Bengal TE strategy

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(07-30-2020, 12:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yeah, I remember Margus Hunt.  Anyone can find a bad draft pick with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.

I also remember that this year you had the 27th pick in the first round, Jordan Brooks, rated as a fourth rounder.

Want me to go back and check all your mocks from previous years to see if you are really smarter than NFL scouts?  

While I have never asserted that I am really smarter than NFL scouts (at least not at scouting the NFL), the so-called "rated" as a fourth-rounder was based on what a SIM I had done showed him to be available.  I went back about 4 years to find a sim and see what I could find...This one isn't too bad.   Ironic, as the Bengals brought in two of them as FA this year.  

The last three are duds, but the first five?  And exactly how has our CB and Safety play been?  The middle of the defense?  Think I knew what I was doing, but I guess because I had Sample's value as a fourth rounder (where he was available in multiple SIMs) means I don't know anything about scouting.  

Your Picks:

Round 2 Pick 2 (TENN): Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson (B+)
Round 2 Pick 20 (NYJ): Sterling Shepard, WR, Oklahoma (B+)
Round 2 Pick 24: Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State (A)
Round 3 Pick 24: Justin Simmons, FS, Boston College (A)
Round 4 Pick 24: D.J. Reader, DT, Clemson ©
Round 5 Pick 22: Travis Feeney, OLB/ILB, Washington ©
Round 6 Pick 24: Ken Crawley, CB, Colorado (D+)
Round 7 Pick 24: Devon Johnson, RB, Marshall ©

I got a "F" on this draft, but I like what it addresses....The security of a CB if we lose Dre Kirk (I told a buddy that Manning pick on primetime football made him an additional 10 million on his next contract), the WRs needed at slot and X, depth at the safety position, talent to plug holes and defend the run as well as some low-risk, high-reward late picks that may contribute.