Yahoo Sports Has Derwin Falling To Us........

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(03-20-2018, 09:36 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Derwin James was my man-crush early on and he's who I wanted, but then, as his stock kept rising, coupled with the fact that I was coming around to the fact that we needed to make sure that we took care of our offensive line in the first round, I had pretty much written off wanting to draft him.

However, with the addition of Glenn, possibly Hart (if he pans out), Pollack's coaching, and draft pick's outside the first round, this mock draft on Yahoo! has the idea swimming around in my head again:


James is a hell of a center fielder and can also play in the box, and I'm thinking that our pass rush should be greatly improved this year, and Derwin is the playmaker that we need on the back end of the defense.

Do you think James falls?  Is it a no-brainer to take him if he does or do we need to take Price?  Are Daniels and Ragnow good enough to make it ok to risk Price not falling to us in two?

Think I saw it on Twitter somewhere yesterday or day before that, but I recall reading some teams are putting Derwin James ahead of Minkah Fitzpatrick as the top safety on their board. I wouldn't see it feasible that Derwin James fell to 21 anyway, but especially not if some teams are considering him the top safety prospect.

And I know I have been critical of James in the past, but that was when discussing at 12 over some other needs and before FA started. Since FA and now that the Bengals moved back to 21, I'd absolutely be on board with him at that pick.