ArmyBengal Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hard to look back at things and base your thoughts then on what happened. I still believe had Maualuga not been there in the 2nd, we would have probably taken Unger. In doing that, the rest of the draft would have been drastically different. If that "different" would have been good or bad is to hard to determine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Hard to look back at things and base your thoughts then on what happened. I still believe had Maualuga not been there in the 2nd, we would have probably taken Unger. In doing that, the rest of the draft would have been drastically different. If that "different" would have been good or bad is to hard to determine...With that being said only way I feel I could have been happier with how the draft fell is we have those extra picks from the redskins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I've actually gone back and looked at how the draft might have ended up had Maualuga been gone before our pick in the 2nd and we ended up taking Unger.There were to many different things that could have happened to come close, but minus trades that could have happened, I'm still pretty happy how things turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlainThePain Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 I've actually gone back and looked at how the draft might have ended up had Maualuga been gone before our pick in the 2nd and we ended up taking Unger.There were to many different things that could have happened to come close, but minus trades that could have happened, I'm still pretty happy how things turned out.I think we would have taken Connor Barwin, no Unger. I read a Barwin interview after the draft, and he said the Bengals told him they would take him if he were there in the 2nd. If you recall, the clock got down to the last four seconds before we got our second round pick in. I bet there was a heated dispute in the war room over Barwin and Maualuga.Marvin is still looking for that Boulware-type guy for this defense, and I bet he thought Barwin could have been that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesperateDerelict Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I've actually gone back and looked at how the draft might have ended up had Maualuga been gone before our pick in the 2nd and we ended up taking Unger.There were to many different things that could have happened to come close, but minus trades that could have happened, I'm still pretty happy how things turned out.I think we would have taken Connor Barwin, no Unger. I read a Barwin interview after the draft, and he said the Bengals told him they would take him if he were there in the 2nd. If you recall, the clock got down to the last four seconds before we got our second round pick in. I bet there was a heated dispute in the war room over Barwin and Maualuga.Marvin is still looking for that Boulware-type guy for this defense, and I bet he thought Barwin could have been that guy.Although more of a project, there's a chance that Connor could have ended up a more of an NFL impact player than Rey. Of course, now that he's with the Texans, all bets are off.Blain - love your Borgman sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlainThePain Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Yeah, Borgman is the man. I think he nailed what its like to be a Bengals fan with that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clackwoods Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 I've actually gone back and looked at how the draft might have ended up had Maualuga been gone before our pick in the 2nd and we ended up taking Unger.There were to many different things that could have happened to come close, but minus trades that could have happened, I'm still pretty happy how things turned out.I think we would have taken Connor Barwin, no Unger. I read a Barwin interview after the draft, and he said the Bengals told him they would take him if he were there in the 2nd. If you recall, the clock got down to the last four seconds before we got our second round pick in. I bet there was a heated dispute in the war room over Barwin and Maualuga.Marvin is still looking for that Boulware-type guy for this defense, and I bet he thought Barwin could have been that guy.I am happy with the way the draft went and if we would have passed on Rey in round 2 for Barwin I would have been pissed, especially since we got a rush DE with first round talent in round 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 My point is, if Maualuga WASN'T on the board when we picked in the 2nd, what could have happened in the remainder of the draft. Like I said, it could have turned out many different ways, but I'm happy with what we ended up with and some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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