Rotoworld - Bengals want Russell Bodine back

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(02-18-2018, 02:31 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Two points.

Although I agree that a lot of his big success were high draft picks you have to give himncfredit for having ZERO busts among all his 1st and 2nd rouns picks for over 20 years.  There are first and second round picks that flop all the time.

And when you start acting like it is no big deal to get a player like Boling oin the fourth round you are really stretching.

Then there are the other projects that no one mentiosn.

Rich Braham was cut by the Cards and signed as a street free agent by the Bengals.

Stacy Andrews only played a handful of snaps and the Eagles gave him a $40 million free agent contract.

Nate Livings was an indrafted free agent that got a $20 illion deal from the Cowboys.

Evan Mathis never played at an elite level until two other teams cut him and PA coached him for a year.

Kyle Cook was a very good center (until he was injured) who was an undrafted free agent.

Anthony Collins was a 4th round pick who got a $30 million deal from Tampa Bay.

Finally you have to look at how these player did after they played well enough under PA to get thosecontracts.  Mathis was the onnly one who other coaches were ableto get the same level production from.

Don't forget Bobbie Williams.  He was incredibly underwhelming in Philly as a second round pick.  He was inactive all of his first season, never to become a full time starter until his fourth and final season there.  Even then it was due to injury in front of him.  He worked out pretty damn well under PA.

People laugh at the name Dennis Roland.  However they forget how he was coached up well enough to play a vital role for us in 2009 when Andre Smith's career didn't start off the way it needed to.