10-18-2022, 10:07 PM
(10-18-2022, 06:21 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Don't what you're trying to say here. He wouldn't have drafted Joe Burrow 1st overall? He did that with Carson. He wouldn't draft Chase 5th overall? He did that 4th overall with AJ Green.
I'm nowhere near a Marvin apologist as anyone on this board can attest, but outside of sucking enough to get really really high can't-miss 1st round draft picks a couple years, they haven't drafted crazy well in the Zac Taylor era.
The biggest difference between the Marvin and Taylor era is that the FO is willing to spend money in FA. 11 of the top 20 paid players on the Bengals this year (avg salary) are outside FAs, including the top-2 highest paid.
I think those picks were no-brainers though. Some of the later-round high-character guys and especially free-agent gems are what make this team. Albeit the occasional misses here and there. One of Zac's first order of business was cutting Burfict (one of my favorite players) and he wouldn't have drafted Thurman, Henry or signed Pac-man or Tez. We were the laughing stock of the NFL for a stretch there with all of the arrests. Marvin and co found some late-round gems too so I'll give them that. But overall it was always the turds outweighing the good guys and in the end that always cost them. Like the Steelers playoff meltdown
