TRADE DOWN

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(01-19-2021, 02:42 PM)kevin Wrote: Bengals have a TOP PICK.  Still, the best O Lineman on the board may be gone.  

The Bengals have many needs, many weak areas.

The Bengals never trade down. Under Bill Walsh the 49ers always traded down for more picks, and they WON.

The Bengals biggest Draft mistake ever was not trading down and taking Mike Ditka offer of every Saints pick, plus future 1st rounds. Oh No, we just had to have Akili Smith.  So we turned down a later 1 and 6 extra picks plus 2 future 1st rounds. So very weak Bengals had 7 picks instead of 14 plus 2 future Saints #1 picks.

If a team offers a lot to move up, Bengals should take it. Odds are team moving up to take a QB or WR, which Bengals don't need.  Bengals need Blocking and Defense. If a team offers a lot to move up, DO IT.

I would love to see Bengals with a later pick in 1, and get more picks in 2 and 3.  We need many new players on Blocking and Tackling.

I don't see any Anthony Munoz to take early.  I think we can trade down for more top picks and address both Blocking and Defense.

Looking at CBS and ESPN, most of the top picks are QB and WR, so trade down. We need Blocking and Defense that is more late 1 and in 2 and 3.  The more 2 and 3 picks, the better on adding Blocking and Tackling.

The Bengals are weak in the trenches.  It is NOT touch football.  Weak in the trenches means NO WINS.  Weak in blocking means Burrow or any other QB gets career injured.  Burrow got hit harder more often than any QB in NFL.  Some hits he really got popped. This O Line stinks from head to tail. Even Jonah needs to get with it.  Bengals need a whole new O Line. Price and Ogbuehi were wasted top picks, the jury still out on Jonah. BENGALS NEED BLOCKING, not a top pick QB or WR.

Was it really? Let's look:

Draft Year; 1999


Offer Made: Cincinnati traded its first-round selection (5th) to New Orleans in exchange for New Orleans' first-, third-, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-round selections (12th, 71st, 107th, 144th, 179th, and 218th), as well as New Orleans' 2000 first- and third-round selections (2nd and 64th).

Now if we go strictly by who was drafted in those spots we wind up with:
1999
12- Cade McNown/QB 
71-D’Wayne Bates/WR
107-Nate Stimson/LB
144- Khari Samuel/LB
179- Desmond Clark/TE
218-Billy Miller/TE
2000
2-Lavar Arrington/LB
64-Lloyd Harrison/CB

Of course the only players of note were Desmond Clark  who had a solid 11 year NFL career and LaVarr Arrington. 3 time Pro Bowler in 6 year career.

But what was the bigger mistake that year: Drafting for talent over need. We didn't need a QB, but Aliki showed talent, what we needed was a CB. Boomer and Fulcher urged Mikey to go defense.

So I ask: WHich was the bigger mistake?

Passing up on the trade or waiting until the 2nd to address our need at CB by taking Charles Fisher instead of grabbing Champ Bailey in the first?