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Round 1: CB Jonathan Joseph


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he sounds like he may be a good player . biggest knock was he was a project and could have used another year his size and speed are very good but i am not real happy over this pick there were a lot of better players still available . i would have rather traded down and there is a real good chance he would still be there. another 1st round draft pick that will not play alot next season i hope he does but we have some guys that can play back there.

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I think Jonathan is a very solid players. Very sould in his skills.

If we can get him into camp on time, I really think he's got a nice shot at starting.

I would also expect Tory James to now be cut.

Would we even gain anything by cutting him? I say let him stay around and help Joseph learn. Besides, you can't have too many good corners and Tory is at least still a decent corner.

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I would also expect Tory James to now be cut.

Err....keep in mind that Joseph has only one year of starting experience at the 1A level....so we need to groom him for a year or two to replace Tory.

In the meantime, he plays some at nickel or dime and probably a lot of special teams

Tory sticks around to MENTOR this guy

They guys who face being cut now are Keiwan, Bauman, Brooks, and Body. Probably mostly Bauman

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FYI, Available numbers for JJ (My nickname for him from here on out.)

22

26

29

37

38

39

43

45

46

I hope that he take seither 29, 39, 37 or 46. If takes 29, I'm buying a jersey.

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I would also expect Tory James to now be cut.

Err....keep in mind that Joseph has only one year of starting experience at the 1A level....so we need to groom him for a year or two to replace Tory.

In the meantime, he plays some at nickel or dime and probably a lot of special teams

Tory sticks around to MENTOR this guy

They guys who face being cut now are Keiwan, Bauman, Brooks, and Body. Probably mostly Bauman

Exactly. This guy is going to need time to develop, and James still has gas in the tank. He was drafted to be a starter (unlike Ratliff), but in the future, not this year.

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Interesting that Pittsburgh traded up to right behind us

Edit

Pittsburgh gave up a TON to move up to take the top WR - Santonio Holmes - in the draft

They got

1st round, No. 25 Santonio Holmes, WR, Ohio State

They gave up

1st round, No. 32

3rd round, No. 96

4th round, No. 129

LOVE IT

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I would also expect Tory James to now be cut.

Err....keep in mind that Joseph has only one year of starting experience at the 1A level....so we need to groom him for a year or two to replace Tory.

In the meantime, he plays some at nickel or dime and probably a lot of special teams

Tory sticks around to MENTOR this guy

They guys who face being cut now are Keiwan, Bauman, Brooks, and Body. Probably mostly Bauman

Precisely.

Echo others, nice pick, he comes in to provide depth and learn. A year from now, we have Tory's replacement in house. It's how the good teams do it...

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Props and Kudos to WO for pimping him from the beginning...BUT this is a bad pick...barely 1 year of starting????? good athlete but next to no big time/game experience.

YOubouty was there, Lewis, Kiwi...This one will come back to bite us...

THe two picks I was going to be angry about the Bengals taking in r1 were Joseph or Mangold.....

I think this was a bad bad bad pick...

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Agreed, James will not be cut. The Bengals coaches had nothing but praise for James this year, even saying they thought he played better than his Pro Bowl season last year.

James has lost a step, and he wasn't one of the fastest players on the field to begin with, but he's still the starter. I think Joseph gets time to learn the position from a talented veteran and he gets a chance to start in his 2nd or 3rd year depending on 1: How long James is effective or if he retires, and 2: Ratliff's progression.

I think he will be utlized in the nickel, and will be a productive special teamer.

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Props and Kudos to WO for pimping him from the beginning...BUT this is a bad pick...barely 1 year of starting????? good athlete but next to no big time/game experience.

YOubouty was there, Lewis, Kiwi...This one will come back to bite us...

The two picks I was going to be angry about the Bengals taking in r1 were Joseph or Mangold.....

I think this was a bad bad bad pick...

Wait...if you didn't like the JJ pick for the stated reason, wouldn't you also have felt the same way had they picked (assuming he'd have been available, and he might well have been) Cromartie?

Did you leave him off your list for a reason?

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Cromartie was injured, and returned.....Not the same as being green from inexperience.

Plus, he was gone so the point is moot. My point is that among the remaining players they took JJ....weak.

Fact is.....Cromartie only started one game, and you were upset that JJ only started one year....

Good Point TJ

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When evaluating a guy who is inured vs not...it does present a dilemma...I consider Cromartie a better projet/prospect as he played better, when he got the chance and offers more...returns, going over to safety....JJ offers one year of playing D.I-A at ALL....

Anyone who thinks JJ is anything more than a project...fools....

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Anyone who thinks JJ is anything more than a project...fools....

I think you're driving your point home a little too strongly, but I'm not as positive about the pick as most seem to be. Frankly, I think I've pimped every cornerback in the draft who was a potential 1st round pick, but I never included Joseph because I felt he was too raw to qualify.

That said, it's not a bad, bad, bad pick....simply because JJ has got every tool you look for, speed to burn, and the Bengals can afford to wait. But damn...

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HOF...you are right but this draft is stacked with impact players at nearly every position..that is where the "DAMN" comes into play...

JJ rmins me of Fabian Washington, the Neb CB Oaktown took last year after the guy raced up the boards with great workout numbers....he is a project, as is JJ...and now I end my negativity towards the pick.

It is my solemn hope that JJ develops quickly and becomes a solid, long-standing fixture at our CB position. From here on...it will only be support for our newest Bengal Jonathan Joseph!!!!! WHODAT?...I mean...WHODEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FYI, Available numbers for JJ (My nickname for him from here on out.)

22

26

29

37

38

39

43

45

46

I hope that he take seither 29, 39, 37 or 46. If takes 29, I'm buying a jersey.

I'd like for him be nubers in the 20's

Props and Kudos to WO for pimping him from the beginning...BUT this is a bad pick...barely 1 year of starting????? good athlete but next to no big time/game experience.

people were rdy to take crom over him and actually he was 2year starter :P he just diden't play 1 year cause of injury

he's also gonna have a full year to get rdy and be coached up inless james or oneal go down

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