05-01-2017, 05:58 PM
(05-01-2017, 05:38 PM)Gdale_Bengal Wrote: Let's just make something clear. #9 was NOT a bpa situation. If we went BPA we would have Johnathan Allen, Malik Hooker, or Lattimore on this team right now. All 3 were rated higher than Ross, and the Bengals selected John Ross. That pick was a "I'm in love with this guy" pick.
It would not have mattered if Solomon Thomas, Leonard Fournette, Or Mike Williams was still on the board, the Bengals were going to take John Ross the whole time.
I'm still OK with the pick. I'm not saying that he's not going to be a good fit here in Cincy. I'm just saying that there were better talents available at 9.
According to whom? Mock drafts?
Obviously mock drafts were wrong about a lot of players (especially Alabama players) as they always are.
Haason Reddick went 13th to the Cardinals while Reuben Foster (most commonly mocked to us at #9) "fell" to 31st.
Who was right? Mock drafts, or the guys actually doing the real thing?
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