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(10-19-2022, 09:45 AM)Wyche Wrote: I dunno man, Tee Higgins, Logan Wilson, Jonah Williams, Pratt, Shooter, maybe Volson, solid rotational guys like Cam Sample, ADG, etc are pretty good draft picks. 

As to the FA, someone had to convince ownership to do it, and those pickups have largely been a rousing success. I don't know if it's Zac or not in that department, but the players he targeted are legit.

Higgins was a great pick. I do wonder how he'll fair if/when he is signed by a team that expects him to be a #1 and he no longer has Chase drawing double coverage or a #1 off of him.

Logan Wilson is pretty good but he's going to be done real early. Third year in a row where he's hurt and LBs don't get more healthy as they collide with folks more, and shoulders don't get more healthy for LBs the more you injure them. 

Jonah has had 1 decent year out of 4. He was a 11th overall pick. He's Andre Smith 2.0, but without the flashes of true greatness that Andre occasionally had. He wasn't having a good year before his injury and now the injury will be used as an excuse to explain away poor play. 

Pratt is a 2 down LB with bad coverage skills in a league where QBs love throwing to RBs and TEs. His QB Rating Allowed by year in his career is 120.1, 110.2, 101.4, and 115.9.

McPherson was a great pick.

Volson I know we don't treat it as gospel, but he is the 60th ranked G in the league by PFF right now. He's be an extreme mixed bag and can't be called a good pick yet.

Sample and ADG are the definition of replaceable guys we only care about/know about because they wear a Bengals uniform.



There's been 5 in 4 years, and 2 of them were the 1st and 5th overall picks. This teams starting lineups have been built heavily around outside FAs to overcome drafting shortfalls.

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Wasn't the whole story that Katie and Troy took over more of running the team from Mike and that's when they started spending money in FA? I don't think Marvin was here for 16 years and never tried the revolutionary tactic of asking "hey can we sign some good players?"