Drafting 5th

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(01-03-2021, 10:41 PM)t3r3e3 Wrote: According to that august body http://www.tankathon.com the Bengals have wrapped up the 5 seed after the Texans imploded in Texans fashion.  The current draft order is:  1- Jax, 2- NYJ, 3- MIA (via BoB and Texans), 4- ATL, and 5- CIN.  The dead cat bounce wins against the Steelers and Texans ended up costing the Bengals only two draft spots, but lessened their chances of drafting the premier lineman.  As such, who are you pimping at 1-5?  Who are you praying falls to 2-37?

http://www.tankathon.com/nfl

One wildcard that has recently presented itself is the DeShawn Watson scenario.  I apologize if someone has already addressed this, but I wanted to add my comments about it.

The real advantage of the rookie QB is the contract.  That "window" has seen the Seahawks, Chiefs, Bills, and Browns all have recent success by allowing them to spend at other places.  However, how much are you willing to give up, financially, for a ready-now QB that has already proven he is a top 5 talent?

Personally, I would never let Burrow go for him and his contract, but with pitt ready to pay the pig a FORTUNE to just be fat, I can see there will be a number of teams that would want Watson over their current QB or a draft pick.  Can you imagine if pitt got the Texans to eat the contract for one year and traded piggy to the Texans (with their #1 draft pick and probably more) for Watson?  I would hate it because it would make the steelers lethal immediately but it would effectively end the Texans as a franchise.  Even if pitt did something ridiculous like throw in TJ Watt to go play with his brother, they would be amazing with Watson and I don't want that.

The only reason I bring up Watson is if you are a team with a ton of cap space and some picks...you could be very interested in Watson.  Can you also imagine if he went to the Pats?  Ugh.