The rookie class

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(01-06-2016, 08:13 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Simple - you don't grade a draft class after one season.  

How do you know Fisher isn't a 7 time Pro-Bowler biding his time behind Whitworth?

You just don't know.  The only way to objectively grade is to look at the potential of these guys.  You can't penalize them because they are sitting behind Pro-Bowlers (Fisher, Ogbuehi, Kroft) or because they are stuck behind guys that are playing at a Pro-Bowl level (Shaw, Dawson)

Then why the hell did someone make this thread? I sure didn't make it, I am just going along with it.

There is nothing objective about fans of a team judging their players "potential". That's how you got 49ers fans talking about how Kaepernick was going to be the next Joe Montana, and Jets fans talking about Mark "The Sanchize" Sanchez... with "potential". Fisher COULD be a 7-time Pro Bowler, or he could be a scrub and a bust. The only way to stay objective is to grade by stats and performance, of which the Bengals draft class is lacking.

Case and point? People already tried this argument for years with Kirkpatrick. "Oh, he'll be great, he's just stuck behind good CBs in the depth chart." All of that "potential" people spoke about turned out to be a big 'ol turd, which is why you can't grade a draft off potential, but results.