Bengals Draft
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If it were me making the pick, I’d choose Pitts. If he’s off the board by then, I’d pick Sewell.
I have a raging hard on myself for elite TE's in the NFL... they really open up everything.
Uzomah was balling out early in the season before the injury.. that would be my only hesitation. TE's do get injured more often than other players as well so you have to factor in the risk.
Perhaps if we could move back 1-2 spots.. Pitts may be the pick for me.
I’d take Sewell to keep Burrow healthy, otherwise it doesn’t matter who catches or runs as the whole system fails.
If you want Chase at 5, I’d suggest being ok with a trade down and adding picks while drafting Kadirius Toney WR from UF.
I don’t know who makes a good trade partner for that to work, but I’m 100% certain Cinci is sitting very pretty for teams that want to move up to get Pitts, Chase or whatever QB isn’t taken if those guys aren’t available.
If you want Chase at 5, I’d suggest being ok with a trade down and adding picks while drafting Kadirius Toney WR from UF.
I don’t know who makes a good trade partner for that to work, but I’m 100% certain Cinci is sitting very pretty for teams that want to move up to get Pitts, Chase or whatever QB isn’t taken if those guys aren’t available.
Any one of the 3 should work if these are the BPA. The WR and OL positions are pretty deep this year if you believe the analysts. That could make a difference if Pitts is available at #5.
Bengals need a WR who can stretch the field. Chase gives you that.
To me, the fact that the Bengals did not address WR in FA means they will in the draft. Chase gives them that threat on every play.
OL is already better with the signing of Rieff. Plenty of OL in this draft that can start day one. Chase can go the distance on any play and that will create space for all the other guys on offense.
To me, the fact that the Bengals did not address WR in FA means they will in the draft. Chase gives them that threat on every play.
OL is already better with the signing of Rieff. Plenty of OL in this draft that can start day one. Chase can go the distance on any play and that will create space for all the other guys on offense.
I get it with Chase, but something tells me he will be gone already. Miami was slick by moving back knowing they’d get one of Pitts or Chase and adding picks.
People are really overlooking SF to me though. Expecting them to take a gambol on a backup QB when a guy like Chase actually is the finishing touch on their team too.
People are really overlooking SF to me though. Expecting them to take a gambol on a backup QB when a guy like Chase actually is the finishing touch on their team too.
QB's will be taken 1 through 3. Atlanta doesn't need a WR at 4 so you'd have to bank on a trade.
In your hypothetical situation.. Bengals still make out with Pitts or Sewell at 5.
I agree. No matter what their position is very good.
Like I said I’d suspect they’d get a lot of offers there because depending on how far back they could honestly fill 3 spots they need badly with excellent talent depth at LT, WR and LB throughout the draft.
Like I said I’d suspect they’d get a lot of offers there because depending on how far back they could honestly fill 3 spots they need badly with excellent talent depth at LT, WR and LB throughout the draft.
I think it would be smart to trade back.. perhaps pick up another 2nd rounder.
However for me I'm married to either Sewell, Chase or Pitts at this point and it would suck not to come out with one of those guys.
If Chase and Pitts are gone before the Bengals pick, I hope they trade back and get more picks.
They could likely trade back 3-4 spots and still get Sewell and more picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds which they truly need.
They could likely trade back 3-4 spots and still get Sewell and more picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds which they truly need.
If Pitts could block like Gronk then I'd take him but that flaw would keep me from taking him at 5 as he's a big receiver that blocks like a big receiver not a TE. I'd trade down for more picks as long as we still address the offensive line as that is priority #1 and it should have been last year as well as I knew we'd get Burrows hurt.
So I forgot about Jonah Williams, and they added Reiff, then why is Sewell so important?
Jonah Williams has played 10 games in 2 years. I love Chase or Pitts, but I'm rolling with Sewell. If not Sewell, I'd trade back and get extra picks like Cawood said.
A dream move would be to trade for Denver's 1st round pick and get Chase or Pitts at 5 and Sewell at 9 as he will be there if we don't take him at 5 which is making me greedy to work some kind of trade.
That would come at a high price and basically be all they got in the draft. Not saying I am opposed to it though.
Im gonna hijack this thread to wallow in misery as my Jets do something inexplicably dumb on draft night..
