One of these four may fall...

[BengalChris]

(04-17-2018, 08:58 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: If one of these four fell to the Bengals at #21, which one would you want?  (Sorry, not good at polls, and I want to read the rationale as to why you chose a player).

I think this is all a moot point if McGlinchey falls, but I am guessing he will be long gone and it will be one of these four that falls.  Also, it sounds like some teams have failed Leighton Vander Esche in their physical.  Could be agent-fueled rumors, but the Bengals need to be very careful there and I think he might slide out of Rd 1 if the rumors are true. I think some teams will look at the Super Bowl offenses and go after TEs and WRs that aren't rated as high right now, allowing one of these to slide.  

James Derwin, S

Minkah Fitzpatrick CB/S

Roquan Smith, LB

Tremaine Edmunds, LB

My choice is James Derwin.  He is an outstanding athlete that wasn't surrounded by crazy talent compared to their competition lending to big play opportunitites (Fitzpatrick).  Although Edmunds might be the best athlete in the entire draft, he simply doesn't have the instincts and I think he might be fooled more at the pro level.  He was fooled on misdirection plenty in college, but he had the speed to cover it.  I like, but don't love Roquan Smith.  He is very quick and instinctive, but I don't want to have an undersized LB at pick #21.

Let's see if I could put my Mikey Brown thought antenna on to see what he's think about on this.

Here comes Mikey Brown's thought on this dilemma. Get ready for some crazy thinking.

Mikey thinks, "you say some teams have failed Leighton Vander Esche in their physical. Well, that is intriguing. We could draft him at 21, then put him on the Pup list and claim he owes us an extra year on the backend of his contract to force him to stay one more. I could save some money in 5 years."

Mikey thinks, "Hum, Fitzpatrick is there. Oooo, that means I don't have to try and sign Dennard to play the slot. I could save some money. But what if Fitzpatrick out plays Williams. Oh, then I'd look dumb once again for signing Williams for more money instead of keeping Nelson. Oh, can't do that."

Mikey thinks, "LBers, LBers, I keep drafting LBers lately and the only one that's any good is the one that we didn't draft and signed as a rookie free agent. Bah, I hate drafting LBers. I'll just make Marv find one later."

Mikey thinks, "You know my people say all four of these guys would be gone for sure. Other teams must know something we don't. Yeah, that's it. We'll draft the safe pick and take Leighton Vander Esche. Thats safe. We'll just say 'injuries happen' or 'God hates us' or something and blame it on devine intervention."


You gotta know that's how ol' Mikey boy thinks. I just couldn't help but make fun of him.

As others have said, none of these four will be there and hopefully they'll be help push McGlinchey down to us at 21.