Why did we draft a Michael Johnson clone in round 3?

[BengalChris]

(04-29-2017, 10:02 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: They are definitely high risk/high reward picks. We've typically gotten burned on these type in the past with guys like Thurman/Henry.

This is a different batch though...so we'll see.

I do hope we see the high reward. I hope Ross stays healthy and if he does he could be a critical piece that opens the offense.

If Mixon displays high maturity, top attitude and works hard he could easily displace both Hill and Bernard and be that 3 down back that doesn't come off the field. He can do what Hill does better than Hill and what Bernard does better than Bernard.

(04-29-2017, 10:03 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The Bengals don't really draft that many more risky players than any other team in the league.

And when they do take guys with some red flags they have had some success.

Dillon
Ochocinco
Peter Warrick
AJ Green
Frostee Rucker
Hill
Josh Shaw

AJ Green was not very risky. Nor was Hill or Shaw. Dillion was the risky of those if I remember correctly and he worked out, but some others just faded away.

Ogbuehi, on the injury side, is a very recent risky pick that hasn't worked out. But we didn't spend a top 10 pick on him.