05-06-2025, 12:07 PM
(05-05-2025, 11:30 PM)Joelist Wrote: This whole "value" concept really is overrated. I agree with Chris Simms take on it which is a lot of the "value" stuff we come up with is based on supposed draft gurus - many of who have never taken a snap of football. Teams in the real world make their own boards and work them. Also as we saw both LB and OL consistently were going earlier than most of the draft experts projected by about a round. Golden wanted Knight and Stewart and the team took them. Fairchild was a great pick in 3 and Rivers in 5 a steal. Carter in 4 was probably also a Golden pick going to his prior statements about using 3 LB more and Tahj Brooks in 6 was a great pick also.
The problem with your theory is the Bengals didn't even hold to their own draft board by not selecting Kevin Winston at #81 when he was 3rd on their board at pick #49.
The Bengals just didn't put themselves in a position to take BPA when made each of their day 2 picks a slight reach. It's less about how the players are gonna turn out and more pointing to over all poor team building.
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