Hypothetical 2021 #1 pick

[Nicomo Cosca]

(08-05-2020, 11:26 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Alright, I'll back off the idiot statement, because you are very football knowledgeable. We both know the schools that are pipelines to the NFL. The Ohio State University, is among the very best. It goes to reason that many Bengal fans are going to be Buckeye fans given the proximity. I don't like Bama or their fans, especially their fan base, but I tip my cap to Saban and crew for what they continually accomplish. 

Lawrence is definitely the front-runner, but much can happen in a season. Ts, it would take a catastrophic injury to Joe for Cincy to go QB early. Fields is going to do damage in the NFL. Just as Haskins will in his second season with Mclaurin out of?... OSU 

I'm not much of a gambler. I prefer to take a wait and see how it plays out approach. 

Well just the record, I don’t “hate” OSU or their players. It just seems you can’t say anything even slightly critical of them without getting jumped on here. My comment about Chase Young disappearing a bit down the stretch last season that Rascal flipped out so much over was actually directly from Anthony Munoz (which I made clear).

Tons of great players come out of OSU. I would never even try to claim otherwise. They’re a powerhouse. If we wouldn’t have needed a QB I would have been extremely excited about landing Young. He’s going to be a stud in Washington. I was also very high on Okudah. And Sam Hubbard is one of my current favorite Bengals.

I guess I could have included Fields in the poll, but this all stemmed from a discussion in another thread where Murdock said we should draft Lawrence if we end up at #1 again. I was just curious how many others would be down for that, but I figured the trade the pick option would overwhelmingly win, which it has.

As far as being an OSU fan just out of proximity? I’m from Cincinnati so I root for UC. And there’s a bunch of people that probably live closer to OU, Dayton, etc. I think of a lot of people are OSU fans precisely because they’re such a powerhouse though, and they want to root for one of the best teams (hard to blame a Bengals fan for that). But people should understand not everyone in this region does though.