09-15-2017, 12:19 PM
The Bengals passed on Deshaun Watson to take John Ross. While Ross should still be nice to have, we may have needed a bolder move.
In hindsight, a better move may have been to take Deshaun Watson and trade Andy Dalton to set up an influx of young talent with extra picks.
Talk all winter was about how valuable a QB like Kirk Cousins would be on the open market.
Dalton may have garnished multiple early round Draft picks in at least 2 Draft years similar to Cousins.
This is a QB driven league in the area of team performance and allocated dollars.
We get control of Deshaun Watson for 5 years at a small salary and begin an influx of young talent with the extra Dalton related Draft picks.
Spending less at the QB position would free up money for 5 years to address issues like the O-line.
Would have had a 22 year old QB in place who is stronger and faster.
I like Dalton and we have been fortunate to at least have him these past years, however, given how the Bengals operate with little Free Agency, they may have to pull a move like this to generate enough high Draft picks to re-establish the roster to 2015 levels.
* Any other 2017 first round pick REDO ideas? or are people still on Board with the John Ross pick ?
In hindsight, a better move may have been to take Deshaun Watson and trade Andy Dalton to set up an influx of young talent with extra picks.
Talk all winter was about how valuable a QB like Kirk Cousins would be on the open market.
Dalton may have garnished multiple early round Draft picks in at least 2 Draft years similar to Cousins.
This is a QB driven league in the area of team performance and allocated dollars.
We get control of Deshaun Watson for 5 years at a small salary and begin an influx of young talent with the extra Dalton related Draft picks.
Spending less at the QB position would free up money for 5 years to address issues like the O-line.
Would have had a 22 year old QB in place who is stronger and faster.
I like Dalton and we have been fortunate to at least have him these past years, however, given how the Bengals operate with little Free Agency, they may have to pull a move like this to generate enough high Draft picks to re-establish the roster to 2015 levels.
* Any other 2017 first round pick REDO ideas? or are people still on Board with the John Ross pick ?
