Please have someone in the Bengals FO read this!

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(01-11-2018, 11:23 PM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: Because you never know how the draft will fall. For instance let's say that they signed a really good DE last offseason for a lot of money. Would they have still taken Willis and Lawson at that point? It's a good problem to have a bunch of depth on a roster, but there are only so many snaps to go around for each position. At some point you may miss out on the best value possible(hitting on a player in the draft/UDFA) because you've already tied a bunch of money into a position. 

But that's reality. No team ever takes pure BPA every pick. They look at their holes and try to find BPAs that can fill those holes while simultaneously trying pure BPA for upcoming FAs within the next 1-2 years if they have the luxury of doing so.

And let's even look at times when the Bengals DID take BPA even though there were quality players ahead of him...CB.
Sure, the CB depth was nice to have, but it prevented Dennard, WJ3, and Kirkpatrick before an opportunity to play more often within their first couple years. By doing that, you essentially turn a cheap 4-5 year rookie contract into just about a 2-3 year contract, which devalues the worth of the contract.