04-30-2018, 02:16 AM
(04-29-2018, 07:08 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: the point was not that their were tackles but were they even close to par to another position player that they were looking at.. none of those rookies have started a game in the NFL.. I will still take Fisher over those tackles mentioned to start this season. I love the Bates picked.. I felt we needed a quality safety over a maybe tackle and that is how the Bengals saw it.. obviously time will tell if they were right.
And my point wasn't that a drafted tackle would've been penciled in as starter, just that we needed competition. Am I the only one who has heard the saying competition breeds excellence? Okay then. I have nothing against Jake Fisher, but is he the type of player you want to pencil in with no real options behind him? With his health and play history? What about Redmond?
I don't think I'm way out of line for thinking we should have as much talent as we can competing for those spots...seeing how we really don't have great answers there.
As for the talent at tackle/guard vs the talent of the players we took...that's all debatable. It's the freaking draft, man. It's all a crapshoot. We act like we're experts or that Joe Mock Guy's word is gold, but the truth is none of us know for sure. Is Malik Jefferson really more talented than Orlando Brown? Meh. We'll see.
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