05-05-2022, 12:34 PM
(05-04-2022, 07:29 PM)OSUfan Wrote: Sorry but your post is silliness. We needed depth most of all in the defensive backfield and especially in the form of covering TEs and RBs. We go that and did it in spades. This defensive backfield can be ran out with multiple different looks now that can be run with the same personnel groupings.
TE was already addressed with the signing of Hayden Hurst, whom I personally think will be a real asset to this offense, not to mention that we still have Drew Sample and Moss. I am intrigued with Scotty Washington myself and would really like to see him push for playing time given his receiving skills. He is up to almost 250 pounds of what appears to be solid weight.
LT - Jonah Williams/D' Ante Smith
LG - Carman/Volson/
C - Ted Karras/Trey Hill
RG - Alex Cappa/Volson
RT - Lael Collins/Prince/Carman
That is without even accounting for them bringing in Ben Brown from Ole Miss. You act as if the offensive line has not been addressed at all since the end of the season. That clearly is not the case.
The team has improved dramatically since the end of the season and they were already the best in the division so your argument that everyone else in the division got better but we did not is not accurate at all.
I like this draft because they added quality pieces to enhance the direction we have been headed that will be clear insurance policies should we lose some FAs after the season. We added another solid piece at the 3 technique to back up Hill as well as another piece that can rotate in on the edge.
We needed help at CB and got it with Taylor-Britt, whom I believe will push Apple strongly for playing time. Daxson has the coverage skill of a corner so he is certainly a piece that could figure in the mix if necessary.
Bengals fans need to get used to picking low in the draft because this is a new era!
Completely agree with all of this OSUfan. It is a new era and we went after the quality guys our FO and coaches wanted.
People can argue about the player if they don't like them or like another player better all they want but that doesn't make the
Draft a bad one until we see these players suit up. The Free Agency is where we attacked our biggest needs and upgraded big
time on our biggest weakness.
We aren't going to have flashy splash picks as long as we keep these types of Offseasons up cause we will be picking in the
late 20's and the 30's often.
(05-04-2022, 09:12 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Again I'm not the OP. But as someone that also wasn't the biggest fan of the draft. It wasn't necessarily the players. We needed depth in the secondary and needed players that could cause turnovers and I certainly think we got that in Dax and CTB. I just would've like to increase picks instead of shedding them. I know we like our starters for the most part but we can all agree I think that we got lucky health wise last year. So spreading out the depth a bit more would've been what I wanted. I know we're talking about late picks but we could've gotten a LB, a DT that fit more of the true 3T mold, a 4th WR with returning experience or double dipped on the Oline with someone like Lecitus Smith or someone like that with LG experience. The draft is over and I'm fine with it. My thought before the draft was that the Bengals had enough money to sign a player or two but why not wait until after the draft so you know where you need those players. So we'll wait and see I hope the Bengals continue to add hopefully to the OL. But I am still worried about LB just with depth and worried we won't get so lucky with injuries again.
I guess I can understand some not liking us trading up for Tycen Anderson cause he is a talented project but trading up
for Cameron Taylor Britt was a great move. He wouldn't be a Bengal I am sure of it if we didn't trade up for him and he
was by far the best outside Corner available that late in the 2nd.
