10 hours ago
I went with C-
I saw PFF gave us a C which put us in they're bottom 3.
Stewart- Not a fan he was the one player i did not want. To throw another 1st rd pick at a position that we just failed to hit on a couple years ago on another player that had extremely low production that you barely met with is dumb.
Knight- I like the player not the spot. Just his age alone (which i think he's 24 turning 25 right before camp) says that he's most likely maxed out as a player although may increase is start immediately upside. It limits his future. The ultimate goal is to find very good starters that you can extend on your team that is extremely tough outside of the top 2 rounds. Knight is all but guaranteed not to be extended at the time of drafting. To pass up a starting caliber guard or the chance to trade down is dumb as well.
Fairchild - i like the player and think he may have been undervalued so his draft position seems good. Still a bigger risk than I want to take waiting until the 3rd rd to select a guard when you don't have a starting guard on your roster. Should've been a top priority heading into this off-season.
I'm fine with the rest of the draft.
The Bengals are stuck in they're ways and it's severely hampering our chances at the ultimate goal. We draft players based on need which this draft has made extremely obvious. Taking an DE in rd 1 to replace a player on his final year yet again going back to a mold that has worked out horribly for us. We signed Higgins and Chase but yet again unnecessarily front load the contracts to limit our ability to maximize our free agent haul to limit the need of the draft as much as possible. If we had saved some money this year we could've resigned Trey and probably a starting caliber guard. Allowing us to go best player available like Harmon, Jihad or Zabel all better prospects than Stewart.
I saw PFF gave us a C which put us in they're bottom 3.
Stewart- Not a fan he was the one player i did not want. To throw another 1st rd pick at a position that we just failed to hit on a couple years ago on another player that had extremely low production that you barely met with is dumb.
Knight- I like the player not the spot. Just his age alone (which i think he's 24 turning 25 right before camp) says that he's most likely maxed out as a player although may increase is start immediately upside. It limits his future. The ultimate goal is to find very good starters that you can extend on your team that is extremely tough outside of the top 2 rounds. Knight is all but guaranteed not to be extended at the time of drafting. To pass up a starting caliber guard or the chance to trade down is dumb as well.
Fairchild - i like the player and think he may have been undervalued so his draft position seems good. Still a bigger risk than I want to take waiting until the 3rd rd to select a guard when you don't have a starting guard on your roster. Should've been a top priority heading into this off-season.
I'm fine with the rest of the draft.
The Bengals are stuck in they're ways and it's severely hampering our chances at the ultimate goal. We draft players based on need which this draft has made extremely obvious. Taking an DE in rd 1 to replace a player on his final year yet again going back to a mold that has worked out horribly for us. We signed Higgins and Chase but yet again unnecessarily front load the contracts to limit our ability to maximize our free agent haul to limit the need of the draft as much as possible. If we had saved some money this year we could've resigned Trey and probably a starting caliber guard. Allowing us to go best player available like Harmon, Jihad or Zabel all better prospects than Stewart.
