HairOnFire Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 In the Levi draft I was all for Shockey, Buchanon or Reed because I'm a big UM fan. I wanted Ed Reed because he was a real leader on the Miami team. I admit was a Buchanon pimp in that draft. That was a mistake that I compounded further by arguing that Reed wasn't worth selecting that high. Dead wrong, wasn't I? That said, I wasn't unhappy with the selection of Levi despite the fact that I didn't have him rated as a top 10 pick because I thought he was the last legit LT in that draft. So in a nutshell, Levi wasn't a pick I could pimp but it was one I could easily live with. Does that make sense? Funny stuff: At the time there was plenty of post draft criticism that the Bengals should have selected anyone but Levi and then tried to trade up for Marco Columbo...a miserable player the Bears just gave up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekshank Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I didn't have any specific desires to draft someone instead of Palmer. In fact, if we were going to keep the #1 pick, Palmer was the guy I wanted.However, it was my desire to trade down, because we went 2-14, and Kitna was serviceable. I thought we had too many other needs in a rebuilding year to use a #1 pick on one of the few positions where we weren't hurting really really bad.Trading down is easier said then done though... and once we picked Palmer, I went out and bought his jersey. (I have proof of this, because the style jersey I have for him was previous to their uniform change. He never actually played a game in the style of jersey I have for him). I thought it would be a really long couple of years, but thankfully Marvin rebuilt the team fairly quickly, and now we can talk on other threads about Palmer's potential of being "elite". Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan2 Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Great topic .... good takes.I didn't want anyone. I wanted the Bengals to trade the pick and hopefully pick up an extra 2nd rounder in the bargain. As I recall, that seemed to be the consensus. The big problem was that nobody wanted the pick that had something decent to trade in return.A lot of people were sold either on Palmer or on Leftwich ... and I wasn't sold on either of them.I guess that's why Mr. Lewis gets to run the team ..... and I get to drive a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJesus Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 "really I get to be Quartaaback"Always wanted Palmer :player: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalfreek Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 That said, I wasn't unhappy with the selection of Levi despite the fact that I didn't have him rated as a top 10 pick because I thought he was the last legit LT in that draft. So in a nutshell, Levi wasn't a pick I could pimp but it was one I could easily live with. I remember a huge brouhaha over the Levi Jones pick. Although it wouldn't have been my pick at the time, I had lobbied so hard for the striped ones to select a LT in the first round for so long, I quickly warmed up to the idea. I mean, how can you argue with what he's done so far. He hasn't been HOF caliber, but he's been pretty good. And compared to what we'd had over there for a decade, he's Anthony Munoz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincy9275 Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 i was split between leftwich and palmer. then i seen boomer on nfl live pregame interviewing palmer , handed him a bengals helment and said get use to it you will be wearing it for a long time . then thought well if boomers pimping him then i'll jump on that bandwagon to . but i wonder what palmer was thinking about the bengals drafting him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Nope. You may have gotten distracted by the side rant about whether any CB deserved to be considered with the 1st overall pick. I argued strongly that they should. Holy s**t Hair...do you keep every post forum post you've ever made (or even read for that matter!) in some kind of database/library on your home and work computers.Someone will make a post saying that they said blah, blah, blah, or you said blah, blah, blah...and within' a handful of posts, you've come back with a reply like you got this stuff Tivo'ed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 but i wonder what palmer was thinking about the bengals drafting himAs the #1 pick in the draft? I'd say his thoughts were close to this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalfreek Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Why in the heck would this freakin' post get moved to the college draft forum? That borders on assinine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Why in the heck would this freakin' post get moved to the college draft forum? That borders on assinine. The idea of the thread is possible regret or differeing opinions from a previous draft. I think it does fit here better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Chris Simms anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/CIN/6201208It seems like Marvin knew all along what he was going to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/CIN/6201208It seems like Marvin knew all along what he was going to do.Always has, always will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/CIN/6201208It seems like Marvin knew all along what he was going to do.Always has, always will... It will be great this Sunday when the entire country gets to see Marvin in action. All those shots of him crouching as the defense is about to make a big play... that calm, determined demeanor he has seemingly at every moment that has the look of an all time great coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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