10-27-2015, 10:30 PM
(10-27-2015, 10:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: There's still plenty of potential 4-3 LB talent available each year. These guys would be upgrades over everyone on the Bengals roster (other than a healthy Burfict). Too early to judge 2015 picks, but chosen between Luke Kuechley (your cutoff point) at 9th overall in 2012 and right before the 2015 draft, you have...
2014:
Anthony Barr
CJ Mosley
Christian Kirksey
Preston Brown
Chris Borland (though he retired... but who would WANT to play on the 2015 49ers?)
Telvin Smith
2013:
Kiko Alonso
Jamie Collins
Jelani Jenkins
Paul Worrilow
2012: (After Kuechley)
Dont'a Hightower
Mychal Kendricks
Bobby Wagner
Zach Brown
Lavonte David
Demario Davis
Brandon Marshall
Danny Trevathan
(Burfict right here.)
There's still plenty of LB talent that could help the Bengals' 4-3 defense each draft, they're just not getting it.
I agree there is talent out there, but lets not pretend that these guys were known of ahead of time. Only a few of them were highly touted going into the draft. I think I worded my original post incorrectly. There is obviously 4-3 talent out there due to the fact that there are many 4-3 schemes in the NFL, there just aren't many spot on 100% draftable LB's often.
I'm too lazy to look up the rounds that the players you mentioned were drafted but I think many of them were 3rd round or later.
Keuchly was a sure deal and same with Anthony Barr and a few others, but most of the guys you mentioned were found in later rounds
You could list plenty of WR's who were drafted that worked out great, but I'm talking about guys of AJ Green caliber. Guys that YOU KNOW are going to be studs in the NFL. There aren't many LBs like that from 4-3 schemes in the draft. Even if there were, we would never have a high enough draft pick to get them.
meh starting to confuse even myself now, hopefully you know why im trying to say.
