EVERY Team is happy about their draft class

[Bengalbug]

(09-11-2017, 11:45 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: re: The Bengals model of not extensively using free agents while we have starting needs at several positions (including 4 offensive line spots) and only using the draft and letting guys walk so we get compensatory picks.

As Bengals fans, we drastically underestimate the quality of free agents we lose and drastically overestimate the production that we will get for rookies.

I've documented how we have the smallest Scouting Department by far in the AFC North.

Ask yourself: Are our fewer scouts soo much superior to the rest of the NFL that we don't need to use free agency?

We could draft 7 guys that fans have never heard of and you'd all be hyped up here on the board. But, the impact you get from rookies is minimal. The losses we've experienced from free agency over the past 2 years was maximal.

Which rookie that was drafted this year was going to contribute on the OL.

Your line of thinking is flawed, bengals never let players walk thinking they will get a rookie replacement. They draft replacements 1-2 years in advance.

Who was John Ross, mixon, Lawson, Willis, etc replacing that left during Fa?

I am not agreeing that it is right, just saying it is different than what you are saying.