ESPN - Troy Blackburn comments on Bobby Hart signing

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(03-30-2019, 07:28 AM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: A bit of a Freudian slip there.

He's essentially saying that they won't draft a tackle high this year.

He's either blowing smoke or conveying the Bengals' draft plans to anyone willing to listen.

On-Topic: What's wrong with picking up a tackle in the early rounds and betting your season on them? A draft pick has upside and can get better. Hart has been in the league for some time and people already knows who he is, he stinks! The only problem with this is that the Bengals have gotten bad at judging talent at offensive tackle. The Bengals drafted 2 in a row in the 2015 draft (Cerdirc Ogbughei and Jake Fisher). Ogbughei's career is on its last legs in Jacksonville and Fisher was so bad that he decided to become a tight end this offseason.

No, you can't go in a time machine and get a young Willie Anderson. Want to know what you could've done? Matched the Rams' offer for Andrew Whitworth! Every year Big Whit has a pro-bowl caliber year as a Ram embarrasses the Bengals' front office.

We'd never do such a foolish thing as draft a lineman high and rely on them to start!

Except if it's Russell Bodine in the 4th Round. Handed the starting job day 1.

Then last year, we had Ced who was a bust that we knew. Fisher who had heart issues and poor play. And we signed Bobby Hart who was waived by the Giants for allegedly quitting on the team but he was also terrible. We let that 3 headed monster 'compete' for the starting job. No need to rely on a rookie!

Price was penciled in to start at Center last year as a rookie. They knew Bodine was leaving. They knew Hopkins was terrible at Guard the year before. They relied on Price without signing some veteran off the street.

Same with Zeitler who was penciled in to start from Day 1 at Guard. It's not like they signed some underwhelming free agent under the guise not relying on a rookie.

And they clearly value lower draft picks or their whole PR campaign about Comp Picks being valuable just isn't accurate.

It sounds like when you lift the veil off of the PR curtain...what they say actually isn't consistent. It's rationalization.