Is Jackson Carman "Your" Starting LG

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(04-08-2022, 10:50 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is a little hint.

Look around at every other NFL team.

Tell me how many of them give up on a second round pick after his rookie season.

The problem is you just don't understand how this works.  Many first round pick and most second round picks do not even start or play as rookies.  If every team thought like you then they would constantly be draft guys to replace the guy they took int he second round the year before.

And that just does not happen in the NFL.  People who understand the NFL realize this.

Exactly this. It's ok to have another stopgap as insurance for Carman, but it's too early to invest another early-round draft pick to replace Carman. The new rookie could end up playing even worse than Carman.

It wasn't like Carman was some terrible pick. He was just wasn't going to be able to play the spot he played in college - LT. Plus, he was coming off a back injury. Bengals clearly felt he'd get past the injury at some point and had the talent to be able to succeed somewhere on the OL, otherwise they wouldn't have invested such an early-round pick in him.