8 hours ago
(8 hours ago)NUGDUKWE Wrote: People complaining about the picks is not because they are not theyre personal favorite players. It's because of some major red flags.
Stewart has some major production failures and it's not just sacks. The lowest TFL production of a drafted DE since 2000. His QB hits put him in the 3rd lowest percentile. He shows poor play awareness and plays chaotically. All this and we had 1 meeting with him at the combine that Stewart himself said he didn't remember meeting with us. This isn't about Golden liking him this pick is 100% saying goodbye to Trey there is no world we keep Trey after spending two 1st rd picks over the last 3 years at that position.
Knight may end up being a good player and I like him as a player although I didn't pay too much attention to him. The problem is we completely ignored the consesus board. Which to some degree I'm okay with if Golden likes the player but when we are talking a completely rd+ lower grade on a player that is 25 years old that's a bit too much of a red flag. We could've had Ratledge. Heck we most likely could've gone Ratledge, Knight and the Fairchild in the 4th.
The sad thing is I'm no scout and certainly to draft expert. But I honestly think I could handle this offseason draft better than the Bengals have just by following the board consensus/production athletic metrics.
1:Harmon
2:Ratledge
3:Winston
4:Knight( as I believe with his age he is available here)
As far as the offseason just change contracts slightly to lower contract hits this year so you can resign Trey and done.
none of the players we drafted has "major red flags" ..none.. opinions as to the players drafted after numbers 12-15.. differ remarkably..as a matter of fact there was one guy saying that he thought stewart was the steal of the draft..a major disruptor and had he actually gotten a few sacks would have been picked in the top 5..so you never know..I am happy..and what's eve more impressive was listening to Golden speak..bright guy..positive change for the team
