Case building for taking Deshaun Watson over John Ross in Draft - 1st round REDO

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(09-25-2017, 04:13 PM)CanadianBengal Wrote: If they had of taken Watson they could have traded Dalton and shed his cap hit plus grabbed picks (his trade value might have been decent last year) or traded McCarron for a second round pick. But that would the management recognizing Daltons limitations and wanting a chance to have better

And done what with it? They exited the FA period with $18.5m and all they did was stupid crap like throwing $3.25m at Andre Smith to be the #3 RG, waste $5m on LaFell, and roll over the rest.

If the Bengals shed Dalton's cap hit, they would spend part of it on extending Russell Bodine as their starter for 3x what anyone else in the NFL would be willing to pay him to be their backup, and roll over the rest.

Also funny how apparently some people are already convinced Watson is going to be something good. Dude's not been good outside of running the ball, and he didn't have to contend with Ken Zampese.


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Besides... if you're going to redo the 1st round, Kareem Hunt is the OBVIOUS no-brainer choice to make. 3 games, 401 rushing yards (8.5 YPC) 4 TD... 9 receptions, 137 yards (15.2 AVG) 2 TD. Even if you stick that behind the Bengals garbage OL, I can't imagine he still wouldn't be great. Dude's making folks miss left and right.

Option #2 for a 1st round redo would be Evan Engram who has 13/138 (10.6)/1 so far at TE this year.

Any option after that for a 1st round redo is any OL who are doing well so far this year.