Who do you take? WR

[coachmcneil71]

(04-24-2016, 07:21 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I follow the draft religiously every year. I love it and find the workings of it fascinating through the entire off season. We even throw a draft party for about 20 of my buddies who are big football fans at my house every year and have since 2000 (if I recall). I've been doing homework on the draft since the season ended and the order was set.

- If there are 9-10 good players in a draft at a position, that's considered really strong. Not weak at all! A grade of 6 or higher on a player is considered to be a strong chance to be a good NFL starter.

There are 4 players rated at 6 or higher at wr and not really much separation between them. The high is 6.2 (Fuller & Treadwell) followed by 6.1 Doctson & 6.0 Coleman. http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/tracker?icampaign=draft-sub_nav_bar-drafteventpage-tracker#dt-tabs:dt-by-position/dt-by-position-input:wr

No superstars here at all in terms of projection. For a high benchmark to keep in your head for comparison, AJ Green projected out at 8.62! http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/a.j.-green?id=2495450 He would possibly be #1 overall pick if he were coming out this year. The next closest player grade wise to him is a 7.2. That's a big drop in talent.

All we can talk about during the draft is projection, so for the absolute BEST wr in this draft class to be at only a 6.2 and there are only 4 guys in the 6s means the class is awful. Obviously projections can be wrong, but the norm is that they are typically pretty accurate. The wrs this draft class are okay to poor.

Homestly, the only position group this draft that is hella strong is the Dline. If the Bengals took 3 Dlimeman I wouldn't care. There are 16 guys ranked 6 or higher. That's insane!

I pretty much agree with everything you've stated for the most part and understand where you're coming from but there are several WR's that could easily fill the shoes of the teams departed 3rd and 5th RD WR's.

D-line is hella strong in this draft as you mentioned and that's a good thing for Cincy. Regardless of that fact the team is thin at WR and will most certainly need to grab one or two. It is what it is. 

You've already mentioned 4 WR's so there's that now add; M.Thomas,S.Shepard,T.Boyd,L.Carroo,B.Miller,K.Lawler,C.Brown,K.Listenbee,K.Garrett, and a couple of others. Any of which could help this team imho.

We're not looking for a #1 WR which would be a totally different thing.