The case for Joe Burrow

[*jason*]

(01-06-2020, 12:43 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: The 2019 NFL draft was bad, but it was mostly because of Sample and Finley.

Pratt was value at the slot we took him and has shown talent in the final ~6 games of the year.
Jordan has also shown the capability to start with a strong finish to the year.

Williams and Hudson were both considered high value picks that were just too good to pass up that late in the draft. They were made a little odd of selections due to the Bernard extension though...

The Wren pick is still kinda...jury out. He was a well regarded prospect but didn't really do much for us. But we need some DT depth with Billings possibly leaving this offseason, so it wasn't a bad position to draft.

And then Davis and Brown were late round picks who didn't make the team.

Honestly, if you make Sample DK Metcalf and Finley a blocking TE (I'm sure there was one available. Maybe even Sample!), the 2019 draft was a pretty good crop, in my opinion.

We'll see how Jonah Williams does next year before we can really judge it, even preliminarily.

I just hope Sample becomes SOMETHING in his NFL career haha.

That's the thing though... Metcalf was projected as a first rounder, and had crazy measurables. He ends up falling, as someone always does, and we pass because WR somehow wasn't considered a need... Even though we seem to only have one reliable guy at the position. Even if AJ Green was a full go, how could they pass on that? Green, Boyd, Metcalf, and sometimes Ross... That's the best receiver core in the league. That's how good teams are built. BPA...

I wanted to believe in Sample. Just cause I'd never heard of him doesn't mean anything, but seriously... They passed in DK Metcalf, and Lord knows who else for Drew Sample?