You can fix he line and still get Chase at 5. Right now, Bengals have no legit deep threat in their offense at WR.
Holding 10 games against Jonah is a bit short sighted, no? He missed the whole rookie season as he was hurt in the mandatory rookie camp I believe.
His second year he played 10/10 games as a starter.
One would imagine as he was the top LT in his draft from Alabama, that he was a bit rusty after missing so much time.
His second year he played 10/10 games as a starter.
One would imagine as he was the top LT in his draft from Alabama, that he was a bit rusty after missing so much time.
The issue hear is, if Trey Lance or Justin Fields are there at 5, Denver is a team wanting to move to 5 and get one of them.
However, if Cinci is set to take Sewell that may leave Chase for Miami which means Denver can move to 7 which they are also rumored to be negotiating trades there too.
Reiff will turn 33 this season and he's on a one-year deal. Moving inside to guard may extend his playing career if he signs with Cincinnati past this season, or they will have to replace him next season anyway. Williams is good, but he has yet to play a full season in Cincinnati.
Sewell is their opportunity to take the top tackle in the draft. If Williams stays healthy and you have Sewell on the opposite side, then you have a multi-year plan to protect Joe Burrow on both sides throughout his rookie deal.
With Williams and Sewell both playing, then you have Reiff as a starting guard and captain this season and as a contingent tackle just in case they need it.
Without Sewell, Cincinnati has to bank on the health of Williams and Reiff in addition to hoping they get an adequate depth option later in the draft. Plus, they will continually be looking to the next season to eventually replace Reiff. Or they could just take Sewell now, feel great about it, and then take risks elsewhere. I wouldn't want to see them continue to risk the health of the franchise QB with value picks later in the draft while the consensus top player at the position is within reach.
Just to play devils advocate... the Bengals line isn't the worse in the league as many people want to bring up. Picking up Reiff with a 2nd and 3rd round O-Lineman still has the ability to make this line average
But why would anybody, especially Joe Burrow, want their offensive line to just be average?
The Bengals have shown a remarkable ability to completely whiff on 1st round offensive lineman over the past decade. Give me Chase or Pitts and get help on the line in the second and third rounds
Average lines can still win your super bowls. Obviously you'd like an elite one but it can be done regardless.
Well yeah, there's no set formula on how to win the whole thing. The same argument against not needing an elite o-line can be used about not needing elite WRs to win it all. Those Broncos and Seahawk teams, or the Patriots, or the Ravens, or the Saints in '09, or the Eagles with Foles... how many elite WRs did they have again? Struggling to think of any studs. And the history of first round tight ends? Noah Fant, T.J. Hockensen, Hayden Hurst, David Njoku, Evan Engram, O.J. Howard (was sure he'd be a stud), Eric Ebron, Tyler Eifert, Jermaine Gresham, Brandon Pettigrew, Dustin Keller... should I go on? Hah.
Chase may be a stud and so may Pitts, but after watching Burrow's horrific injury last year, and watching a guy like Andrew Luck, who could have been an all-timer, just get annihilated for years in Indy before he opted for any early retirement, the Bengals should go all out to protect him. I'm a draft dork and I know this is one of the deepest drafts for offensive tackles you'll find. You can get a guy like Brady Christensen or Stone Forsythe the third round and those guys can start day 1. Why take a tackle top 5 then? Because Sewell is like a planet theory big man. He's got elite athleticism scores but he weighs 330. He's the best tackle in the draft and could be a guy that protects Burrow the next 10-15 years. The skill players can wait.
Not a knock on Sewell, but quite a few scouts think Slater is the better LT in this draft.
And I’d agree that this draft is so deep so there is no reason to take a guy and make him so expensive vs a position guy where the drop off is huge by your next pick.
I don’t know the right answer, but when a team is bad enough to be top 5 I always feel like more picks is the smart way to go.
And I’d agree that this draft is so deep so there is no reason to take a guy and make him so expensive vs a position guy where the drop off is huge by your next pick.
I don’t know the right answer, but when a team is bad enough to be top 5 I always feel like more picks is the smart way to go.
