Welcome Sam Hubbard and Malik Jefferson!

[TheBengalsMind]

(04-28-2018, 01:08 AM)phil413 Wrote: That's good info on Hubbard there, I had Phillips higher easily but they preferred Hubbard.  They must see Hubbard's positives as a 4-3 DE being enough to justify cutting MJ and using the money toward securing one of the star DL.  I don't want to open the can of how they spend their money, but maybe they valued him as a day 1 back end rotation guy and passed on what we both see as the better player. 

I agree, I wonder to how much Colin Kaepernick maybe had an effect on this draft.


As crazy as it may seem the NFL did take a hit and drafting a Cincinnati boy, with an all American smile, it does help restore it's image. Like I said before it's impossible to hate the guy.


Having to bulk up 70 pounds in 3 years shows an incredible amount of work ethic, maybe he can become more used to the weight and drop some fat percent, add some muscle and drop his time to a 4.8 range.


Look at Tom Brady, look at Tim Krumrie both didn't have a great combine or pro day, they didn't have all these stats from college.


But they had that fire in their eyes, that legendary work ethic. The kind of guy you don't want to bet against. They had him in for a workout and visit, if I remember correctly, maybe they saw that in him.


If he becomes a great player, let's be honest he'd be beloved like a Pete Rose, he'd be Cincinnati's favorite son so to speak.