington WR John Ross, Oklahoma RB Joe Mixon, Kansas State DE Jordan Willis, Auburn DE Carl Lawson, Tennessee WR Josh Malone, Michigan DT Ryan Glasgow, Memphis K Jake Elliott, Utah C J.J. Dielman, Oklahoma LB Jordan Evans, Houston CB/RB Brandon Wilson, Buffalo TE Mason Schreck

The best thing to say about the rebuilding Bengals is that Glasgow is a good value ... out of 11 picks. Ross was a reach, and Lawson was a free-faller. Both come in with durability issues. Willis is better suited to be a 3-4 edge rusher. They didn’t need a second wideout in Malone, either, and Elliott was taken too early.

About Mixon: For a non-glaring need because of Jeremy Hill and a recovering Giovani Bernard, he’s not worth that kind of backfield risk in the second round. The backlash is bound to make that pick backfire. Between Mixon, Adam Jones and Vontaze Burfict, the Bengals are unrelenting in ignoring controversy.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-2017-grades-results-winners-losers-best-worst-browns-49ers-raiders-bears/18hqayqs3zll51g21an59nw2g5

This guy's review is SO cringe.

Rebuilding? One bad year means rebuilding? I would say "retooling" is a much more appropriate term for what the Bengals are doing this offseason.

And RB was DEFINITELY a need. He wants to talk about injuries with our draft picks, but what about Gio's injury? He mentions it in passing to do his due dillegence, but the fact is that this backfield without Mixon is not championship caliber.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but some people REALLY hate the Bengals. I understand why, considering we're a lightning rod for criticism these days with the character issues and playoff losses, but still.