Wolf's Mock Draft

[wolfkaosaun]

(04-06-2017, 08:35 PM)Whatever Wrote: Yeah, Barnett seems like a love/hate prospect.  I don't see him at 9, but then again, I've got John Ross in my top 9 for the Bengals, and lots of people think he's a reach, too.  I guess the question for me is are you mocking Barnett here because you think he's the BPA at a position of need, or is it because you want the best pass rusher available at 9 regardless of value?  

I get the trepidation about our OL, I really do, but this is such a bad OL class, I'd rather gamble on the guys we have here that came out of better classes than drop early picks on guys that would go a round or two later in other years.  The potential to come away with two first round talents is just too much for me to pass up.  Plus, I don't see them carrying 4 G's.

Yeah, guys fall all the time for various reasons.  I don't see this as a particularly good WR class, though.  I think Davis and Williams are late 1st/early 2nd guys in a class that has a consensus Top 10 stud or two, and that pushes a lot of guys up the board.  I think it's a pretty deep class, and there's lots of guys who will carve out decent careers as #3/#4 WR's, but I don't see a lot of #1's or even good #2's.

I would've thought we would go 2 DE's before the end of 5 before they brought Gilberry, who's one of the coach's pets back.  At this point, I think you have to look long and hard at RB, NT, and OT before double dipping.

They also have Russell, who was a 3rd round pick of the Chiefs last year, and Benwikere, who has 14 career starts.  Even if Pacman gets suspended for the year, which is unlikely, they would be 5 and 6 behind Kirk, WJIII, Dennard, and Shaw.  

This is one of those things I find interesting, and not singling you out on this, but I always find it interesting when people are seemingly cool with a guy like Billings being handed a starting job sight unseen, but are uneasy about a guy like Westerman playing sight unseen despite the similar circumstances surrounding them.  If I had to guess, it's because everyone scouted Billings last year as a potential 1st round pick and nobody really paid a lot of attention to 2nd round G's.

Best pass rusher regardless of value. I like John Ross a lot actually. Realistically, I think the Bengals go Barnett, Davis, or Ross. And I'd be happy with any of them. But they seem to really want a pass rusher early, so it wouldn't surprise me if they went Barnett.

Understandable. It is a VERY weak offensive line class. I debated on Cam Robinson as an OG, because he's a mauler in the run game. But not sure he fits out style and his pass blocking ability is kind of suspect.

I see a few decent #2 options, and I think Godwin is one of them. I also really like Zay Jones and think he would look good here as well.

True, true. Fields is an exceptional player, but they do seem to want a RB though. My only issue is, I hope the RB they draft doesn't take away from Gio. Gio fits the offense better than Hill.

I forgot about Russell and Benk. I really did. But it is possible Adam Jones will get suspended for the year. He got suspended for an altercation with his body guard that had no arrests, no charges, or anything.

Personally, I wanted Billings at #1 last year. So I scouted him and love the guy's playing style. Westerman I like, but I like Feeney more than Westerman now as well. But we all have preferences.