Bengals Drop To Third Overall In 2011 NFL Draft

Jerome Simpson is clearly not going to be a #1 WR in this league. We might be able to salvage something from him, but he’s not going to replace Chad. Green can. He could be better.

In theory I like the idea of trading down, but in theory I like the idea of Mike Brown not being the GM making the trade. Outside of Luck, who is a top-5 pick in this draft that someone is going to mortgage their draft on? And a top-5 pick is worth SEVERAL draft picks. I doubt Mike Brown could negotiate something worthwhile. Take AJ Green and your receiving corp is set for a long time between him, Shipley, and Gresham.

This always rooting for a win argument is bull shit. The team is 2-11. There is little right with the Bengals. Rooting for a W to lower our draft pick and give Mike Brown a false sense of security that things might be alright is futile. The “real fan” rooting for a win and pointing out that those who don’t are not true fans when we’re 2-11 is just dumb. Rooting for the higher draft pick and for perhaps extra fuel to make more drastic changes is in the long term interests of the club. We are cheering for the long term interest of the club (which although perhaps hopeless are less hopeless than the short term interests).

Just deludes us from the issues.
The reason they went to the run is because Carson Palmer is worth about 7 points to the opposing team. So reduce his throws and run more.

Lets see if that works against SD and Baltimore. I’m going to guess it won’t. Lets give Simpson a chance in the remaining games, something the Bengals have never done with the kid.

As for who they draft, it’s impossible to tell at this point. If there are lots of good QB’s in the draft, as I think there is, obviously they go get one early.
Then ponder how the Bengals pay CP $12 million next year when his QB rating will be under 80 and mediocre for four straight years.

In this draft, they should get two starters with the number 1 and 2 picks, hopefully one will be a QB and the other in a position of dire need such as free safety, guard, WR, RB, DT, CB. Well with that many dire needs, they should have plenty to choose from.

At this point, if we get Green, Bowers, or Fairley, I’ll be thrilled. We need help at all three positions. (Let’s not fall into the trap of assuming the d-line is fine just because Dunlap and Atkins are doing well. That’s great, and let’s hope it continues, but you can’t have too many pass-rushers.)