03-19-2025, 09:10 PM
(03-19-2025, 03:45 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The reason they have spent so many premium picks on the defense is because they let a lot the better talent leave from the defense so they could save money to give to the offensive guys. Its also not like they havent used premium picks on the offense in the past 5 years either
Burrow - 1st round
Higgins - 2nd round
Chase - 1st round
Carman - 2nd round
Mims - 1st round
Burton - 3rd round
In the past 5 years the Bengals have spent just as many 1st and 2nd round draft picks on offense as they have defense, 5
Not all picks are equal though.
Higgins was 33 that’s basically the same as Dax Hill at 31.
It’s been just three top 50 picks on D in 8 years and that includes Kris Jenkins at 49 last year. Compare that to the four top 20 picks on O in that time frame.
The last three R2 picks on O were 46, 33 and 52. Compare that to D which was 49, 60 and 60.
The last three R3 picks on D were 95, 95 and 97. The last R3 O pick was Burton at 80, then 83 and 85.
Usually a draft class is something like
1-5 1A
6-15 1B
15-25 1C
26-40 2A
41-55 2B etc
The distribution will vary a little each year but this year they’ve got a shot at a 1B player on D for the first time since 2008. That should be massive for this D. They could get a 2B as well. That might be the biggest injection of draft defensive talent on paper since Pollack and Thurman.
