01-05-2020, 03:34 AM
(01-02-2020, 04:41 PM)kacymcbryant18 Wrote: Pretty good read. Looks at all the potential suitors and what it would cost to move up should the Bengals be interested in parting with the top pick.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2020-nfl-draft-who-could-trade-up-for-joe-burrow-at-no-1-and-what-such-a-move-would-cost/
Look, Mike Brown was NUTS not to take the Mike Ditka offer. Ditka wanted to move up to get running back Ricky Williams. So he offered Mike Brown all of New Orleans draft picks plus the top picks the next 2 years. Paul Brown would have grabbed that in a second. Mike Brown however turned it down and took Akili Smith.
I doubt anybody ever makes an offer again to Bengals like the Ditka offer. However if such a thing is offered, Yes, you forget Burrow and take all these extra draft picks. Just as back then, when you only have 2 wins or 3 or 4 wins, you need a bunch of new players.
I don't see a Mike Ditka offer coming. Burrow seems the right pick. However if a team was to offer up many good draft picks for the one, plus we have top picks in all rounds, we could get many top players in here at all positions. The Cowboys traded a top RB for many draft picks and those many draft picks lead to the Cowboys Dynasty of the early 1990's. A team like the Bengals could become a POWER fast with many Top Picks.
I don't see any teams as crazy as Ditka was, or as crazy as Mike Brown to say no.....So as the draft stands now, Take Burrow and our top pick in 2 is like a 1. 3 is like a 2. 4 is like a 3. 5 is like a 4. 6 is like a 5. 7 is like a 6. We should get good help at O Line and LB at top of 2 and 3. 4 being like a 3 lets us get a WR....QB, OT, LB, WR in first 100 players in draft should help fill huge needs. That top pick in 5 should be good like a 4.
I doubt there is ever another Ditka type offer. Ditka was crazy and Mike Brown even more crazy for saying no and taking Akili Smith. Nobody will ever offer Bengals all their draft picks again for one pick.
1968 Bengal Fan
