2018 draft....1st 2 rds...most likely options

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(12-23-2017, 09:03 PM)bengal kitten uk Wrote: Best. Pick. Available.

If that's a QB, then great.  If it's a once in a lifetime WR2 - great.

This team needs quality more than it needs to shoe-horn average talent in to fill needs.  FIX THE LINE IN FA.

It is EXTREMELY EARLY, but my early plan for the draft is to hope the Bengals lose out, watch a team like SF soar at the end (although I believe they come back to earth against Jax today) and move down the draft boards so the Bengals end up drafting as early as #6.

From that spot, there should be a number of teams hungry for a QB, and I would take the best trade back offer we could get.  Everyone falling in love with college QBs should watch how those QBs have fared against superior defenses where their line didn't give them all day to make the play.  Or, is it a one-read system QB (that is a whole other argument).  No QB will be successful here until the offensive line is thoroughly overhauled.  

Unless somehow Westerman and/or Redmond look like world beaters at the end of this season, I think that will be a very likely targeted position, at least with one of their first three picks.  They are also in desperate need of help at LB and Safety, although I doubt they would address those with first round selections.  With Jones likely moving on, I could see their first pick being another CB, unless they are able to extend Dennard (who has earned it).

My biggest weakness on the defense are clearly LB, S, and DT.  On offense, it is C, G (possibly X2) and OT.  If they are able to extend Dennard, I could see the Bengals (after trading down) getting a Cam Robinson type (should have listened last year...trade back in to end of first round and get him instead of Mixon) for RT duty.  

I would expect they wouldn't trade down without getting a bounty of picks, but I also think there will be enough teams like Arizona, the Jets, possibly Miami, etc that will fall in love with any of a number of QBs.

Slide in Rd 1 to get the RT, then get a C, G, DT, LB, and S (not in that order, necessarily).  

Are the simulators up yet?