Worse draft in the Burrow Era

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(04-25-2025, 10:23 AM)ERIC1 Wrote: this was not a draft filled with phenomenal talent..Stewart was projected to go anywhere  between 10-32..He is a physical beast, he disrupts ..high motor..and is still growing ..The NFL is completely different from college and coaches are looking at factors that would suggest success in the NFL..Jackson and Jenkins were playing lights out the end of last year and even Murphy was showing improvement..Drafting someone like Stewart is going to make this line fun to watch..To see people on this Board trashing this player when he has not even played a single down is absurd ..All teams make mistakes with some draft picks..some develop faster than others..but the Bengals have done remarkably well overall..

I am entering this thread now for the first time so if this was addressed, my apologies/

I think fans dismiss picks or say we reached when in fact we did not reach.

It is obvious the Bengals wanted a DE who weighs more than 260 lbs. That eliminated a bunch of guys. He was by far the best DE left on the board on most sites.

If he is our guy, we don't pick until #49, so no way we get him in round 2. I understand why Bengals felt DE was biggest need (why they drafted a DE over other positin groups) because we only have 1 DE under contract for 2026. Murphy is it as rest are on 1 year deals or in last year on contract (Trey).


I was vocal in the draft thread, I wanted Campbell, but I also understand why they chose on their own board (not all of the various boards) the number 1 DE Stewart and then drafted the #3 Kinight LB (other 2 were gone) at pick number 49. Same comment applies I made above, if Knight was their guy, it was highly unlikely no team grabes him prior to our 81st pick or 32 picks between our picks).