Franchise's Biggest Blunders

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(07-18-2017, 03:43 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Biggest problem of that Palmer ordeal was not hitting on those picks, including wasting a 1st on Kirkpatrick. Think about this.. AJ Green has been in the NFL for only 1 more year than Kirkpatrick.

Bengals somehow turned Palmer into Dre Kirkpatrick and Gio Bernard.... meanwhile right after Dre was Chandler Jones and David DeCastro and right after Gio was Kawaan Short, Jamie Collins, and Le'Veon Bell.

Honestly, those two drafts are pretty depressing all around. Lol... right after Mohamed Sanu was TY Hilton. After Margus Hunt was Lacy, Kelce, and Honey Badger. Right after Devon Still was Lavonte David and Osemele.

I know you can do that with pretty much any draft, but... shit.

But it's not like DK and Bernard have been terrible. They've been overall solid players with some bumps and bruises along the way.
The way I view it is that if Palmer didn't demand a trade and sit out, the Bengals wouldn't have drafted Dalton and also not have received those picks.
Keeping Palmer, IMO, would likely not have resulted in any better situation for the Bengals. In fact, it could have been worse than five playoff appearances in a row, as Palmer only had two from 2004 through 2010 (2005, 2009).

If you're going to say there was a blunder, it was the selections of DK and/or Bernard over some better players, not the Palmer trade itself.