What Are Your Priorities In This Draft?!

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(04-16-2025, 12:42 PM)ochocincos Wrote: How are impact DL and pass rush different?

I'm talking about a guy that can make an impact in both run and pass defense but DJ Reader is an example of an impact DL that wasn't a pass rusher. Reader allowed the Bengals to play some ligher box defenses on early downs. 

(04-16-2025, 12:48 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Was Jackson THAT much of a reach?

I went back to look at the consensus big board and other prospect rankings from last year.
He was listed as 150, but his peak was 71.
IF he really would have made it to 149, he could have been selected in the 5th round, but I know many sites had him considered most often as a 4th rounder.
It's possible Bengals had him as a 4th rounder but figured hey, we got this comp pick, let's just get our guy half a round early than risk him not making it to 115. 
Or possibly they actually had him in or close to Top 100. Wouldn't be the most surprising thing if his peak projection at one point was 71, which would have been mid-3rd rounder.

I'm not seeing Jackson to be a reach of the caliber of say Drew Sample, who most had pegged as 5th rounder but got taken in Rd 2.

While a round even half a round might not seem like much of a reach... it's the reach for a day 3 prospect into the top 100 because the team forced themselves into that type of player through poor team building. 

I was a McKinnley Jackson guy just like I'm a Dylan Fairchild fan but I don't want the Bengals reach half a round for Fairchild at #81 because they didn't get a guy in at #17 or #49. 


The Bengals aren't really in the best position to take BPA like they should be.