(05-13-2016, 03:29 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: ALL OF THEM, but I meant Core 

It's amazing that we've actually become a model for good drafting.  Even if I'm initially like "what the ****" on a pick, now I can look into it and be like "wow.......  that'a a great pick!"

I think he'll do more than just stick and be a contributor.

(05-16-2016, 01:46 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I dunno...I think most of the WTF picks are still pretty WTF now.

Hunt, Clarke, Bodine, Moch, Sands, Gresham (because of who else was on the board), Coffman, Shirley, Simpson, Irons, White, Nicholson, McNeal.

Basically, the only pick I can think of that made me say WTF that has turned around is Andy Dalton. Add Hill as a maybe to that list, but only because the RB out of OSU was also available and Hill had character issues. Plus, he still has some work to do to prove his rookie year wasn't a fluke.

We've had some really good drafts, but the picks that I've been most impressed with have been the picks of the falling prospects and turning them into good players. Examples include Thompson, Marvin Jones, Iloka, McCarron, Burkhead, Eifert, Sanu, Boling, Dunlap, A Smith, Maualuga, Michael Johnson, Collins, Hall, Whitworth and Henry.

These players all had the talent to go at least 1 round before they did (in some cases, like Jones, 2 to 3 rounds), except for Eifert and Smith, who had the potential to go 5 to 10 spots higher than they did in the first. 

Then there's potential with Dennard, Fisher, Dawson, Shaw, Hardison, Smith, Alford, Billings and Westerman, all of whom fell at least 1 to 2 rounds from their projections, except for Dennard who had the potential to go 10 to 15 picks higher than he did.

Obviously they have had busts on the falling prospects as well, such as Still, Charles, Ghee and Luigs. So they aren't infallible in that regard, but for the most part those picks work out.

The jury is still out on Hunt, Clarke and Bodine, but the gold in the Bengals' drafts is not in the lesser known prospects or supposed reaches, per the pre-draft consensus. It's in the extremely well known prospects that they got a round or more later than they were projected to go.

(05-16-2016, 10:17 AM)BleedNOrange Wrote: If he blocks as well as they say he does, I suggest "Blast Core"



Dang it Rotobeast, look what you have done to this thread.

(05-14-2016, 09:31 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Cody Core has been my pick since gitty up. As to his nickname, listed by favs:

Code Red

Hard Core

Core Value

CDC (Center for Defense Control)

(05-16-2016, 02:37 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: I'll say 3rd round and later talent that we have picked since around Lewis has been here. We have gotten better in recent history in getting good mid to late round picks too.

3rd round Chris Henry
3rd round Frostee Rucker
3rd round Michael Johnson
3rd round Mohamed Sanu
3rd round Brandon Thomson
4th round Rudi Johnson
4th round Robert Geathers
4th round Domata Peko
4th round Geno Atkins
4th round Clint Boling
5th round Kevin Huber
5th round Marvin Jones
5th round George Iloka
6th round Houshmandzadeh

(05-17-2016, 07:47 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: Wasn't Housh a 7th rounder?

(05-18-2016, 12:46 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I'm kind of partial to '6th round hype machine who probably won't have 10 receptions all year'.

I know i know. A bit long, but it does slide right off the tongue with ease, no?

(05-13-2016, 04:53 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Hmm, not sure how excited I can be about a 6th round WR blowing by and berating our 1st round pick, but meh...we shall see!  Lord knows we can't have a Bengals off-season without anointing some late-round WR as THE difference maker for the upcoming year!

(05-18-2016, 01:27 AM)Nately120 Wrote: And the 2016 Golden Binns award goes to............?

Seriously, it's too early to award this thing but Core has already supplanted Alford and Wright in the running!

(05-18-2016, 07:26 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: The Bengals do love needlessly talking up back up receivers in the off season.

"He looks like Larry Fitzpatrick on the practice field."

My ass...

Still bitter about Binns.

(05-18-2016, 01:01 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Did you really buy into that narrative?  

(05-18-2016, 01:01 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Did you really buy into that narrative?  

(05-18-2016, 03:09 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I was young and gullible haha. I was a UC fan and I saw what he could do in college so I thought there was a chance that he was ready to become a contributor.

I didn't think he was going to be the next Larry Fitzgerald. But a contributing 3rd or 4th WR I thought was more than in the realm of possibility.

Obviously, I was wrong. As I was wrong about Mardy Gilyard, who I thought had the best hands in that entire draft. Poor St. Louis.

Along with their selection of Isaiah Pead, they probably will never touch a Cincinnati product ever again.

(05-18-2016, 03:09 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I was young and gullible haha. I was a UC fan and I saw what he could do in college so I thought there was a chance that he was ready to become a contributor.

I didn't think he was going to be the next Larry Fitzgerald. But a contributing 3rd or 4th WR I thought was more than in the realm of possibility.

Obviously, I was wrong. As I was wrong about Mardy Gilyard, who I thought had the best hands in that entire draft. Poor St. Louis.

Along with their selection of Isaiah Pead, they probably will never touch a Cincinnati product ever again.

(05-18-2016, 01:01 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Did you really buy into that narrative?  

(05-18-2016, 04:17 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: The problem is that the coaches and Hobson go crazy with the hype. Then fans think we have some sort of amazing player. Binns is always brought up, but Jerome Simpson started off as the super-hyped WR. The 08, 09, and 10 offseasons saw his name floated around as some sort of amazing talent. Remember all the hype towards Maurice Purify? Jesus, there was a guy that hyped almost as much as Binns.

(05-18-2016, 05:25 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: For me, James Wright and Alford fit right into this mold. James Wright is just a hurdle away from being just as good as AJ Green, and Alford is coming along... right??!!?