Where's the innovation ?

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(10-02-2019, 02:38 PM)ochocincos Wrote: We don't know exactly when they knew. They might not have known until after FA started. As for drafting a guard in the 2nd round, who should have been selected?

Guards drafted between Drew Sample and Michael Jordan who have played this season:
Max Scharping - below 60 pff grade
Michael Deiter - below 40 pff grade(!)
Nate Davis - below 50 pff grade(!)

Connor McGovern has a 60 pff rating but he's playing C.

Point being that it wasn't like there were any good options for LG available in the draft without drafting UP in Rd 2 to get one of Ford or Risner.  The Broncos "stole" Risner the pick before the Bengals and it was rumored the Bengals were going to take one of Risner or Ford if they fell to Bengals. Problem with Bengals is they don't seem to ever be willing to trade up on Day 1 or Day 2, only Day 3.

I'm not sure how hard they tried in terms of what they were offering, or if the other teams were just committed to staying where they were.

But the Bengals did try to trade up in the 2nd to get one of those offensive linemen.   Being unable they traded down to get their next target.