Agreed. If I were a Bengals fan I'd love a trade down for sure. There's no doubt in my mind they still nab an elite tackle or a skill player with a significant trade down. This is such a deep draft that if they could trade down and pick up 1-2 extra top 100 draft picks that could be the start of a franchise-changing haul. If they do stay at 5, I would prefer Sewell.
I’d say he has as much pull as anyone there because if he ask for Chase and they don’t draft him then he is buying time there and waiting to get out.
That’s if he voices his opinion.
Looking at the Titans roster and we are going to struggle again. OL is disappearing after having the best OL just 2-3 seasons ago, and our WRs are as weak as they have been since we drafted Mariota 5-6 years ago. Just awful, and no Delanie Walker or Jonnu Smith to eat up the middle of the field.
Really hope they can get Bateman or Toney at 22.
That’s if he voices his opinion.
Looking at the Titans roster and we are going to struggle again. OL is disappearing after having the best OL just 2-3 seasons ago, and our WRs are as weak as they have been since we drafted Mariota 5-6 years ago. Just awful, and no Delanie Walker or Jonnu Smith to eat up the middle of the field.
Really hope they can get Bateman or Toney at 22.
For the Steelers, most of the talk is about Najee Harris at #24 since his play screams Steeler and it's such a need... I'm just not a fan of a first round RB. It's not a smart way to build your roster IMO and the Steelers need to get around from that bell cow mindset. They run these guys into the ground, they never get a second contract, and you can't adapt as well when they get hurt. Plus, Harris is overaged (he's already 23). He looks like a great player no doubt, but with Roethlisberger likely going into his last year, they need to be looking long-term for guys who are going to be contributing years down the road. A 23-year-old RB isn't a great use of a first round pick.
They need to continue rebuilding the offensive line first and foremost. They nabbed a terrific guard in Kevin Dotson last year in the fourth round, but they desperately still need a new young center and a tackle. I like Landon Dickerson but they guy has had four major surgeries on his lower extremities in the past five years. That's.... not good lol, especially for a big dude. If he's there in the second I think you consider it, but he's got red flags out his ***. The Meinerz small school kid is interesting. TE is a need but it's a pretty thin group. Depth at EDGE, S, and CB needs to be addressed too.
They need to continue rebuilding the offensive line first and foremost. They nabbed a terrific guard in Kevin Dotson last year in the fourth round, but they desperately still need a new young center and a tackle. I like Landon Dickerson but they guy has had four major surgeries on his lower extremities in the past five years. That's.... not good lol, especially for a big dude. If he's there in the second I think you consider it, but he's got red flags out his ***. The Meinerz small school kid is interesting. TE is a need but it's a pretty thin group. Depth at EDGE, S, and CB needs to be addressed too.
Not for nothing here but it sure seems a lot of teams have OL issues, and I see our own Drake Jackson and Landon Young projected 7th round picks!
That’s how good this OL class is. Seriously I think both of those guys will be solid 12-14 year OL guys in the league.
That’s how good this OL class is. Seriously I think both of those guys will be solid 12-14 year OL guys in the league.
No way you pass on Chase imo if he is there at 5. Just can't see them doing that. Sewell is not the only really good OL in this draft. Not even close. Some experts have him behind Slater.
Besides, the Bengals need more than Sewell to fix their OL. They also need a RG as well.
Chase is a game breaker they need and there is not another WR in this Draft close to as good as he is.
Besides, the Bengals need more than Sewell to fix their OL. They also need a RG as well.
Chase is a game breaker they need and there is not another WR in this Draft close to as good as he is.
Yep.
Cedric
Fisher
Billy Price
They've proven they can't develop O-Linemen lately. Take the playmakers on rookie deals, spend money on already developed offensive linemen.
I was at the Bengals draft party when they took Cedric over Bud Dupree, I was very drunk (at a slight discount, it's the Bengals, nothing free) and asked Marvin Lewis a question about why taking a guy off a torn ACL over a guy who can start right away in a win-now environment they were still in.
I liken it to Will Ferrell debating James Carville at Old School, my buddy took a video. I kept it together asking the question but couldn't tell you anything Marvin said in response.
Either way, I was right.
Chase please
Trade back 3 or 4 spots. Draft Smith or Waddle. Use the extra picks to try to move back into 20’s and try to grab Tevin Jenkins or Darrisaw.