Bengals brilliant in taking Kicker Elliot over Gonzalez

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(05-16-2017, 09:58 PM)lostpoet2 Wrote: Agreed. It reminded me of Al Davis' ignorance of game theory in his drafting strategy...why use a 5th round pick on a guy you like, if potentially every other team is waiting until the 7th round (the Panthers did draft a kicker with the 15th pick in the 7th)?  If you've ever participate din a single fantasy football league, you know that drafting a kicker early is not a good value, and likewise the Bengals should have been looking for another "Marvin Jones or George Iloka-style" diamond in the rough in the 5th round.

Gonzalez went to the Browns and Butker to the Panthers in the 7th. What nobody knows is where Elliott would have gone if the Bengals didn't select him in the 5th.
You have to believe that if the Bengals had Gonzalez and Elliott neck and neck, they would have waited longer on a kicker because it wouldn't really have mattered to them which one was still available in round 6-7. But they felt Elliott was that much better than Gonzalez to use a 5th round pick.