Drafting without Marvin Lewis

[BengalChris]

(01-17-2019, 08:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually every year you settle for a lesser player just because he is more "ready" that farther you fall behind.  The better players pass the ready players within a couple of years.  


Players don't take six years to develop.  Hunt would probably have been starting within his first 2 or 3 years if he had the same coaches in the same situation he is in now.  He was not a track guy who never played football.  He was a three year starter and a First Team All Conference player.  he needed some more polish but not six years worth.

Why is he lesser? If he can contribute *this* year and will do more for me *this* year how can he be lesser?


Take Hunt's case. He was drafted by the Bengals in 2013 with the 52nd pick, one pick after New England picked Jamie Collins, but before Larry Warford, Eddie Lacy, Travis Kelse, Tyrann Mathieu, Keenan Allen and Brandon Williams (to name some pro bowlers) were picked.

Eddie Lacy, for example, could have given the Bengals a few years of good running.

Tyrann Mathieu, as much of a head case that he is/was, could have filled a spot in the secondary and been a starter.

Keenan Allen would have been that missing WR we've been wishing was on the roster the last few years. An average year by Allen would have been better than all of Hunt's years combined.

Now I did just cherry pick the pro bowlers, but there were other good players to be taken. Instead we took a project and it's easy to see that we lost by doing so.