My Guys 2023 Draft

[Emeritus]

These are just risers throughout the season.

Jacoby Windom LB/ Edge Michigan State
https://youtu.be/THt6AD9NuMs
Look this transfer up from UNLV that ended up at Michigan State. Micha Parsons changed the game!

Rashee Rice WR SMU
https://youtu.be/KTQiDdVCD44
Good wideout & potentially Great second round pick!

Jaylin Wyatt WR Tennessee
https://youtu.be/Imfl_N9WgKo
Now I will admit I had to do some homework on this kid.What you'll find is a big rangy wideout that can find the football and run away from defenders. I'll get into the route tree and other things later but he'll need to be drafted in round one.

Steve Avila LG/C TCU
https://youtu.be/B9kLjAAq7Bg
Just a powerhouse of an interior presence!
We'd love him in round two or three for Cincinnati.
I absolutely love his versatility on the interior!!!!!!!

Christian Gonzalez CB Oregon
https://youtu.be/ekFjWU6o9YA
Easily one of my favorite players in the upcoming draft.
A guy that transferred after a few decent seasons at Colorado. I love his movement for a bigger cornerback and his unorthodox ability to be in position to make plays. I believe he'll be a 4.5 type but he has shutdown ability at the next level and would be quite the player to pair w/ CTG.

Isaiah Foskey DE Notre Dame
https://youtu.be/C1Zna34-Y_k
Untapped talent is what I call this prospect!
I'm a huge ND fan so I've watched him develop since day one into a great prospect with huge upside. Once he figures it all out with his hands and leverage then the you'll have a double digit sack type. Late first riser.

*A couple of unheralded linebackers that I like*

Daiyan Henley LB Washington State
https://youtu.be/4yTwV-fs0F8
A true force in the middle of a defense that plays with aggression. The drops in the passing game will need work but a solid prospect coming out.

[*bfine32*]

I've liked the TE from UC for a couple years

[Truck_1_0_1_]

(10-29-2022, 07:08 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I've liked the TE from UC for a couple years

So have I.

3rd or 4th round, Whyle would make a great pick.

[*bfine32*]

(10-30-2022, 01:20 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: So have I.

3rd or 4th round, Whyle would make a great pick.

Hell, he even tried to do The Griddy yesterday

[Burma]

(10-22-2022, 09:17 PM)Emeritus Wrote:
These are just risers throughout the season.

Jacoby Windom LB/ Edge Michigan State
https://youtu.be/THt6AD9NuMs
Look this transfer up from UNLV that ended up at Michigan State. Micha Parsons changed the game!

Dude is currently suspended for his role in the group assault on a Michigan player after the game. Don't want anything to do with someone this stupid and unable to act like a civilized human.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/ncaa-mens-football/article/michigan-state-star-windmon-among-4-more-suspended-in-tunnel-melee/

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(10-30-2022, 01:20 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: So have I.

3rd or 4th round, Whyle would make a great pick.

Thanks for the name Truck, Bfine just says that kid from somewhere sometimes and I have no clue who he is talking 
about especially a Cincy player now that they aren't as good, and I won't be able to watch them as much. Whyle eh, is
it spoken like Wylie or While?

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

I did one of the mocks, and those things are sooo unrealistic.

Pro Football Network, no trades:

#26. Jalen Carter, DT, Georgia
#57. Lukas Van Ness, EDGE, Iowa
#90. Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
#125. Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State
#158. Cody Mauch, OT, North Dakota State
#189. Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State
#222. Favian Lovett, DL, Florida State

[WVUHomer]

(12-12-2022, 01:42 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I did one of the mocks, and those things are sooo unrealistic.

Pro Football Network, no trades:

#26. Jalen Carter, DT, Georgia
#57. Lukas Van Ness, EDGE, Iowa
#90. Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
#125. Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State
#158. Cody Mauch, OT, North Dakota State
#189. Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State
#222. Favian Lovett, DL, Florida State

Yea.... PFFs isn't much better. Mock i did last night:

Rd 1. Jahmyr Gibbs RB Bama
Rd 2. Emmanuel Forbes CB Miss St.
Rd 3. Jalen Hyatt WR Tenn
Rd 4. Isaiah McGuire Edge Mizz
Rd 5. Javon Foster OT Mizz
Rd 6. Josh Whyle TE UC
Rd 7. Emil Ekiyor OG Bama (picked only because Bama OL and I knew no one else)

[*ochocincos*]

(12-12-2022, 01:42 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I did one of the mocks, and those things are sooo unrealistic.

Pro Football Network, no trades:

#26. Jalen Carter, DT, Georgia
#57. Lukas Van Ness, EDGE, Iowa
#90. Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
#125. Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State
#158. Cody Mauch, OT, North Dakota State
#189. Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State
#222. Favian Lovett, DL, Florida State

The problem with the draft simulators is they focus heavily on team needs, and will often "reach" for players for the other teams, allowing a lot of good talent to fall to you. I know that teams do reach occasionally in the draft which allows some good players to fall, but these simulators have it happen way more frequent than it should.
Personally, I've found these draft simulators even less realistic than just going down a big board and picking players listed around the pick the Bengals have.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(12-19-2022, 01:54 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The problem with the draft simulators is they focus heavily on team needs, and will often "reach" for players for the other teams, allowing a lot of good talent to fall to you. I know that teams do reach occasionally in the draft which allows some good players to fall, but these simulators have it happen way more frequent than it should.
Personally, I've found these draft simulators even less realistic than just going down a big board and picking players listed around the pick the Bengals have.

Agreed. And once you ID the guys that are underrated severly (Weatherspoon, Van Ness, Mauch, etc) you can really game them. The one where Carter was there at #26 was hilarious, though. 

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(12-19-2022, 01:54 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The problem with the draft simulators is they focus heavily on team needs, and will often "reach" for players for the other teams, allowing a lot of good talent to fall to you. I know that teams do reach occasionally in the draft which allows some good players to fall, but these simulators have it happen way more frequent than it should.
Personally, I've found these draft simulators even less realistic than just going down a big board and picking players listed around the pick the Bengals have.

Yep. The other is that they follow their own ratings, which you can see. When you see Witherspoon rated at #115, I know I can get him Rd 3. Whereas if I'm picking blind, I take him Rd1. 

Did one each of the 3 big ones, they were all unrealistically good.

Pro Football Network: no trades 
Rd 1: Mayer, TE, Notre Dame 
Rd 2: Van Ness, DE/DL, Iowa 
Rd 3: Witherspoon, CB, Illinois 
Rd 4: Tuipulotu, DT/DE, USC
Rd 5: Mauch, OT, North Dakota State 
Rd 6: Brown, S, Illinois 
Rd 7: Jefferson, WR, Louisiana 

[Burma]

(11-10-2022, 07:35 PM)Emeritus Wrote:

A Burma sighting! Shi$$ Thanks
I didn't know that he was apart of that before posting.
Ehhh... Can we Burfict him or do we just not do that anymore. Should be ready by next spring...It will need to be morally a fifth because he won't go undrafted. Way too talented as a pass rusher.

I only really start to wake up around draft season.