sparky151 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 13 hours ago, INbengalfan said: RG is that high for you? We have Little, Westerman, Hopkins or Price, Taylor, and Redmond for the competition. I'm not suggesting we can't do better, but it isn't the third biggest need IMO. I'd say, since you are splitting positions into smaller groups, ie OT and OG instead of OL) WLB, SAM OT WR/TE MLB RB (2) Backup QB That's kind of the point. If you have 5 guys competing for a spot and no clear frontrunner, it's probably because none of them are very good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 9 hours ago, THE DUKE said: I'll be shocked if one of those 5 6th rd picks isn't a RB. With Walton gone a spot is open for someone with raw talent. I'd like to get Bryce Love in the 5th round or later. Guy has big play ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 10 hours ago, sparky151 said: That's kind of the point. If you have 5 guys competing for a spot and no clear frontrunner, it's probably because none of them are very good. Who says there isn't a front runner? I think Little has an inside track. Westerman won't be tied down by the previous regime, so maybe he gets a fair shot too. Just because we have five guys doesn't mean none of them are worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 16 minutes ago, INbengalfan said: 10 hours ago, sparky151 said: That's kind of the point. If you have 5 guys competing for a spot and no clear frontrunner, it's probably because none of them are very good. Who says there isn't a front runner? I think Little has an inside track. Westerman won't be tied down by the previous regime, so maybe he gets a fair shot too. Just because we have five guys doesn't mean none of them are worthy. If it's a fair competition for once, i think someone will rise to the top and it won't be a huge weakness like previous years. The previous regime obviously didn't really believe in competition. They might have gave it lip service, but when the starter was basically declared by day 3 of camp, that's not a competition. Between Miller, Westerman and Hopkins, they should be able to get adequate production from the position. (BTW, not sure who is Little is???) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Probably just lying season and prospect fatigue, but supposedly Nick Bosa isn't as high on boards as people think. Crazy talk in my opinion. He was the clear best player of the field before he got hurt at OSU in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 hours ago, THE DUKE said: Probably just lying season and prospect fatigue, but supposedly Nick Bosa isn't as high on boards as people think. Crazy talk in my opinion. He was the clear best player of the field before he got hurt at OSU in 2018. I feel like that happened with Joey. Teams talked themselves out of him, he dropped and everyone was like "what a huge mistake" once he got into games. He should be the number one pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Can you imagine if Haskins is sitting there at 11 and we pass. Bengals fans would never leave that alone. And if they do they might as well trade Dalton. Every game he is going to get booed and the “play Haskins” chants will never stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 26 minutes ago, johndeere1707 said: Can you imagine if Haskins is sitting there at 11 and we pass. Bengals fans would never leave that alone. And if they do they might as well trade Dalton. Every game he is going to get booed and the “play Haskins” chants will never stop. If they decided to trade Dalton for immediate assets, I could live with that. But 2019 would be ugly, and I couldn't live with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I expect 2019 to be ugly anyway. We haven't improved any area of the team in free agency. A rookie linebacker isn't going to fix everything. We have a makeshift coaching staff too. We've already passed on Watson and Mahomes. Let's not repeat the same mistake every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 The latest rumours has Denver heavily interested in Devin Bush at 10. I’d be bummed. But at least we’d almost certainly go tackle (or possibly Haskins, who I’m not too fond of). I think Dillard would be my choice. When does Lapham release his guess pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 42 minutes ago, sparky151 said: I expect 2019 to be ugly anyway. We haven't improved any area of the team in free agency. A rookie linebacker isn't going to fix everything. We have a makeshift coaching staff too. We've already passed on Watson and Mahomes. Let's not repeat the same mistake every year. They were competitive before a rash of injuries. If they hit on the rookies, it could help. That's glass half full. Glass half empty approach is that they didn't improve anything, injuries will happen again (because it's football), and they'll struggle. I wouldn't write them off yet, but they're not favorites either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 43 minutes ago, theJ said: They were competitive before a rash of injuries. If they hit on the rookies, it could help. That's glass half full. Glass half empty approach is that they didn't improve anything, injuries will happen again (because it's football), and they'll struggle. I wouldn't write them off yet, but they're not favorites either. In addition, I'd like to see what a different staff could do with the good players we have. I feel like different coaches could have a huge effect. There are definitely areas of need where we are talent deprived, but we have a good qb, good receivers, good running backs, good defensive lineman and a good secondary. This team didn't reach the sum of it's parts last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 If we pass on Haskins and he becomes a star, then it's going to get bad in the stands. We already whiffed passing on Mahomes to take John Ross. If we take Haskins, and he fails, then at least we took a shot. Keeping Dalton at this point is settling for mediocrity. Plenty of QB's could have looked great in 2015, when literally everything was perfect around Dalton. He had a top 5 oline, a great defense, one of the best WR groups in the league with AJ/Marvin/Sanu, a dynamic TE in Eifert and a good running game. Dalton is serviceable, but I have no confidence in us competing for a super bowl while he is our QB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I was looking at draft value rankings. Apparently, all of our 6th rounders are equal to the 4th rounds raven pick. Can we please make that trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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