03-10-2020, 01:27 AM
(03-10-2020, 12:33 AM)J24 Wrote: He had a bad first half of the season last year then turned it around in the second half. Same thing with WJ3 in the 18 season. To me both are cornerstone players and any team would want them on their roster.
Sorry about the mix up on Sample and Bates.
My take on Bates is on a horrible defense, he was one of the only guys flying around making some plays, always seemed to be around the ball and had a few INTs.
I'll wait on any judgement for him after the Bengals first actually get some LBs who can and want to tackle somebody.
I wouldn't call him a phenomenal player though; but, he seems to be a solid NFL starting Safety.
As for you guys hammering on the Sample pick and where he was taken, I'd love to know all your "credible" NFL scouting sources telling you he was a 3rd/4th/5th round pick mostly? I'll take what the coaches said about their league sources over anyone on fan boards every time and twice on Tuesday.
Since when is it not worth it to take a Blocking TE high in a draft seeing how valuable they are for 2 SB teams this year?
If Sample starts blocking similarly to how Kittle does next year, and catches 30-40 balls for 3-400 yds and 5 TDs, and also plays FB for us and opens holes up for Mixon, would everyone change their tune on the pick? I think that's what this player is capable of. I'll wait to pass judgement on him until after Year 3 and not call him an over drafted bust quite yet. Many great players in the league had horrible rookie seasons.
Antonio Brown hardly played his rookie year! Lol
