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(04-24-2025, 11:15 AM)BoomerFan Wrote: Yep. This is the draft where you have the top 10 guys and then 70 picks with a 2nd round grade. 

OTOH it makes it kind of hard to mess up. I would tell the Bengals organization to go ahead and pick more or less for your needs. Get at least one Guard and Dlineman that you like in the first three picks. Be ready to coach them up and put them in situations where they can succeed. When all the players are sort of at the same level, the way to get ahead is how you develop them.

Keep in mind only 11 2nd round picks from last year started 10+ games.  So your chances of getting a Year One starter out of a player with a 2nd round grade is about 33%.  

That's why it's better to draft BPA, because odds are, the guy you draft at a position of "need" won't be able to walk in and win the starting job, anyways.