Drafting without Marvin Lewis

[BengalChris]

(01-17-2019, 01:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Most rookies need a year to develop.  Only about 2 thirds of first round picks are even starters.

If you draft based only on what  guy can do his rookie season you will miss out on a lot of great players.

Contributing in rookie season versus being a starter are two different things.

I'd want drafted rookies contributing in year one regardless. Otherwise you are leaving someone off your 53 man roster who can help you win this year.

Practice squad is the place for projects, not the 53 man roster. Why draft someone who needs to be on the practice squad where he can be picked up by someone else. Just leave the projects to somebody else to fuss with. Then, if they do develop you can always offer them a contract when their rookie deal with another team is up and they've proven themselves. Much more efficient use of roster spots and you don't have to do without while the slow learns learn.

I like my approach better than Marvs, or Mikey's which ever of them had that love for projects.

NFL.com was wrong about Hunt, so were the Bengals. The Bengals were also wrong about Ogbuehi and Fisher. The draft should be for players who are going to contribute in year one, otherwise make them a rookie free agent offering or let someone else burn their picks and time.

I know, I know, I'm a cold hearted bastard who doesn't care about lowly downtroddened players who didn't learn their careers in college like they were suppose to. Boohoo, so sad. I'm so mean to let some other fool take the risk I don't want.