2020 draft class, do all 7 make 53 ?

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(06-02-2020, 05:02 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: I would say in a normal team most, if not all, make the team first year.  It seems very rare for draft picks to not make the team unless they have an injury issue.

I would bet that all of these guys make the team.  Some might be on injured reserve, but I'd be shocked if 6/7 weren't in the building during the year.

7th rounders are the only ones that typically do not make it, if a large portion don't make it; look at ours since 2009:

2009:
Fui Vakapuna (cut, then re-signed, then cut. Never played a down)
Clinton McDonald (solid rotational dlineman, also cut, but put on PS)
Freddie Brown (disappeared off the face of the Earth)

2010:
Reggie Stephens (cut, signed by Bears, never played a down)

2011:
Korey Lindsey (cut, signed by Cardinals, never played a down)
Jay Finley (cut)

2012:
None

2013:
Reid Fragel (cut, signed by the Bucs a year later, played one game, cut)
TJ Johnson (solid STer, but we saw he wasn't the greatest at C. Not bad, but not someone to build around)

2014:
James Wright (solid STer)
Lavelle Westbrooks (cut, signed by Bills a year later, cut, never played a down)

2015:
Mario Alford (cut, brought back, played 4 games, cut, went to Browns, cut)

2016:
Fejed (probably our best 7th round pick for us, until Tate)

2017:
Schreck (cut, PS, active roster, IR, cut, PS)

2018:
Logan Woodside (cut)
Rod Taylor (IR, then cut, then PED)
Tate (the best 7th round pick in Bengals history? May be a bit early to call, but...)

2019:
Jordan Brown (cut)

2020:
Markus Bailey (we'll see)

So, that means that of the 18 7th round picks we've had since 2009:

- 11 were cut at cutdown day
- Only 4 went immediately to PS
- 1 came back after leaving the team (but still didn't play)
- Only 5 played significant snaps, in more than 1 year and one of them (Clinton), wasn't with us.

I think Bailey has the best chance to stick around of any of the previous guys (aside from Tate, Wright and Fejed, as they contributed right away).

(06-02-2020, 06:43 PM)sandwedge Wrote: I think Kareem is actually the odd man out. I'd go out on a limb here, Bailey 100% healthy, is better than Wilson or Gaither. 

I think all will make it, but if I was a betting man, I'd agree with you.