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[bengals1969]

(02-02-2020, 09:21 PM)Kingslayer Wrote: I respectfully disagree.  

Yes, Burrow alone will not fix the team, however he has a great chance of being the most important and hardest to find part of fixing said team.

To your point about the 50-50 shot.  You are correct that every first rounder is a coin flip, however not every first rounder is a possible game changing, franchise QB.  For instance, Kansas City.  They traded up and took a shot on Patrick Mahomes.  They saw him as a franchise QB and now the Chiefs are transformed into a Super Bowl contender, (currently winning the Super Bowl 7-3) .  Baltimore saw something in Lamar Jackson, and traded up to get him.  They flushed the toilet with a Super Bowl winning QB and built around Lamar Jackson.  MVP.  

My point is, a couple first round picks in the mid teens or 20's are not going to make much of a difference.  

A franchise QB will make all the difference and you have to roll the dice, take him , use free agency and the draft to build around him.  

Every other position can be improved on via the draft and free agency without breaking the bank.  You have ONE shot at drafting a franchise QB and if you pass on him for a QB who is made of glass and can't even walk to the podium on draft day along with a couple maybe, iffy , boring late round picks you are seriously gambling.  A bet I would not make

Pretty good summary for taking Burrows.  He's as close to a obvious pick as any at #1 over the past few years.  He has shown poise under pressure, accuracy, a strong arm and he's been a winner.  All the intangibles plus tangibles.  He has to be the Bengals pick.
If the Bengals had a strong record of good drafting over recent years, a trade could be considered.  Say first 4 picks in 2020 and the first 2 picks in 2021.  But they won 2 games last season precisely because their recent drafting has been terrible.  Go with the guy who has "can't miss" written all over him, even though he could be a miss.