12-26-2016, 01:57 AM
(12-26-2016, 12:02 AM)BengalChris Wrote: In 2010 we passed on Dez Bryant and took Gresham instead.
In 2012 we passed on DeCastro, traded down and took Zeitler. In this draft we also took Devon Still in the 2nd and passed on LB Levonte David, and we took Sanu in the 3rd while passing on WR TY Hilton.
In 2013 we passed on LeVon Bell and took Gio Bernard instead.
In 2013 we also selected Margus Hunt in the 2nd round passing on many other better players.
Of course hindsight might be 20/20, except that nobody except the Bengals placed Bernard ahead of Bell and many Bengals fans wanted Bryant over Gresham. We also wanted DeCastro over Zeitler.
I suppose you could look at a lot of teams and make these kinds of comparisons. Honestly, though the DeCastro one really pissed me off. He was being called the best guard to come out in a decade and we needed one badly with Bobbie Williams on the way out. Alexander even conducted his pro day workout IIRC.
An article on the website said something to the effect of them wanting to draft a Big ten o-lineman early because John Cooper was scouting for them. I still didn't think there was any way they could pass on a prospect like DD at a position of obvious need.
