04-07-2021, 09:31 PM
(04-07-2021, 09:22 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: At least we haven't been as bad as the Jets.
I read the other day that Darnold became the 6th straight 1st round pick they traded away before his first contract came to an end, and the guy before that streak began was straight up released while on his rookie deal. That is 7 first round picks in a row that never made it to a second contract.
A few years ago when our drafts started going south I was constantly telling people here that "Even the best teams sometimes miss on first round picks". But the best teams never miss on 3 of 4 like we did with Ogbuehi, Price, and Ross from '15 through '18.
And a lot of team call it a "bust" when they use their first round pick on a guy who just becomes an average middle-of-the-road starter, but we got ZERO from those three. Add in the fact that until last year we lived by the draft and almost never signed top free agents and those misses absolutely killed this team.
