03-03-2019, 01:00 PM
(03-03-2019, 12:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Can we please stop bringing up Mahomes like he was the only QB drafted in the first round recently? It sure is easy to pick out the great QBs in the draft after they have played a couple of years.
But the reality is that of the 25 QBs drafted in the first round since we got Dalton in 2011 only FIVE have a better career passer rating than Andy.
Again, this isn't me hating on Dalton or wanting him gone immediately. I bring up Mahomes cause the Chiefs were ahead of the curve and drafted him even though they could've just kept adding around Alex Smith cause he was a proven, solid QB and they were comfortable with him. Just like how people on here say we don't need QB and we should keep drafting to help Dalton even they've done that the last 2 years and it failed. The Chiefs probably needed CB or LB but still took him cause they realized that just having a solid QB isn't enough and if you can add a premium talent, there's no reason not to do it.
Now I'm not saying that Rosen or any QB prospect in the draft is Mahomes. It helps that he already had a good team and a great coaching staff to go with it. Bengals have a lot of moves to make before they're on the Chiefs level as we saw last season. I'm just saying that the Bengals are already rebuilding and the idea that "We draft Devin White, stud OL that'll help Dalton return to 2015, TE, and hit on every 6th round pick and we're good again" is delusional. Maybe the Bengals go out on and spend top dollar on an OL and LB but they haven't given us a reason to expect that. At best we'll retain 3-4 of our guys, sign a couple of guys on day 2-3 of FA and draft Devin White that will be advertised as a "win-now move" like Price was last season when they had the Bama LB and Lamar in their hands.
