Redrafting the 2024 draft - What other combinations?

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I wish the Bengals were better at developing players myself. If I look at the Bengals 10 year draft history, the only players I see who who really took a step after year 1 were CJ Uzomah and Drew Sample. Jury's out on Dax.

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(04-29-2024, 09:01 AM)CJD Wrote: Now that we have perfect hindsight of where each player would go in the 2024 NFL draft, what other combinations could the Bengals have made with the positions they selected in the first two days?

For example, let's say they really liked Johnny Newton and chose him at #18. What ripple effects would that have had on the rest of their draft? Here's what they could have done:

Round 1: Johnny Newton, DT
Round 2: Patrick Paul/Kingsley Suamataia/Roger Rosengarten, OT
Round 3: Same picks

Would that have been better than Mims and Jenkins?

What if they decided to take Adonai Mitchell in the 2nd?

Round 1: Amarius Mims, OT
Round 2: Adonai Mitchell, WR
Round 3: DeWayne Carter, DT
Round 3: Same pick

Would that have been better than Jenkins and Burton?

Or what if they just went crazy and took Newton AND Mitchell?

Round 1: Johnny Newton, DT
Round 2: Adonai Mitchell, WR
Round 3: Dominick Puni, OT

Maybe we can try WR in the first!

Round 1: Brian Thomas Jr, WR
Round 2: Patrick Paul/Kingsley Suamataia/Roger Rosengarten, OT
Round 3: DeWayne Carter, DT

Or

Round 1: Brian Thomas Jr, WR
Round 2: Kris Jenkins, DT
Round 3: Dominick Puni, OT

I've been putting prospects of each round together to try and fill those three biggest needs and I'm really struggling to find a better combination than the three we came out of the draft with.

Can you come up with a better combination of players that fill the three biggest needs on this roster, OT, DT and WR?

We are gonna regret not taking Barton.