12-13-2017, 03:42 PM
(12-13-2017, 03:19 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: No, it wouldn't.
Not drafting the best player on the board would be the Bungle move.
You have no idea where the NFL will be in 5 years. What happens if the premier spots on the line are considered to be OG and C?
It's easy, you take him, you have him for 5 years with his option. Then you have the tag. That's a 6 year deal below market price.
Lord only knows if he makes it that long. People act like all first rounders are 10 year lifers in the league.
Yes it would. Spending a top 10 pick on a player you KNOW your team wont keep even if he's poised for a 15 year, 12 pro bowl career.
We won't use the tag.
We won't extend him.
The rest of the NFL is irrelevant. We are dealing with Mike Brown, who is an exception to almost every rule.
How long you expect him to play is largely irrelevant to the fact that IF he is as good as the hype says, we won't keep him beyond 5 years.
We literally just saw this play out. Mike Brown will not pay his guard that much money.
Happened with Steinbach. Happened with Zeitler. Unless Brown gives all control to Katie; who ends up having a vastly different belief system and approach....
It's an exercise in futility.
When your team is built the way the Bengals are, draft only and no high end FA, you can't afford to sink your highest draft capital into a position that has a shelf life on your team regardless of how good he is.
