ROUNDS 1-4 in 2019 Draft

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(01-01-2019, 05:34 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I apologize if I don't have any hope for a 251st overall draft pick, but I don't have any confidence he'll amount to anything more than a gameday inactive or active only for ST purposes. I saw nothing in him leading up to the draft where I thought he'd become a good contributor in the NFL and I haven't seen it since he joined the league either.

As far as I'm concerned, the Bengals should....
Re-sign Kroft or Uzomah (both would be nice but likely wouldn't happen)
Draft a TE within the first four rounds
Add another TE either through the draft or FA

I agree this team is built more for man coverage and has no chance of succeeding when only sending four rushers (and only 2-3 being any good at that) while also playing zone coverage. They need to either use their SAM as a pass rusher (which I thought was supposed to be a stable of ML teams but hadn't really happened much since Pollack) or get another legit DL pass rushing threat (at least a nickel DT).

TJ Houshmanzadeh was a 7th round pick that didn't do much early in his career because of injury and lack of opportunity.  I thought Schreck looked pretty good in the preseason and would be a fine #2 TE behind Uzo.  I wouldn't be opposed to bringing in a FA (more of a blocker, like Nick Boyle) that is at least a solid chain-mover.  We don't need our TEs to be game breakers, with AJ, Boyd, and Ross, but they need to be good blockers and sure-handed. 

Schreck has also been here a couple years now to learn and adapt.  You start all over with a rookie draft pick and we have so many more glaring needs before TE:  Tackle, Guard, LB, LB, LB, and LB.