11-21-2017, 07:10 AM
(11-20-2017, 10:23 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Kroft: 3rd round pick who took 3 years to surpass 250 career yards receiving.
*Shaw: Solid #4 CB.
*Jackson: He looks like a keeper if he stops it with the stupid plays here and there.
Boyd: Sucks, has been a healthy scratch this year, is now hurt.
Vigil: Sucks
Billings: Sucks
Fej: Decent ST player, which is fine for a 7th rounder, but nothing to crow about.
Mixon: Averaging 2.9 YPC, just had a 20 carry/49 yard, 2 catch/0 yard game.
Willis: 3rd rounder DE who's on pace for a 1.5 sack season.
*Lawson: Looks like a pretty nice hit as a pass rush specialist.
Malone: Is on pace for a 6.4 catch/86.4 yard/1.6 TD season.
Glasgow: Sucks
Evans: Has done next to nothing all year.
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I feel like in '16 and '17, you just started listing everyone who's made the roster rather than people who are actually any good.
You listed 13 picks, I see 3 GOOD ones out of that list... and that's out of 27 overall picks those three years and I guess you just gave up on even trying to salvage '14.
Combine that with the list of everyone they've lost in that timespan (Whit, Nelson, M Jones, Zeitler) and the fact that they've completely ignored improving in FA (as usual) and it's ugly.
You see 3 good on that list. I see many more. I don't agree with your assessments. As you know, it takes 3 years to get a good handle on evaluating a draft. Most of these players are in their 1st or 2nd year, and to me, show promise of being good now and getting better. I chose these 3 drafts because the poster I replied to specifically said "in the past couple years". We could go back and forth about defending why you think they suck, but I don't....but that would be a fruitless circular exercise where we would have to end up agreeing to disagree. Instead we will have to wait another few years to see. I say the Bengals have gotten some very good talent, and on top of that are playing those guys ad getting them good early experience. My guess would be that you are way less patient than me, and are evaluating normal rookie growing pains as "sucks". We shall see together.
