03-10-2022, 01:05 PM
(03-10-2022, 12:37 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The OP is using hindsight to present "best" possible option and for me it's still a hard no.
We easily could have picked the same players the Fins did and lose out on JB for Tua, Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt.
That's the seductive beauty of hindsight. I am giving us the benefit of perfect drafting. The reality is that it's 50-50, even in the first round. And I think that's why the Bengals turned down the offer. Burrow was as close to a sure thing as you're going to find. So they took the bird in the hand. Absolutely the correct decision.
But....based on comments of Bengal coaches after the Senior Bowl, I'm pretty sure they would have taken Herbert over Tua at 5. And I can recall Callahan at the Senior Bowl moaning over how good one particular receiver who had been overshadowed on his college team looked and that now everyone knew (looking at you, Justin Jefferson).
Even though I don't know how highly they valued Diggs, I believe we would have netted a haul similar to what I gave us. Including the tackle that we are now dying to sign or draft.
Anyhow, it's fun to think about this.
