03-10-2017, 10:41 AM
(03-09-2017, 09:42 AM)fredtoast Wrote: First of all it is silly to look at compensation picks in a vacuum. For example, if we don't take Ghee in the third in '10 then we might have used our 4th round pick on a CB instead of Geno Atkins. Comp picks change the entire draft, not just one specific pick.
Second, most of these picks came late in the draft, so if you compare them to any other teams you will see just as many flops.
Pretty common move around here. Post some random information without any real context i.e. "witthout comments" and then try to act like it makes the Bengals look bad.
That's the point! If compensatory are late and are most likely flops, then why do we value them so much?
Look at the quote from Hobson:
"And they won’t sign any unrestricted free agents to avoid harming their haul of compensatory draft picks for 2018."
http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Dre-plays-on-with-Bengals-Whats-next/a87a5caf-4f9d-4764-a06e-bc76b7801261
Gotta protect those precious comp picks since they have paid some big big dividends in the past!
