10-23-2018, 07:36 AM
(10-23-2018, 01:03 AM)impactplaya Wrote: Im perplexed how Marvin can have talents like Boulware and Lewis in Bmore then come to Cincy
and has failed being able to develop even average LBers.
who was the last drafted LB Lewis hit on?
The last LB we drafted earlier than rd 3 was Rey M back in 2009.
We seemed to have had the approach for nearly a decade of collecting mid tier draft picks every year and hoping they develop - as of now Nick Vigil I guess has been the best of those non blue chip LB picks over that period.
We invest top draft picks and salary cap elsewhere and historically have made do at LB with those mid picks or cheap, value FA options.
That approach is fine when you're 3 Rd 1 CBs (wjax, dreK, dennard) are draped all over their receivers, or when your big salary investments on the DL (Geno, Carlos) are getting consistent pressure......when they are not you can't expect a rag tag of UDFAs, mid round draftees, and cheap FA linebackers to always bail you out.
