Worse draft in the Burrow Era

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(04-28-2025, 03:28 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: looks like we could have gotten a high ranked OG in round 2  and still got the ND saftey in the 3rd.   both LBers felt like reaches...  I like the OG we did get in 3 though.  still think if we had to double dip we should have added someone during FA

But cant condemn it before anyone plays

They could have drafted Rutledge over Knight, but our DC wanted Knight, and he would have been gone by our 3rd round pick, he was 3rd LB on Bengal's board.

They could have drafted Watts or the Penn State safety in round 3, but it they. passed to draft a guard.

Let's talk what we do know. Bengals had Stewart as their 1st option of every player available and took him.
Bengal's had Knight at the worst their 3rd ranked LB as when they picked him, top concensus mocked 2 LB's were taken.

We don't know Bengal's ranking of Rutledge versus Fairchild. They may have them ranked equally or Rutledge slightly better or slightly worse.

It seems to be the Bengals stayed true to their board which did not align with mine or many fans. In the end, I trust the Bengal's decisin makers over myself. They are privvy to a lot more info than me and they are as experts, I am not.