05-05-2023, 08:13 PM
(04-30-2023, 12:50 PM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: Remember at that point EVERY team had also passed on Myles Murphy.
Michael Mayer was picked 7 picks later so it is not an outrageous of a pick.
I think Murphy may end up being better long term but his value to us in 2024 will not be as significant as Mayer or a top RB.
I don't know what the cost would have been to land a RB since the 2 were picked so early.
So yes, I would have picked Mayer and possibly moved up to land Robinson or Gibbs if we did not have to give up too much.
I was kind of hoping going into the draft that RB's would fall and we could have traded Jonah Willliams to move up.
Since you and I are not privvy to this information we can only rely on what other teams valued.
The Lions and the Falcons really valued those 2 Running Backs enough to pick them in the top 12.
All we can do is look back at this draft in 3-4 years and see how these players careers progressed and were the better value.
It was just a suggestion.
Drafting the 5th option in this offense, in the 1st Rd, doesnt really make a ton of sense, especially at a postion that does nothing to soften the blow of losing a highly paid player and saves almost zero dollars in the 5th yr.
You dont know the cost of moving up? We would have had to give up every other draft pick in this draft, or very high ones in this and next year's draft to acquire Bijon or Gibbs. The cost was enormous.
In what world would the Bengals trade their starting RT to move up and draft a rookie RB?
