2024 RD1 PK 18 FINAL (Board Pick)

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(04-19-2024, 05:48 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: It has been two drafts in a row the Bengals have used the 1st and 2nd round picks on defense.   The 3 previous drafts before that, the 1st and 2nd picks were used on offense.   They didnt use the 1st and 2nd round draft picks on offense the previous two drafts because they signed guys like Karras, Cappa and Orlando Brown Jr. in free agency while on defense they let Ogunjobi, Bell, Bates and Apple leave.  That meant they had to spend some early picks on defense to help balance the talent loss.  Would you rather had the Bengals take the opposite approach and spent the money to keep Ogunjobi, Bell, Bates and Apple while using the 1st and 2nd round draft picks on the offensive line? because that is the other approach that could have been taken.

So, in '20, our 1st and 2nd rounders were Burrow and Higgins, but we drafted Logan Wilson in the third and spent four picks on D, versus three on offense.  Though this is kinda moot because all of those rookie deals are no longer in effect.

In '21, our first two picks were Chase and Carman, but the 3rd was spent on Ossai.  The picks were balanced, overall, with 5 on Offense, 4 on Defense, and 1 on a specialist.

In '22 our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were all spent on D, and 5 of our 6 picks were also on defense.  

Last year, our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were all spent on D again, with 4 picks overall going to D and 3 to the Offense, with one specialist.

So, going from the time frame you're talking about, when talking about our premium picks (Day 1 and Day 2 picks), the D has gotten 8 to the Offense's 4, doubling that number, and overall, the defense has gotten 17 draft picks to 12 for the offense.

Going by a more practical timeframe by using the players still on rookie deals, it's even more lopsided, with the defense getting 7 premium picks compared to 2 for the offense and the D getting 13 picks to the Offense's 8.

They've let starters leave on offense, as well, like Reiff, Uzomah, Hurst, Collins, Mixon, Boyd, etc , etc.  Looking at this year, they signed two starters on Defense (Rankins and Stone) to multi-year deals, while the two of three starters they signed on offense (Brown and Gesicki) are on one year deals 

Looking ahead, of the projected starters on offense, Higgins, Irwin, Gesicki, Brown, and Karras are all in contract years.  That's 5 of 11 starters on Offense. Only Hill is in a contract year on D among projected starters.  And yet people still want to spend our first and more premium draft capital beyond that on the defense.