Boom or Bust Draft

[SunsetBengal]

(05-17-2019, 08:19 PM)BengalChris Wrote: I think you are missing my point a little. If you replace a departing player with a less productive player then the team declines. If you replace them with a more productive player then the team improves.

The Bengals have to turn over a certain portion of their starters each year and since they won't go out get top flight starters in free agency those guys have to come from the draft.

"Could be", "potential", "might become", "maybe will be the next ____" are meaningless descriptions really. We have to see if these guys improve the team or not.

I too believe Williams was a safe pick and believe he'll be the best OT on the team by mid-season, if not before. That would be one upgrade though. Still need two more out of this draft and I'm just not seeing who two upgrades are just yet, which isn't odd given that they haven't played a season yet.

 

Which picks are you talking about?  Seems to me like every pick was pointed toward upgrading a specific position, save for the final 3 picks.  Davis, Anderson and Brown, are the only "flyer" picks I see, and even they seem to have good upside to them.

If Zac Taylor and his staff worked in concert with Duke Tobin to orchestrate that draft?  I'd say that Taylor and co. knocked it out of the park, as far as getting quality upgrades at positions that have been floundering.