Duke Tobin and the Bengals are WHIFFING in the draft

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(09-24-2024, 10:07 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Blame the coaches, blame the defense, blame whoever.

The real issue? The talent on the roster. It's not good enough, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

The 2021 Super Bowl team was built on free agency - Reader, Chido, Hendrickson, Hilton, Reiff, Vonn Bell. The Bengals have added or replaced some of that talent bringing in Cappa, Karras, Orlando Brown Jr, Geno Stone, Rankins who are on their current roster.

My question is this - where are the draft picks? Other than the Burrow and Chase LAY UPS, who have we drafted since 2019 that you'd consider a good positional NFL player? Higgins, CTB, Logan Wilson. That's it.

The Bengals have WHIFFED in the draft over the past 5 years.

When is Duke Tobin going to be held accountable? Who's responsible for the drafting of guys, especially on the defensive side of the ball? Does Lou have a say? Because he sure seemed giddy every time he was at the podium after we drafted 3 straight defensive players in the first 3 rounds last year.

They need more out of the draft. We can't continue whiffing on first round picks like Dax Hill and second round picks like Jackson Carman. We can't have drafts like 2021 where literally no one is contributing other than Chase. Everyone LOVED this years class, but who is contributing on the defensive side of the ball? It's been pathetic.

I agree, personally.

The only real good draft picks from last year it seems are either injured (Murphy) or relegated to the bench (Battle, Turner).
No one from this current draft class has shown much of anything in regular season games thus far for variety of reasons.
Dax Hill is playing position musical chairs trying to find something that works.
Charlie Jones was arguably a reach if all he's going to be used for is a PR.
Iosivas seems like just a RZ threat, but he is contributing more than most 6th rounders, so I'll give the team that.
Carter and Ossai still in Year 3/4 haven't developed into guys we thought they'd become based on their collegiate profiles.

What I remember liking about Dax Hill, Jackson Carman, Zach Carter, Joseph Ossai was their CEILING.
However, they all were mostly transitioning to new positions because of one reason or another.
Hill had the skill set for single high FS but hadn't really played it. SS was what be probably was best at in college.
Carman was most successful at LT in college but probably wasn't going to be successful there in NFL. He hadn't really played (much) OG even though most thought he could transition to that.
Carter was a tweener who many thought would be best suited inside at 3T once he bulked up, but he might have been best suited as 3-4 DE based on size and skill set.
Ossai was a former LB transitioning to full-time DE. He may just not be suited for true 4-3 DE and have his hand in the dirt, instead suited for a true 3-4 OLB.

There have been a couple solid guys though out of the bunch outside the Top 40, mainly CTB.