Wasn't a fan. With draft grades!

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(05-01-2017, 05:38 PM)Gdale_Bengal Wrote: Let's just make something clear. #9 was NOT a bpa situation. If we went BPA we would have Johnathan Allen, Malik Hooker, or Lattimore on this team right now. All 3 were rated higher than Ross, and the Bengals selected John Ross. That pick was a "I'm in love with this guy" pick.

It would not have mattered if Solomon Thomas, Leonard Fournette, Or Mike Williams was still on the board, the Bengals were going to take John Ross the whole time.

I'm still OK with the pick. I'm not saying that he's not going to be a good fit here in Cincy. I'm just saying that there were better talents available at 9.

Actually Lapham said Thomas was one of the few guys who would have kept us from taking Ross. You say Allen was better but he slid to 17 for a reason, same with Hooker. It really is all relative, I wonder if the medicals on both those guys didn't come out as favorable to us as Ross.