Bengals claim DT Christian Ringo

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(09-07-2017, 10:01 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: OR... 7 picks instead of 11, and then you grab/retain yourself some proven NFL talent in FA. Andrew Whitworth vs JJ Dielman, Jeremy Maclin vs Paul Dawson, Reggie Nelson vs Mason Schreck, etc. That shouldn't be a tough choice.


Made that list, and actually there were two players who were starters, but they were from the '04 and '07 drafts (Landon Johnson and Chinedum Ndukwe).

They weren't very good, yet they are both still the extreme exceptions to that list. 23 comp picks under Lewis. Those two started a combined 84 games. 3 of the picks are from this year. The other 18 picks started a combined 19 games. When Andre Caldwell (14 of those 19 starts) is the third best on your list, your list sucks. Lol

20 comp picks under Marvin (sans 2017) spent a total of 32 years on the Bengals (I counted partial seasons as a season), being active for 350 games, and starting 103 of them. The 17 picks not named Landon Johnson, Chinedum Ndukwe, or Andre Caldwell spent a total of 20 years on the Bengals, being active for 182 games, starting 5 of them.
-18 never started a full seasons total worth of games in their Bengals career.
-16 never started more than 1 game in their Bengals career.
-14 never started a single game in their Bengals career.
-8 were never even active for a single game in their Bengals career.

The part you're missing is that having more draft picks opens up your draft board, which plays into a BPA drafting philosophy.  Having fewer picks forces a team's hand into drafting for need to fill their depth chart, while having more picks lets you grab a bargain and fill those depth needs later.

Case in point, this year the Bengals probably don't roll the dice on Carl Lawson in the 4th after taking Willis in the third if they didn't have extra 4th rounders to draft a DT.  

They did retain and bring in "proven" players.  They resigned Dre, extended Burfict, signed Andre and Minter in FA, and traded for Smith.  Just because they didn't retain or sign some/all of the guys you wanted doesn't mean they bring in vets.  And honestly, a couple of really bad FA contracts hurts your team a lot more than 5th rounders not making the roster.