02-01-2016, 11:40 AM
(01-29-2016, 11:25 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Fast forward 2 years to the 2010 draft and just 4 picks after Dezmon Briscoe, the Steelers picked Antonio Brown. So SOMEONE who gets paid for a living to do it, knew they wanted a WR in the 6th round, looked at the available players, and said "Hmm, Dezmon Briscoe or Antonio Brown? Lets get this Dezmon Briscoe kid, he's 6'2", perfect size! Brown is only 5'10."
Again look at the entire draft. If Antonio Brown's skills were so obvious then he would not have been the 23rd WR taken in that draft. When you look that far down in the draft it is all about luck.
The Bengal are not the only team in the league that likes tall WRs. Only 6 of the 21 WR taken before Briscoe were under 6 feet tall, and three of them (Dexter McCluster, Jacoby Ford, Armanti Edwards) were busts. However in the second round of that draft the Bengals took one of the shorter WRs in 6-0 Jordan Shipley who finished 2nd among rookie WRs with 52 receptions.
