Ross Out For Week 1 & 2

[lone bengal]

(09-06-2017, 08:29 PM)OrangeLacroix Wrote: Well that certainly justifies a top 10 selection. When so many other team needs and talented players were available at 9

I agree Ross' injury history concers me but just out of curiosity who would you have drafted at 9 ?
- we didn't need a qb
- we drafted probably the best running back in the draft in the 2nd round
- we needed offense line help but this was an awful o-line draft no one even close to worth taking at 9
- OJ Howard is tough to pick when you have Eifert
- We needed help at WR, Davis and Williams ( who is already hurt) were taken.
- at DE you could make a case for us drafting Allen or Barret. However Allen had huge injury concerns and is more of a 3 technique DT in a 4-3 Defense which Geno plays. I will admit Barret had a great preseason and I wanted him a 9 but if Lawson and Willis pan out I'll be ok with it.
- We had a need at Linebacker and based of Ruben Fosters preseason highlights you could make a solid case for him at 9 but hindsight is 20/20 before the draft Foster had injury concerns plus a failed drug test.
- we didn't have a huge need a corner plus could any of us stomach the Bengals drafting another CB in the 1st round at 9 ? Just to probably sit on the bench his 1st year.
- at safety you could make an argument for Hooker at 9 , still think we need a ball hawk at safety not 100% sold on Williams even before the injury. Plus not sure the bengals would draft a guy at safety when their paying 2 guys starter money.