and there goes Groves…

Are still available. 15 picks to go. So it seems that the DT pool is still alright. Only one DT has gone since we picked Simpson.

There’s also Ahtyba Rubin and the behemoth Red Bryant.

Yea, so it would appear that NOT taking a DT isn’t biting the Bengals right now. I know everyone wants one NOW so we can be rest assured of having a high quality DT. But we’re alright and there’s options out there.

Only four have gone and the Bengals pick twice in the third round. Hey, I’m still optimistic.

Not to be confused with an imaginary album by The Who here’s some of those on the board going into Sunday(courtesy of DraftDaddy):

DE Cliff Avril, Purdue
DE Brian Johnston, Gardner-Webb
DE Darrell Robertson, Georgia Tech
DE Kendall Langford, Hampton

DT Ahtyba Rubin, Iowa State
DT Pat Sims, Auburn
DT Dre Moore, Maryland
DT Red Bryant, Texas A&M
DT Marcus Harrison, Arkansas
DT Nick Hayden, Wisconsin

LB Dan Connor, Penn State
LB Gary Guyton, Georgia Tech
LB Erin Henderson, Maryland
LB Phillip Wheeler, Georgia Tech
LB Xavier Adibi, Virginia Tech
LB Shawn Crable, Michigan
LB Marcus Howard, Georgia

CB Justin King, Penn State
CB Antwaun Molden, Eastern Kentucky
CB Charles Godfrey, Iowa
CB Orlando Scandrick, Boise State

DB Reggie Smith, Oklahoma
DB Tyvon Branch, Connecticut

S Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame
S Josh Barrett, Arizona State
S DeJuan Morgan, North Carolina State
S Quintin Demps, Texas El Paso
S Craig Steltz, Louisiana State

and

QB Eric Ainge, Tennessee
QB John David Booty, Southern California
QB Andre Woodson, Kentucky

RB Jamaal Charles, Texas
RB Kevin Smith, Central Florida
RB Jacob Hester, Louisiana State
RB Chauncey Washington, Southern California
FB Peyton Hillis, Arkansas

WR Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt
WR Lavelle Hawkins, California
WR Early Doucet, Louisiana State
WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
WR Will Franklin, Missouri
WR Mario Manningham, Michigan

TE Brad Cottam, Tennessee
TE Craig Stevens, California

OT Carl Nicks, Nebraska
OT Oneil Cousins, Texas El-Paso

OC Jeremy Zuttah, Rutgers
OG Roy Schuening, Oregon State
OG Eric Young, Tennessee

Based on stats alone, I’d have to go with Bryant. 6-5, 330 and, apparently, a proven run stopper, if a marginal pass rusher. On sheer size alone, I wouldn’t mind seeing him in stripes- not the kind of stripes Chris Henry will soon be wearing ;).

Here’s Jerome Simpson making a spectacular catch. The more I read about him, the more I think he could be a good one. Still pissed Mike Brown wussed out on going for Ellis.

analyze Jerome’s game.

Not quite sure how they can tell by watching one route that he lacks “that second gear”. But they predict he could be a starting NFL receiver.

I’m determined to be positive…at least until we storm the Brown compound with pitchforks and torches. 8)

He seems like a good possession type receiver, but I think it was too early.