PFF on draft success '06-'16

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(03-09-2020, 11:45 PM)Whatever Wrote: In McVay's 1st draft with the Rams, they didn't have a 1st and spent their 2nd rounder on TE Gerald Everett, who didn't do much as a rookie.

Drafts aren't graded until years later.  Sample wasn't impressive as a rookie, but that doesn't make him a bust or the draft necessarily bad.  

It has a lot to do with knowing the team could have potentially been back in contention if they got a new coaching scheme and guys who could contribute immediately, not guys who might be good in a few years.

Bengals fans did not want a decline from 2018, they wanted an improvement.
Drafting players in the 2nd round who end up 3rd on the depth chart doesn't really give immediate improvement.