03-25-2017, 09:54 AM
(03-25-2017, 01:08 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I was going to make a thread about what positions the Bengals value, but abandoned it. I'll go ahead and post the research for ya though. Since Mike Brown took over, we've had 28 first round picks. Here's the positions they've selected during that time:
CB x 5 (all in the last 11 drafts)
DE x 4 (counting Reinard Wilson as a DE. Last one was Justin Smith in 2001)
LB x 4
OT x 4
QB x 3
RB x 2
WR x 2
TE x 2
DT x 1
OG x 1
No centers or safeties were taken. Only 1 interior lineman total. Obviously Mike has allowed guys like Steinbach and Zeitler to walk without much seriousness about replacing them. Center also seems like a position that they just think they can plug any scrub into.
Thinking about how pass driven the league is, this valuation system isn't completely crazy.
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