01-08-2018, 11:49 AM
(01-08-2018, 10:27 AM)Au165 Wrote: Dennard, Jackson, Ogbuehi.......History shows he isn't going anywhere just because he was hurt as a rookie. Injured or not John Ross is here to stay and we will slowly work him in. Consider last year the classic Bengals first rounder red shirt and we will go from there. People have been down on Dennard is whole career and he is finally starting to look like the guy we all hoped he would be. I think with a full year of OTA's and training camp he will be fine next season.We haven't exactly been overly blessed as a team with first round receivers except one that I can think of. First round players always sound perfect and for some reason unbeknownst to most of us the guys taken in the later rounds seem to do much better.. It really is a matter of math actually because as has been pointed out many many times it really doesn't matter which round players come from and really doesn't matter if they're drafted at all. Each team signs around 20? rookies every season, but fans want to focus on the first one..AS IF the rest don't matter for doodly squat..
Too be fair none of the first round WR's this year really lived up to their draft position.
It's probably a good thing that first round players aren't necessarily expected to be instant super stars every single time their first season.
Try to imagine yourself being a first round pick then getting beat up like a drum your first season..That's a lot of pressure..I'm surprised there aren't more suicides among first round guys.. They're the top athletes at every level they've been at then suddenly become instant nobodies getting called all manner of nasty names by fans..not to mention other players..
I wouldn't volunteer to be selected in the first round..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.