3rd Round #1: Jordan Shipley

[ArmyBengal]

With their 3rd pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select:

JORDAN SHIPLEY, WR, TEXAS

[ArmyBengal]

Hoosier, you can't be unhappy with that huh ??

[Kazkal]

Hoping for Mardy but shipley doesn't seem bad,But I thought Carson didn't like short WR's

[HoosierCat]

Hoosier, you can't be unhappy with that huh ??

Solid possession prospect. Puts Caldwell on notice, IMHO.

[volcom69]

Hes a great WR and special teams player im happy with the pick, and you never know they still may pick up Mardy and get rid of Simpson.....i hope

[Dadraftnick]

Major bonehead move

Shipley ran 4.57

Slow

Colt McCoy would have been a better move

So many fast WR and this guy would have been a UFA to late round pick

[wpeldios]

For the first time this draft, I like it. Not my choice but was good value and I think he will be a good player for us.

[Kazkal]

Major bonehead move

Shipley ran 4.57

Slow

Colt McCoy would have been a better move

So many fast WR and this guy would have been a UFA to late round pick

because they play as fast as they run a 40 right like chad?

[BengalszoneBilly]

Hes a great WR and special teams player

I expect that is where he'll first touch the ball.

[ShulaSteakhouse]

I am probably in the minority that loves this pick, but would've been fine with Gilyard instead. Definitely better than Caldwell or Jones. Not sure if his speed means anything considering he had 13 Td's and 1,500 receiving yards last year. All I know is the guy was money and very consistent, really liked watching him.

[cincyhokie]

Good pick. Plays fast. good route runner. 4 return TD's.

Matt Jones or Simpson is the odd man out.

[kneepit]

With their 3rd pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select:

JORDAN SHIPLEY, WR, TEXAS

I love this pick.

[HR24]

Major bonehead move

Shipley ran 4.57

Slow

Colt McCoy would have been a better move

So many fast WR and this guy would have been a UFA to late round pick

THere is something to be said for guys who can get open. THis guy is alot like Welker-quick, not fast, can find space in the zone, and runs EXCELLENT ROUTES, something this teams WR's can't seem to handle.

I love this pick.

[PhunkE1]

I know Mayock had a 4th round grade on Ship. but didn't expect him to make it out of the 3rd round. A fast WR would have been a sexier pick, but this is a very seasoned college WR. I like the pick.

[BengalszoneBilly]

I am probably in the minority that loves this pick

I don't think so. He looks solid.

[volcom69]

Hes a great WR and special teams player

I expect that is where he'll first touch the ball.

Yep hes back with his teammate Cosby so now they can both compete for the punt return job

[Whur CHad At?]

Major bonehead move

Shipley ran 4.57

Slow

Colt McCoy would have been a better move

So many fast WR and this guy would have been a UFA to late round pick

Oh geez a 4.57 40. Wow what a slow kid. Probably the slowest reciever ever to play the game. Geez, so what he is highly productive and efficent and runs great routes, and overall a good football player. But that 4.57, geez terrible. I mean Anquan Boldin ran a 4.7 40 and man he is terrible. Dez Bryant ran a 4.5 40, what a loafer.

Just explains why your not a draft expert or GM for any team.

[ArmyBengal]

Well, maybe you guys can't be unhappy with that, but I am. He doesn't give us a person to come in and develop into a #1 or even a #2. He's a slot receiver who you hope is better than both Caldwell and Cosby. If he's not a better return guy than either Cosby or Scott, what's the reason ?? Decker could develop into a #2. Hell, Gilyard could have developed into a #2. Taylor Price even. I don't know, but once again, seems like right position, wrong player to me.

[derekshank]

He doesn't have elite speed, but he does have elite acceleration and ability to change direction. I don't think he'll stretch the field, but he'd been compared to Wes Welker and Anthony Gonzalez. He's a playmaker... and one of (if not both) Matt Jones and Jerome Simpson are goners.

[HoosierCat]

and one of (if not both) Matt Jones and Jerome Simpson are goners.

Wouldn't that imply that both of them were once "here-ers"?

[volcom69]

Well, maybe you guys can't be unhappy with that, but I am. He doesn't give us a person to come in and develop into a #1 or even a #2. He's a slot receiver who you hope is better than both Caldwell and Cosby. If he's not a better return guy than either Cosby or Scott, what's the reason ?? Decker could develop into a #2. Hell, Gilyard could have developed into a #2. Taylor Price even. I don't know, but once again, seems like right position, wrong player to me.

Maybe so but he was rated higher then those guys, and i guess the Bengals had them rated higher also. You cant say he wasnt productive

[Kazkal]

He doesn't have elite speed, but he does have elite acceleration and ability to change direction. I don't think he'll stretch the field, but he'd been compared to Wes Welker and Anthony Gonzalez. He's a playmaker... and one of (if not both) Matt Jones and Jerome Simpson are goners.

which can't complain in that hell Jerome probably could survive on practice squad.

[Dadraftnick]

Here is the problem with this pick

You could have had him 3 rounds later

If you fall in love with a guy like this , trade down and pick up picks and its not as bad

This guy is a 6th round guy

if you like him or not

he would have been there in the 6th round

[Whur CHad At?]

He doesn't have elite speed, but he does have elite acceleration and ability to change direction. I don't think he'll stretch the field, but he'd been compared to Wes Welker and Anthony Gonzalez. He's a playmaker... and one of (if not both) Matt Jones and Jerome Simpson are goners.

You hit it right on the head man. This is a great pick for us to make up for the 2nd round blunder

[ShulaSteakhouse]

Look at the move at 5:04, yikes, the defender tore his groin.

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