Paul Dawson who?

[Shake n Blake]

(06-03-2016, 12:22 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Pretty positive that Dawson makes the roster. They generally don't cut 3rd round picks after just one year.

That said, certainly says something when everyone was in the exact same hype/fluff mode on Dawson last year as they have been on Vigil this year (same round even), and yet now he's not even in the conversation one year later.

And before the Dawson hype-train, it was the Sean Porter hype-train. It's a big reason why I am expecting absolutely nothing from Vigil despite the Bengals PR arm's best efforts.

I've seen other teams cut bait on 3rd rounders after one year since implementation of the rookie wage scale, but the Bengals obviously haven't. 

As for the hype train's, I rarely buy in until they show something on the field. 90% of these players that Hobspin hypes up during OTA's & TC wind up doing nothing to help the cause.

(06-03-2016, 04:18 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Jesus... didn't realize he ran 4.93 at 235 lbs. That's downright awful, considering Whitworth ran a 5.15 at 334 lbs.

Side note: Vigil doesn't seem like the answer to speed. He ran a 4.72... AKA 0.01 second slower than 277 lb Carlos Dunlap.

Well Burfict did run a 5.09 at the combine and that's a big part of why he slipped out of the draft. Maybe that made the coaches worry less about speed. That said, Burfict was in terrible shape and had some sort of injury if I'm remembering correctly.

(06-03-2016, 11:24 AM)jj22 Wrote: It's not our 3rd round curse, it's our comp pick curse, which is why this model model, we can't sign free agents because of comp picks, is lame. Look back at those picks..... We were better off signing free agents that could actually play.

Not sure what to think about Dawson, but it does seem like he's all but forgotten. Drafting a LB in round 3 again (when most of our success comes from udfa lb's) may be reflective of the failed pick.

It's funny, the "model model" article was suggesting that the Bengals model themselves after the Steelers, but the Steelers don't hoard compensatory picks. That's the Ravens. The difference is that the Ravens have signed or traded for some pretty good players over recent years (Boldin, Dumervil, Daryl Smith, Mike Wallace, Steve Smith, etc).

The model model article would've been more accurate if Hobs said that the Bengals hoard comp picks like the Ravens, while avoiding free agency like the Steelers.