The 2012 draft was a masterclass by the front office

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(08-19-2015, 01:54 PM)djs7685 Wrote: The fact that we drafted 2 guys that are both top 10 at their position in the same draft has to be pretty good, right? Zeitler and Iloka.

That's without mentioning that Sanu, MLJ, Dre Kirkpatrick, and Brandon Thompson all are somewhere between solid role players (Sanu/BT) to potentially great (MLJ/Dre).

I think people are overestimating what you're supposed to get out of a draft class. 2012 was nothing short of a home run, and has potential to be even better if more of these guys pan out as it seems they are going to.

All solid points and yes this was a great draft and shocking Shake (very knowledgeable poster) disagreed

The better the team, the harder for any draft pick to make an instant. For example Bodine started immediately due to no competition. But, he was one of the worst centers last year in the NFL.

Some fans equate draft pick success to starting immediately and that can be far from the case. Dre has not started due to being behind 3 #1 draft pick CB's his 1st 3 years. He very well could have started immediately on teams weak at CB like both the Steelers and the Ravens or others. But, he had some injuries early and then he had to beat out 3 solid CB's. He has to beat another one in Dennard right now as well. It appears he has beat out 30 year old and highly paid Leon Hall on the outside.

I hope each draft yields us 2 to 3 on the 53 man roster and a few practice squad players because the Bengals also are signing their young players to second contracts (keeping their own) which means less open spots on the roster and PS.