08-16-2025, 06:08 PM
(08-16-2025, 04:29 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: You have to have a trade partner, none of us know if there was a trade on the table where Knight was picked.
Golden wanted Knight badly. I am not happy about Patrick and his struggles, but hindsight is 20/20. Need to add a Guard though for sure.
I hear that response a lot, that maybe there was not a trade partner. Sure. Maybe not. But Knight was pick 49. Picks 48 (moved back to 58 and netted another third round pick) and 57 (moved back to 60 for better draft position later) were traded so that those teams could pick up extra picks or better draft position later. Based on that, I think there was a trade market for pick 49, and one that would have allowed the Bengals to move back in range to still get Knight some picks later and add another pick. Bengals had only 6 picks in this draft and really could have used additional picks. Most analysts considered Knight a reach at 49, and many thought he was a third-round pick. I don't see any of the teams between 49 and 60 drafting Knight.
I'm glad the Bengals added Knight. I trust Golden's analysis that he fits his scheme and that we will be very pleased with Knight. I just feel the Bengals had a lot of holes, and I hope that they did try to move back and add a pick. I guess we will never know, as this is not something they will ever speak about publicly.
