04-28-2017, 07:44 AM
Fun thing with living in the U.K and following draft is that you wake up to find out who the #1 pick turned out to be and then see the board reaction in the aftermath!
Of all the comments I actually think the way Hobson put it on the lead article is the most apt - "unBengal" like....at least for the Tobin/Lewis era.
Reflecting on the immediate reaction this i what i think
- Most exciting, intriguing #1 pick since AJ Green. WJax, Dennard, Ced, Zeitler, Drek, even Eifert...did not particularly get me jumping up and down.
- He definitely gives us something different to what we have. In that respect he changes the team from say an OJ Howard or Reuben Foster...or even another WR like Williams
- Kevin Coyle's thoughts were interesting. When your DB's Coach talks as effusively about your WR pick then even the WR coach does then it does make you think....maybe the Steelers, Ravens DB coaches are thinking the same thing
- Injuries and durability. There is no middle ground on this. If he cannot get on the field in his rookie year , or turns into an Eifert like availability issue over the next 4 years then its a terrible waste at #9. Speed and potential won't mean a lot
- Draft history of late rising WR speedsters - to a certain extent if John Ross does not disappoint he is bucking a trend. Yes there are always WR busts but the ones who in the top 10 succeed tend to be the long admired, fully rounded traditional WR1s (AJ, Amari Cooper, Julio). If you look back at similar smaller WR's who tore up the 40 yard dash and rose late in the draft process then the success/bust balance is not so good. Tavon Austin , Ted Ginn, Darrius Heyward-Bey were selected in the 7-9 range.
- What does success look like? - Lets assume injuries are a complete non factor. With AJ Green , Eifert, Boyd, LaFell, Gio as receiving options how much impact/touches is he going in next couple of years at least? #9 pick for a KO returner and 3rd (?) receiving option seems a bit rich and certainly opens up the challenge of could the Bengals not got that lower in the draft. I guess unless AJ Green goes down we may not know what his true numbers could be. If AJ Green and Eifert stay healthy then what is his ceiling??....wonder if he could turn in a John Brown type year in 2015 when they had Larry Fitz and Mike Floyd as other receiving options
Interesting "unBengal" pick....i'll park the difficult question of value at #9 and go positive and say I like that he will make the Steelers and Ravens Defensive co-ordinators have to plan differently with him in the line up.
Of all the comments I actually think the way Hobson put it on the lead article is the most apt - "unBengal" like....at least for the Tobin/Lewis era.
Reflecting on the immediate reaction this i what i think
- Most exciting, intriguing #1 pick since AJ Green. WJax, Dennard, Ced, Zeitler, Drek, even Eifert...did not particularly get me jumping up and down.
- He definitely gives us something different to what we have. In that respect he changes the team from say an OJ Howard or Reuben Foster...or even another WR like Williams
- Kevin Coyle's thoughts were interesting. When your DB's Coach talks as effusively about your WR pick then even the WR coach does then it does make you think....maybe the Steelers, Ravens DB coaches are thinking the same thing
- Injuries and durability. There is no middle ground on this. If he cannot get on the field in his rookie year , or turns into an Eifert like availability issue over the next 4 years then its a terrible waste at #9. Speed and potential won't mean a lot
- Draft history of late rising WR speedsters - to a certain extent if John Ross does not disappoint he is bucking a trend. Yes there are always WR busts but the ones who in the top 10 succeed tend to be the long admired, fully rounded traditional WR1s (AJ, Amari Cooper, Julio). If you look back at similar smaller WR's who tore up the 40 yard dash and rose late in the draft process then the success/bust balance is not so good. Tavon Austin , Ted Ginn, Darrius Heyward-Bey were selected in the 7-9 range.
- What does success look like? - Lets assume injuries are a complete non factor. With AJ Green , Eifert, Boyd, LaFell, Gio as receiving options how much impact/touches is he going in next couple of years at least? #9 pick for a KO returner and 3rd (?) receiving option seems a bit rich and certainly opens up the challenge of could the Bengals not got that lower in the draft. I guess unless AJ Green goes down we may not know what his true numbers could be. If AJ Green and Eifert stay healthy then what is his ceiling??....wonder if he could turn in a John Brown type year in 2015 when they had Larry Fitz and Mike Floyd as other receiving options
Interesting "unBengal" pick....i'll park the difficult question of value at #9 and go positive and say I like that he will make the Steelers and Ravens Defensive co-ordinators have to plan differently with him in the line up.
