05-10-2019, 03:06 PM
(05-10-2019, 09:23 AM)3wt Wrote: So the Bengals drafted Drew Sample (6-4, 255 lbs) in the 2nd round. Trevon Wesco (6-3, 267lbs) went to the Jets in the 4th round.
I believe Vance McDonald (6-4, 267 lbs.) was drafted in the 2nd round by the 49ers and traded to Pittsburgh where he has been an overpowering receiver with the ball in his hand.
I do not know what kind of blocker McDonald is (my guess is, being a Steeler, he's a good one), but I was drooling over this guy last year.
So
Is Sample comparable to McDonald? Can he be another McDonald? Is Trevon Wesco comparable to the two of them?
I heard Wesco had been a questionable receiver, but had stepped up his receiving game towards the end of his last season at W.VA, and killed it at his pro day.
So should we have taken Wesco in the 4th round? Or do we feel like we got the better TE in the 2nd. And will he be as good as McDonald?
Thoughts??
Drew Sample reminds me more of Zac Ertz of the Eagles.
I don't think Sample will run the ball with the same Power as McDonald but that could be a good thing.
The way McDonald plays could start to catch up with him with injuries as he flat out bangs into people to run them over.
Sample is close in size to Zac Ertz with similar 40 times and Sample is likely the better blocker of the two, Ertz maybe the better pass catcher.
I would take Zac Ertz level production from Sample without the need to see Sample trying to run people over.
