Yesterday, 02:10 PM
(04-30-2025, 06:43 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Many of us (including myself) have been critical of this Bengals draft class.
Many national media sites are rating the Bengals draft one of the worst in the league.
So the question posed to you...looking at who was available at each pick, who would you have taken?
*Assume no trades because we don't know what was offered, only who was available.
Mine:
1) Derrick Harmon, DT Oregon
2) Tate Ratledge, OG Georgia
3) Xavier Watts, SAF Notre Dame
4) Kyle Kennard, DE South Carolina
5) Mitchell Evans, TE Notre Dame
6) Tahj Brooks, RB Texas Tech
Off-ball LB is one of the cheaper positions to address in FA, so I would have been perfectly ok not adding a LB in the draft. I would have been ok with just 1 LB though.
After I researched Shemar Stewart I would of stuck with him over a DT that I don't think would get much playing time as a rookie, I might
of rather traded back in the first and picked up Starks. In the second I would of went with Scourton or Green if Starks was my first round
pick, but Scourton benefitted from Stewart's disruption and we don't know what is going on character wise with Green.
I would of traded back in the 2nd and still selected Knight and added a pick. I guess that is about the only thing I would really do different.
Honestly, we don't know Ratledge will be a better pro than Fairchild either. I do think I would of taken Watts if we could of gotten him with
the Knight trade back. Was really high on Kennard as well so I probably take him there, good one. Also like Evans maybe over Rivers, I don't
know honestly lol
