AMPHAR Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Historic interior line draft. I hope we got a standout at 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Would love an OT. BUT I don’t believe this class is good AND I believe there is proven added risk with OTs based on recent drafts. Not sure what they should do with it but I agree it’s a need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Love Nate Burleson wearing the Axle Foley Detroit Loins jacket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 A lot of teams trading up in front of the Bengals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Did is just hear we traded down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 TRADE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 54 and move up from 100 to 78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I think they are back to back 3rd round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Trying figure out what they're thinking here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Deep or another way to say average draft class. Wish we could have grabbed Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 My guess just based on previous Bengal trade downs: they moved down 8 spots and had more than 8 players on the board they would have taken at 46. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Eh, well, Bates, kinda meh, but not a "bad" pick - but hard to make a bad one in the 2nd with all the sort of muddled-up talent at this point. Jessie Bates profile: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/jessie-bates?id=32462018-0002-5601-3099-1ea09eebf7a3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Yea kinda mush draft at this point as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 NFL Network guys give the pick a B+ (for what that's worth). Apparently the Bengals' aren't high on Williams or Illoka. Do they want to move Illoka to SS? Bates is a true NFL FS. I will say that Williams is terrible, and I don't really get the Illoka love (inconsistent at-best), so Bates is going to probably start, so I don't understand why the media here hasn't reported more about that situation and the Bengals' seemingly desperate attempts to acquire a S this off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingwilly Posted April 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I like the selection. There are veterans out there who may still end up on the roster but this is a good football player. No complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingwilly Posted April 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, ShulaSteakhouse said: NFL Network guys give the pick a B+ (for what that's worth). Apparently the Bengals' aren't high on Williams or Illoka. Do they want to move Illoka to SS? Bates is a true NFL FS. I will say that Williams is terrible, and I don't really get the Illoka love (inconsistent at-best), so Bates is going to probably start, so I don't understand why the media here hasn't reported more about that situation and the Bengals' seemingly desperate attempts to acquire a S this off-season. You don't understand why the media could give two shits about the Bengals? I used to think you had some sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShulaSteakhouse Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, kingwilly said: You don't understand why the media could give two shits about the Bengals? I used to think you had some sense. I'm talking about the local media who cover the team. I've never heard anyone explain why they are so hot after a starting-caliber S when they have two of them under big, multi-year contracts that were signed before last season (2016). Both of them run through 2020. Granted Williams sucks, but then why draft a FS? Why look at them in FA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I read nothing into the pick as far as snap count or roster spot. I doubt this pick plays more than 50% snaps without massive injury. They said he’s a Center Feild type safety which I hoping for the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, ShulaSteakhouse said: I'm talking about the local media who cover the team. I've never heard anyone explain why they are so hot after a starting-caliber S when they have two of them under big, multi-year contracts that were signed before last season (2016). Both of them run through 2020. Granted Williams sucks, but then why draft a FS? Why look at them in FA? Nobody knows with new D Coordinator. My guess is the back 7 is becoming more and more role specific. Iloka or Williams weren’t big contracts comparatively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Trading down was a terrible decision. We need quality, not quantity I could be proven wrong, naturally, when this FS is named a first ballot Hall of Famer, but for now, this pick is gawdawful. WE NEED STARTERS in day 1 and 2 picks and this schmoe ain't a starter. We also have multiple needs at other positions more than DB. This guy is small for a S and yet also isn't all that fast. The draft profile calls him a "ballhawk" yet he's got exactly one pick to his name. I'd be ok with this pick if it was round 6 or later, but it ain't The rotting cherry to top this turd sundae is that they passed up a better S with more size AND more speed from a bigger better football program. This better S went to Texas just a few picks later so the silver lining is that this shoulda made Army's kid happy. THIS PICK SUCKS DEAD DONKEY DONG and I wrote that for Dimster, as a summary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I don't often agree with Kid Steakhouse, but yeah, there is some problem with one or more of the safeties we have on the roster that neither the team nor the media have bothered to explain to us. The reason, whatever it is, plus the subsequent bumbling with the two veteran safeties we brought in, is what led us to this gawdawful pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPHAR Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Lol, it’s first ballot HOF or bust just for moving 8 spots while gaining 22 in the next round. Mike and SAM LBs will continue to lose snaps to various coverage schemes is my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapControl Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I look at it like trying to improve the Taylor Mays role or just adding to a secondary that lost Adam Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapControl Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 There’s a new DB coach Daronte Jones who can up under Vance Joseph too to consider: what’s that dude want and does Austin want the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapControl Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 But I’m not liking the ignoring of the OT position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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