Margus Hunt on improving/working with Greene

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(08-10-2016, 08:12 PM)BengalChris Wrote: I don't believe he's been injured every year. A 2nd round pick doesn't need to make a great impact, but they do need to make an impact. Three years of near zero anything says a lot. He's never been IRed that I can remember, so the injuries weren't that bad.

In the NFL, when given his chance and gone up against 1st string OLs, he's done zippo.

I agree that there is potential there. But when you are drafting based on unrealized potential you are drafting a project. Teams spend top 1st round picks on potential, especially at QB.

I hope Hunt actually lives up to the potential he was drafted for. That's what this team needs. However, to have to wait till a players 4th year to get production from him is not the way to win championships. If all our draft picks took that long to show up we'd be almost as bad as the Browns.

To understand my draft bust comment realize that I also weight in that a higher producing player could have been drafted or even signed from elsewhere. Hunt has taken up a roster spot every year. Where could we have been if we'd have just signed Freeney a few years ago? It's not just what Hunt didn't do, but what another player could have done. That's what we lost in hanging on to him.

He had very limited snaps before getting injured.  He was very raw, but was not offered many snaps when he was healthy.  This has happened before.  We saw a very average Robert Geathers play many more snaps than Carlos Dunlap for half of his rookie season.  

As far as signing someone else (as a FA) and getting more performance so we "lost" goes, you couldn't be more off-base.  A free agent that averaged between 7-9 sacks per year would likely cost around 8-10 million PER SEASON.  The way the Bengals have built a successful roster is not (over)paying FAs, but by drafting and developing their own players.  They have been very good at this.  Not all hit.  Not all go on to be Pro Bowlers.  But, before you can call Hunt a bust, he must be given significant snaps while he is healthy to see what he can do.