02-08-2020, 05:25 PM
(02-07-2020, 02:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Honestly, I don't know that either of them will be of much of a contributor for a year or two. According to the scouting reports on each of them on TDN, the knock on each of them is Football IQ, and each of their strength is athleticism, and both need to add some mass and strength. So, same strengths and weaknesses, but they have Dye rated about 70 picks higher than Phillips.
It may be moot, really. I was listening to Austin Gayle from PFF (based in Cincinnati, if you didn't know!) last week on the local afternoon drive show. He was saying that off-the-ball linebackers have very little value to most teams anymore when compared to DBs and D Linemen.
As someone who's watched the Bengals for the last few seasons, I'd beg to differ on their value. We need better than the guys we've got. Still, it wouldn't shock me at all to see this major perceived need overlooked in favor of other defensive positions early in the draft.
It's always hard to tell about where a guy gets taken. Mack Wilson last year proved that. For all we know, one of them could be sitting there in the 5th.
