Double-dip at WR this year?

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(01-20-2020, 06:46 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I’m definitely not counting Brady Sheldon at LB. The guy hasn’t even been able to stick on practice squads for teams with not very good defenses. And I don’t want to count Hardy Nickerson the RFA who is a practice squad level talent. We need a massive talent upgrade at LB. Not to fill out the roster with guys who we know are not NFL caliber starters.

Nothing wrong with adding youth to a young OL room. I want the guys with upside not more John Jerry’s and Andre smiths. Bring more youth in along with our new QB and let them grow up together.

Again I get the Fred Johnson love. But we don’t have a very big sample size. And his most impressive work was against the browns who didn’t have their stud DE and their other best was not fully healthy. It is bonkers to invest the #1 pick on a QB and then say we will protect him with a guy coming off of shoulder surgery and no NFL snaps, Bobby Hart, and a guy picked up off the scrap heap who had a good game against the Browns. Bonkers!!

I don’t see myself complaining any time soon that our OL is too deep.

So you don't count LB's who are under contract, but count WR's that are UFA's as locks?  The LB talent on the roster is debatable, but saying we only have 2 under contract to make it seem like we need to draft multiples to fill out the depth chart is flat out false.

OL take years to develop.  You draft and develop.  When you draft youth on top of more youth, you wind up cutting guys before they have finished their development curve and rinsing and repeating.  You don't get better.  If you need an immediate upgrade, you need to look to FA to do it.  You also need veterans to help the young players along.  They have plenty of young guys to develop.  They don't have capable vets to help them develop or keep Burrow upright.