2019 Draft Grade Bengals

[BengalChris]

(04-27-2019, 06:22 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I give them a B-.

I loved the first pick.

I hope I grow to love the 2nd pick TE, but I do like it

I like the LB in the 3rd

I was not a Findley fan so even though value, I see him as a career back up

I like and not love the OG or DL

The rest was kind of meh to me

I hope I am dead wrong and it is an A

What is your grade?

Frankly, I cannot give this draft a grade, even a grade only based on value.

The first pick was solid for obvious reasons. If the team had planned on drafting a OT with the 1st pick I do kind of wonder why they gave Hart a 3 year deal. Or maybe after working with Hart in person the last couple of weeks they see they needed to make a move.

The second pick doesn't make any sense at all unless the team feels Sample really does have excellent receiver talent that his college team ignored. On the surface it looks like another Mike Brown special of using a high pick on a project. In his best season (2018) he had a whopping 252 yards receiving. But that is more than our 2017 #9 overall pick (also from Washington) has had his whole NFL career. LOL

Third round pick appears to be good value at LB and I expect he'll probably start soon enough or, at the very least, see quite a bit of playing time on a weak LB unit.

Finley was a good pick. I thought he looked good in the senior bowl, better than Lock IMO. If you listen to any of the rumors, NE was hoping to take Finley. If the season goes south and there's a 3-4 INT blowout loss there will be calls give Finley a shot. 

Wren is depth at DT. Billings is heading into the final year of his rookie deal.

Jordan is guard depth.

No opinion on the rest of them.

There's nothing in this draft that says Super Bowl bound. Hopefully these guys, plus an existing team that stays healthy will translate into a playoff run.