BPA Myth

[BengalChris]

(03-29-2016, 07:49 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I don't think we really go BPA. As much as Hobson tries to say its all about BPA for us. I just don't buy it.

I remember the story when Andre Smith signed during the draft. We brought him in to the war room and showed him Menelik Watson was who we were taking if he didn't sign. Andre signed and we drafted Gio.

We drafted two tackles last year because we had no plans on resigning Andre and Whit was on the final year of his deal.  

We stretched to take Hunt and Clarke because of the fact MJ was due for a big deal and then left.

We did a rare trade up to go get Bodine. Because we didn't have anybody worthy of playing C.

It's not all about BPA for us.

We draft with a blend of need and BPA. Our board doesn't always match that of other teams.


I believe the Bengals board has the players listed in an order which also factors in need.

If Wentz falls to 24, do we draft him? I say we wouldn't because another player who's going to get on the field is more valuable to the team.

So, I'd say we draft based around a board that is arranged more along the lines of Most Likely to be Valuable to the Team, which would have a need component factored in.

Why on earth we draft projects before the day 3 of the draft, I don't know. The Hunt's, Still's and Clarke's of the world were projects that ate valuable roster spots.