04-20-2023, 07:53 PM
(04-20-2023, 07:28 PM)ochocincos Wrote: What always makes me laugh is the "The draft pick hasn't shown anything yet!" from some people who want to turn around and go invest yet another super early round draft pick at the exact same position a year or two later.
Like dude, you know only one of them gonna get the spot, right? Now you just essentially forced one of the high draft picks to ride the bench, possibly their whole rookie contract.
Lol are you talking to me? Or... putting words in my mouth and talking to that person? If you really wanna know, that's what makes me laugh.
Quote:Rd 1-2 picks should not be used on long-term backup or rotational players. There should be a plan within a couple years for that draft pick to claim a starter role at that position. If not, you're investing too high of a draft pick.
You're preaching to the choir on that one. It's one of the main reasons I say Dax is off to a rocky start, even if this was the "plan" (whatever that means). We're not a team that necessarily re-ups our safeties (see: Bates, Jessie), so one year of his rookie deal has already been lost. That's a steep price.
Quote:FWIW, I've not seen hardly any draft expert mocking a safety.
That's you. I have. I probably pay more attention to it than you- and that's my problem!- but I've seen it quite often. To the point that I bothered even mentioning it here: Branch, AJ, both Browns, Jammie, Chris Smith... not all necessarily Round 1s, but all to the Bengals. It doesn't necessarily mean anything- it's draft season, you see a lot. But if you tell a common draft pundit to look at the depth chart in view of the FA period that just passed, I don't blame them for prescribing a safety to address a hole.
