03-24-2017, 03:10 PM
(03-22-2017, 05:41 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I keep seeing people post about drafting a wide receiver in the first round and it makes me sick. This team has SO many more needs than wide receiver. We have Lafell, Eiffert, AJ, and Boyd (a second round pick who will only be better than last year). That is PLENTY of weapons through the air.
What if we had still had Marvin Jones, would you then want us to go out and get a receiver? No, you say? Why, because Marvin Jones was good?
Well, look at these numbers:
Comparing Marvin Jones' 2015 with the Bengals (hit last year) and Lafell's numbers with the Bengals in 2016
Marvin Jones
103 Targets
65 Receptions
816 yards
4 TDs
Brandon Lafell
106 Targets
64 Receptions
862 yards
6 TDS
Fred stated it in another post and heres the numbers to back it up. Lafell was good last year. As good or better than Marvin Jones was for us. The dude can be the answer at wide receiver for us and he proved it in the second half of last year.
I like Lafell and thought he did great for his first year in the system. We also have Core who i think could be special.
Still, i would not be against John Ross or Corey Davis if the top 3 pass rushers are gone. Cannot teach speed and while
Lafell is a good route runner, him and Boyd are not burners. A guy like Ross or Davis would really open up the middle of
the field and make teams pay if they double AJ.
Josh Reynolds in the 3rd round would be a nice grab as well.
As long as we get a pass rusher and a Center in this draft i will be pretty happy. These two are the must positions IMO.
Barnett, Elflein, Reynolds.
