05-03-2018, 09:23 PM
Here is what is going to happen. One or more of the guys that are getting a lot of love will be flops, and with six picks in the 5th and later we willprobably get a guy who contributes a lot to the team.
The draft is a huge gamble. Even at the top. You are more likely to get good players in the first round, but every year there are MULTIPLE first round picks that flop. And it is more rare to good players in the fifth or later there are several from each round that become good players. There are also going to be a few unbdrafted free agents around the league that become starters.
I used to follow the draft and really get into analyzing college players. I wasn't really "scouting". I was just collecting other poinions from around the web. It was a lot of fun and I don't mean to make fun of the guys who do it, but it is mostly a crap shoot. Even the best teams in the league make bad draft choices. There are just too many personality variables of 19-20 year olds that can not be measured. You don't really know what you haver until they take the field against the best players on the planet.
But here are my takes.
Price......Instant starter. Best Center we have had in years. (Braham's a little overrated)
Jesse Bates FS.....Will play 30-50 percent of the snaps. Major piece of our defense.
Sam Hubbard DE...Might take MJ's DE snaps immediately. Might need a year to adapt to NFL. At this point I will avert my eyes from the list of D-linemen we have taken in the second and third rounds over the previous 6 drafts
Malik Jefferson LB....Don't like what I have read about him, but the reason we got Dunlap in the wecond round was his supposed lack of fire and focus. If we can coach this guy up he could be a huge help at a very thin position.
Mark Walton RB....Wish we had taken another position, but a lot of people are saying this was a great value pick. Hope he can replace Peermans ST production. It would be nice to be able to just carry 3 RBs.
Davontae Harris CB....Don't know anything about him, but one of these 5th-7th rounders will proabably be a good player for the Bengals over the years.
Andrew Brown 5T......My favorite of the 5th-7th picks. My 4th favorite overall. I really like this guy. We had some of our bests defenses when we had high quality rotation guys like Rucker, Fanene, and Gilberry on the D-line.
Darius Phillips CB/KR.....See "Devontea Harris"
Logan Woodside QB....See "Devontea Harris"
Rod Taylor G/T.....See "Devontea Harris" (could benefit from weak competition)
Auden Tate WR....See "Devontea Harris"
The draft is a huge gamble. Even at the top. You are more likely to get good players in the first round, but every year there are MULTIPLE first round picks that flop. And it is more rare to good players in the fifth or later there are several from each round that become good players. There are also going to be a few unbdrafted free agents around the league that become starters.
I used to follow the draft and really get into analyzing college players. I wasn't really "scouting". I was just collecting other poinions from around the web. It was a lot of fun and I don't mean to make fun of the guys who do it, but it is mostly a crap shoot. Even the best teams in the league make bad draft choices. There are just too many personality variables of 19-20 year olds that can not be measured. You don't really know what you haver until they take the field against the best players on the planet.
But here are my takes.
Price......Instant starter. Best Center we have had in years. (Braham's a little overrated)
Jesse Bates FS.....Will play 30-50 percent of the snaps. Major piece of our defense.
Sam Hubbard DE...Might take MJ's DE snaps immediately. Might need a year to adapt to NFL. At this point I will avert my eyes from the list of D-linemen we have taken in the second and third rounds over the previous 6 drafts
Malik Jefferson LB....Don't like what I have read about him, but the reason we got Dunlap in the wecond round was his supposed lack of fire and focus. If we can coach this guy up he could be a huge help at a very thin position.
Mark Walton RB....Wish we had taken another position, but a lot of people are saying this was a great value pick. Hope he can replace Peermans ST production. It would be nice to be able to just carry 3 RBs.
Davontae Harris CB....Don't know anything about him, but one of these 5th-7th rounders will proabably be a good player for the Bengals over the years.
Andrew Brown 5T......My favorite of the 5th-7th picks. My 4th favorite overall. I really like this guy. We had some of our bests defenses when we had high quality rotation guys like Rucker, Fanene, and Gilberry on the D-line.
Darius Phillips CB/KR.....See "Devontea Harris"
Logan Woodside QB....See "Devontea Harris"
Rod Taylor G/T.....See "Devontea Harris" (could benefit from weak competition)
Auden Tate WR....See "Devontea Harris"
