Several teams interested in Andre Smith; Bengals a 2009 sleeper?

by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 1, 2009 4:18 PM EDT in Analysis

Even though people made fun of us for drafting Andre Smith during the mock draft, it would seem to me that we know more about what we're talking about. Steve Wyche writes that there's multiple teams Smith plans to meet -- including the Bengals, Ravens, Jets, Eagle, 49ers and Browns. There is an irony here if you can see through it.

What happened with safety Roy Williams?

James Walker asks: could the Bengals be a 2009 sleeper? Hey, I'll take it.

Adam from Bengal Stripes talks Dhani Jones.

Dave likes chronic -- or did we totally misread that?

Does Rey Maualuga need to be closely monitored?

Someone mocks the Bengals drafting Brandon Pettigrew, a tight end, with their second round pick. We understand the point, but tight ends are not critical to our offense like, say, a center.

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too fat?

for those who say hes to fat, just remember the offensive line of the cowboys in the 90’s!!!! enough said…….

by cinbengal_85@yahoo.com on Apr 1, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Hey, hey, hey! I don’t care if he’s Fat freaking Albert if he run blocks like a bulldozer. Might not be a bad idea to have him play LG, next to Collins, while Whit lines up outside of Bobbie.

I could have convinced myself that Roy Williams was a good move but, what, with the Final Four coaching and whatnot, he was just too busy.

Sleeper? Probably. Awakened at any point during the season? Ant to Rubber Tree Plant.

Watching Dhani fall off the hunting horse on Monday was hysterical. Of course, watching anyone uncomfortable around horses try to ride on is usually funny.

Jay Cutler thinks he’s the second coming of John Elway but he’s more Jake Plummer. His sorry ass better not fuck up our draft.

I don’t think Pettigrew falls past Philly at 28.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Apr 1, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

Pettigrew doesnt get past Atlanta at 24.

by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 1, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

completely agree about andre smith

the criticism about his body has gotten a little ridiculous. There are plenty of examples proving you don’t necessarily have to be ripped to be a damn good offensive linemen. His college game film is much more telling than snap shots of him running in shorts and the film shows hes a mauling run blocker. As someone whos been beating the whitworth is a tackle drum for a long time, I think it makes sense to take a chance on Andre knowing the worst case scenario is having to move him to guard and moving whitworth out to tackle. That line would be dominant in the run game (pending we draft a decent center of course).

by CincyMike56 on Apr 1, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I had to rewind Dhani’s front-end-of-the-horse flip several times…yeah, that was pretty funny.

by TheWalrus1971 on Apr 1, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions

We are scraping the playbook so they say, we want to become more of a power running team, so they say. That’s why we are spending 9 mill on a WR, but that’s a different point.

They want to build this fierce running game, Andre Smith is the BEST run blocker in this draft. Especially at RT, his pass blocking is above good, but not great. He might have big man boobies, but you know what, if BJ Raji or any of the other O-Lineman took off thier shirts (especially Herman Johnson!!!) a lot of people would of had a different look on them as well. It’s his body, he is fat yes, but on the field he is strong.

by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 1, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions