Our drafting has sucked lately

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(01-31-2024, 03:08 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: And I’m not criticizing necessarily. And yes all those went earlier but they immediately started and proved value. Not meant to be a condemnation of the Bengals just pointing out we need an immediate starter with our pick. My point really is Baltimore, Detroit, and KC have helped themselves in the draft regardless of the reasons. I don’t think we’ve had as great success.

I think the Bengals are drafting in a spot that they *should* be able to get an immediate starter (or at least heavy reps), not riding the bench for (most of) the first year.
Before we go into FA, the Bengals could need starters/heavy snap opportunities at the following positions:
- WR2
- slot WR (although I think this is Charlie Jones)
- RT
- TE
- NT
- 3T rotation

For all those positions, Bengals can't just rely on draft picks because that'd be nearly the entire set of picks, so I expect at least 3 of these to get addressed in FA.