12-30-2019, 01:09 PM
(12-30-2019, 12:43 PM)impactplaya Wrote: At the close of the 2019 season there were some players made great Strides and the 4 I named IMO have made the biggest.
The curious thing is that....all 4 of these players
Are not high or even mid round draft picks.
Let's look at their short resumes
Phillips. 4 INT in less than 100 snaps. Given a high grade
By PFF.
Hopkins..just got a extension. Enough said
Tate. 40 catches. Very reliable 1st down target
Johnson..stout In pass protection in his 2 games
Bengals scored 68 points in the 2 games he played. Definetely a lock on the roster next season.
The thing is. Some of these guys are out playing
1st RD draft picks.
That's a bad and good thing.
Explain to me why these non 1st Rd draft picks
Are escalated their games ?
While others are regressing.
I'm not a fan of Tobin and the scouts
But props for finding them gems
Who can be potential core players ahead
It's not exclusive to the Bengals that some later round picks out perform higher round picks. Of course, you better hit on way more 1st rounders than you miss on if you want to be successful, but what often separates good teams from bad is hitting on later round picks.
Measurables will always be a reason guys get drafted high, but it doesn't always translate to the NFL field. Measurables alone are usually enough to make a player a standout at the college level because they make a player more physically gifted than most players on the field. That isn't the case in the NFL where you better be able to mentally adjust to the complexity and talent level of the game. There is still some development of 21-22 year old players to go through, and some continue to develop more than others.
Also, some players don't get drafted high simply because they didn't play in a Power 5 conference and there is hesitance on how their game translates to the NFL. This is how a guy like Antonio Brown, who played in the MAC, slips to the 6th round.
