12-04-2018, 06:37 PM
A lot of people here have no idea what a gamble even first and second round picks can be. Half of the second round picks from the '17 draft are still not starters in the league.
Our 3rd round DE (Hubbard) has 4 sacks in 12 games. Let's look at DEs taken in the first round of the '17 draft. Solomon Thomas (3rd overall pick) has 4 in 26 games. Derek Barnett (14th) has 7.5 in 21 games. Jonathan Allen (17th) has 6 in 17 games. Taco Charlton (28th) has 4 in 25 games.
Everyone talks about what big bust Ross is, but the guy taken 2 picks HIGHER than him (Mike Williams) only has 38 receptions in 22 games.
You going to replace Boling with a fourth round pick? Since 2011 when we drafted Boling there have been 46 offensive linemen taken in the fourth round. Only 9 of them have started more than 32 games. Boling has started 105.
I could go on and on, but the fact is that you can't just easily make better picks than the Bengals have. The draft is a crap shoot even in the early rounds.
Our 3rd round DE (Hubbard) has 4 sacks in 12 games. Let's look at DEs taken in the first round of the '17 draft. Solomon Thomas (3rd overall pick) has 4 in 26 games. Derek Barnett (14th) has 7.5 in 21 games. Jonathan Allen (17th) has 6 in 17 games. Taco Charlton (28th) has 4 in 25 games.
Everyone talks about what big bust Ross is, but the guy taken 2 picks HIGHER than him (Mike Williams) only has 38 receptions in 22 games.
You going to replace Boling with a fourth round pick? Since 2011 when we drafted Boling there have been 46 offensive linemen taken in the fourth round. Only 9 of them have started more than 32 games. Boling has started 105.
I could go on and on, but the fact is that you can't just easily make better picks than the Bengals have. The draft is a crap shoot even in the early rounds.
