05-30-2025, 11:31 AM
(05-30-2025, 10:38 AM)samhain Wrote: I absolutely blame the Bengals for that. Burton is an outlier of a case by a lot. The great majority of NFL draftees have a level of maturity above that of a 5th grader. Burton did not. Any marginal amount of scouting should have prevented them from taking him. Most rookies have understood what's at stake in terms of their livelihoods since high school he didn't.
Blaming the Burton scenario for putting the screws to all future picks doesn't make sense. It's like putting your hand on a hot burner and then saying you're going to punish someone who's not even in your kitchen the next time you decide to do it.
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Why did they draft him so high if they have these grave character concerns?
The Bengals are a D- Organization; and have been for over 3 decades. It is a consatnt
