Bengals Add Defense

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 11:36 AM)Whatever Wrote: The thing that gives me pause about defense in the first is that out of 10 Days 1/2 picks over the last three drafts, 8 have been on defense.  Throwing premium draft capital at the defense has not worked.  Almost to a man, those picks have underperformed, for a variety of reasons.  

Realistically, the Bengals are at a point where they need to figure out what's broken, Lou's scheme or their ability to draft defensive players.  The only way you're finding that out is to get rid of Lou and see if the loads of young talent we have on defense responds.  

Obviously, we need pass rush help, but it's a deep class for Edge rushers and DT's.  Per the Consensus Big Board, there are currently 9 Edge's in the Top 50 prospects and 16 in the Top 100.  For DT's, there's 7 in the Top 50 and 13 in the Top 100.  

Whoever we take in the 1st, they need to be a stud.  Especially with us currently picking 10th, we need a slam dunk, no matter the position.  Regardless of needs, a CeeDee Lamb, Travis Kelce, Joe Thuney, or Saquon Barkley helps this team a helluva lot more than another Myles Murphy.

You know, I thought that as well, for a while. Then it hit me that the failure with the defensive picks has been going on since the Marvin Lewis days. I'm really starting to get on board with the bigger problem being with the talent evaluators/identifiers and the person making the actual selections. Something is definitely wrong with their board, and we need to figure out if the scouts can identify guys with particular skill sets that fit particular schemes and are mis grading players on the team's big board, or if it's simply Duke ignoring the board.

That's not to say that the position coaches haven't dropped the ball as well. It's supposedly their livelihood to develop talent to the maximum of their capabilities.