03-29-2020, 10:45 AM
(03-27-2020, 01:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We got basically nothing from 4 of our last 5 first round draft picks (Williams, Price, Ross, Ogbuehi). That kills a team like the Bengals who live by the draft.
Williams - Short stubby arms for a tackle. Probably shouldn't have passed a physical prior to being drafted.
Price - Short stubby arms for an IOL. Injured himself benching at the combine. Didn't pass a physical prior to being drafted.
Ross - Undersized, finesse player who was chronically injured and was shifted around to CB in college. Played hardly any snaps at WR in college. Had hardly any production at WR in college. Did absolutely nothing of note aside from passing the Al Davis test at the combine.
Ogbuehi - Light, finesse player who was a consensus third or fourth round prospect. Was injured when drafted. Didn't pass a physical prior to being drafted.
I'm noticing a pattern. The Bengals have made horrible decisions in the first round as of late. It's as if they're going out of their way to draft injured, finesse dudes who have little to no production and/or underwhelming measurables. They like o-line players with short stubby arms and absolutely no grit to hold up to pro level power. Gee, should they keep trying to build a team by taking injured, finesse dudes who have underwhelming measurables/poor college production? Is this a good idea?
(03-29-2020, 10:38 AM)bengals67 Wrote: :andy: :andy: :andy:
But why did they waste a first round pick on any of these guys. No other team would have taken the injured Ross as high as Bengals and no one else would have taken the other three in first round. Then there is Sample, who might turn into a decent player but who never should have been picked in second round.
Seems to me with these picks the Bengals gambled that these players would turn into bargains as opposed to taking players with pre-draft grade that justified their selection.
Put all of Price's qualities on a board and never take someone like him again in first four rounds.
No other team out of 32 would have hired a one year wonder at QB coach to be HC just because he was once an OC(an extremely underachieving OC) at a nearby college. No other team in the league is so comfortable making wretched decisions and sticking by them for a decade. Good luck to the Browns should they ever try to haul the team out of Cincinnati. No other city in the world will be willing to subsidize such a joke.
