GIVE ME YOUR BENGALS DRAFT GRADES!

[Circleville Guy]

(04-29-2018, 03:24 PM)Beaker Wrote: It seems to me that ppl who are giving this draft a lower grade are doing so for lack of picking more O linemen. But most ppl also seem to forget that its been known for Months that this draft class was weak for O line.

Also ppl seem to forget that Westerman and Redmond, and to an extent Kent Perkins all played very well last year when they finally got their chance. They were not just coming in late in games and getting mop up garbage experience. They played full games against two teams in DET and BAL who both needed to win to make the playoffs. And these guys played extremely well, and in fact, dominated for periods of time.

I would much rather go with the commodity we know in Westerman, Redmond and Perkins than in reaching for an unknown in a weak O line class. I give the coaches the benefit of knowing what we have vs what was available when we picked. You cannot just draft for the O line, we had holes all over the roster that they have addressed very well with a wide range of picks.

I give this draft a strong B. It did not get an A because we did not have sliders like we got last year at tremendous value like Willis and Lawson. But that's OK, sometimes the picks do not fall like they did last year.

Are you confident with the starting RT? Who is the starting RT? If just one of the starting linemen get hurt, are you comfortable with the current depth across the line? What other area on the team is as thin? I gave the grade as a C-. I do like several of the players that they landed. It may have been a weak class for OL but they did pass on some guys that were on the board. The team did fill some holes, so did every other team. People get too emotional with a A or an F. In reality, it’s usually somewhere in the middle.