PFF on draft success '06-'16

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(03-09-2020, 10:56 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Those times are nice and all. But his play on Sundays told me 
The game was too big for him. He was over matched. His play was underwhelming 
Follow me here Fred 
When a new coach comes in with new coaches under him...it's imperative that in that 1st draft they hit on as many draft picks 
As they can in order to right the ship again 
Marvin's 1st draft was very instrumental in getting the Bengals 
A relevant franchise 
Zac Taylors 1st was a colassial failure 
And drafting Sample in Rd 2 is a "Sample" of that failure 
If Sample was a 7th RD pick you can live with non productive 
Rookie year 
But when you are a franchise that builds its roster through the 
Draft with sprinkles of free agent signing 
You cant afford to swing and miss on 2nd RD picks 
TE was not a position that needed to be addressed in RD 2.
Sample wasnt even a dominant pass catcher in college 
With Carter Uzomah in front of him where is Sample going to get playing time ? ( I didn't even bring up Eifert if he returns )
Face it Fred Sample sucks at this point 
Every team whiffs on high draft picks ....even the Bengals 

In McVay's 1st draft with the Rams, they didn't have a 1st and spent their 2nd rounder on TE Gerald Everett, who didn't do much as a rookie.

Drafts aren't graded until years later.  Sample wasn't impressive as a rookie, but that doesn't make him a bust or the draft necessarily bad.