BEST DRAFT OF LINEBACKERS IN YEARS

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(04-17-2021, 05:21 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Are you fine with spending a 2nd or 3rd on a QB then, if it's BPA?

BPA is fine and dandy as an ideal, but the Bengals have more pressing needs and you need to use common sense as well when discussing BPA. Ignoring those for a position that they've sunk a 3rd rounder into each of the last 3 years and 5 of the last 6 years is silly. 

Doubly so when the Bengals are pretty much never going to use 3 LBs at once. If you take every LB on the Bengals last year and add their snap count % all together, you get 208.4%. If you played 3 LBs all the time, you'd have 300%. So it's a position they've spent a 3rd rounder on in 3 straight drafts (and 5 out of 6) that they only need 2 players (and maybe a backup for that 8.4% of the time) for.

TLL nailed it.  Yes, everyone saw the impact of Devon White in the Super Bowl, but if he didn't have a great line in front of him and a good secondary behind him, it would not have worked out that way for him.  I don't mean to say LB is not important, but between Wilson, ADG, and Pratt, the Bengals should be set in the LB department.  

That being said, I FULLY expect a veteran LB to be released from some team in a cap maneuver and the Bengals jump all over it.