12-05-2020, 03:19 AM
(11-28-2020, 01:22 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We can always sign a vet back up for peanuts. I would not waste a high draft pick on QB.
Plus a vet would be experienced and ready to step into a game without a lot of practice reps. A rookie who does not get any reps with the first team in practice is usually not very effective coming off the bench.
Totally agree.
Watching a lot of Pat McAfee lately and I'm understanding more and more about the need of vets or "oldheads" to keep a locker room cohesive and connected with the coaches. Drafting a high 2nd or 3rd rounder would put a guy that was told somewhere along the line by an agent or a coach that he was 1st round material and he's full of visions of being "the man" . . . he's not going to want to be a fill-in and then a clipboard holder. He's probably going to feel pissed that they ruined his chance to be drafted by another team with a shot at building a career. That might not be the situation you want to invite into the locker room.
A vet would obviously understand coming in that this is Burrow's team and this is his shot to show the Bengals that they want to keep him as a backup or prove to some other GM or coach in the league "Hey! I can still win games in this league." A rookie with stars in his eyes will most likely get in the way of this teams advancement more than actually helping it along.
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