Pre-Draft Open Thread
by jsl413 on Apr 22, 2010 12:30 PM EDT
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PrintThe NFL Draft starts in seven hours, give or take a few seconds based on the accuracy of the SB Nation and official NFL Draft clock. As the clock ticks down and anticipation builds, the Bengals massive scouting department is assuredly arguing vehemently as the draft board cements into place. As you and I, we, the fans prepare for this year's edition of wild speculation and sometimes unfounded player projections and prognostication, here are some fun things that we can look at.
- Charting the Bengals' activity with this year's draftees. Who have the coaches and "scouts" seen? Who have they been rumored to like?
- Here's the Cincy Jungle 2010 mock draft, which has consumed countless hours of hard work from community member FriarBob and his crew of willing participants. Thanks, Bob, for all the work! Feel free to post your own or your favorite mock drafts in the comment section to drive conversation.
- Take a look at unlikely draft position targets that shouldn't shock you - at least not after you've read this!
- Revisit recent drafts and get a feel for the Bengals war room, (HT: ephram) even if recent trends have diverged from overall Bengal draft history, particularly in the second round.
- Other cool links: IF you have ESPN insider, you can check out Football Outsiders' Draft War Room rankings(I'll show you the Bengals'), in which the Bengals come in at 29/32. See the explanation below. In case you've forgotten which players the Bengals have drafted lately, Joe Reedy has a great summary of M-Lew's drafts that includes how each draft pick fared. Also from FO, for you statheads, check out their scientific method of comparing collegiate success to NFL productivity.
"For each team's picks from 2000 to 2007, Footballl Outsiders calculated the Games Started Above Average (GSAA), a weird-science metric that compares the number of starts a player had during his first five seasons to the starts of a baseline player of similar draft value. But we also factored in the draft history, expertise of decision-makers and overall efficiency of every operation to get our 1-32 ranking."
29. Cincinnati Bengals
Team president Mike Brown oversees the league's leanest scouting operation, while coach Marvin Lewis occasionally weighs in. Their record includes quality corners (Leon Hall, '07, RD1) and linebackers (Rey Maualuga, '09, RD2). If only Cincy's picks spent more time with the team than with the cops.
GSAA: Minus-1.15
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I hope when it all comes down in about 11 hours when we select, I hope “Dez Bryant WR/Oklahoma State” gets announced for the pick by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The thing that scares me is that a team like Baltimore trades up to Atlanta and selects Dez Bryant if he were to fall into our laps.
Going into the draft here is how I think our big board looks like.
1.) Earl Thomas
2.) Joe Haden
3.) Dez Bryant
4.) Jason Pierre-Paul
5.) Taylor Mays
6.) Jermaine Gresham
I just don’t think we will go with Gresham, and I think Gronkowski is our TE of choice followe by Dorin Dickerson and one of these two will go in round 2 to us
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Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see Baltimore chase Bryant, either
If Bryant’s gone, of those guys you listed, I think it’d be a waste to draft Gresham with the plethora of 2nd round TE talent that will be available, between Gronkowski, Dickerson, McCoy, etc. I’m afraid of Taylor Mays’ coverage. If Thomas falls that far, I’d be ecstatic.
Yeah
Earl Thomas won’t fall, I just do not see it happening, Dallas Cowboys will trade up to get Earl if he slips past San Francisco.
I agree with your statement, I think it is a waste of a pick to draft Gresham, I think you put him on 50% of the other teams, he puts up 7-8 TD’s this year, on the Bengals he gets 2-3 with 400 reception yards at best.
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by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 22, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Who are you? You write for the Enquirer?
Or is that a joke?
I think, at 21, the Bengals will be looking at Mays and Gresham of those guys. I don’t see anyone else slipping. At that point, maybe you trade down. I don’t think Demaryius Thomas is a first round talent, his lack of pro-route experience makes him Jerome Simpson #2 to me. I think Kindle is a reach. We’re just going to have to pray, I think, for someone to slip unexpectedly to 21.
JSL
Nope, 100% serious, I write for the enquirer.
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The ESPN Draft had Mays falling
I think that Mcshay and company mocked Mays to fall to the 49th pick in the draft. That’s second round. It’ll be an interesting draft that’s for sure.
This is our year!
Flip Flop...
Pierre-Paul in to the #2 spot and exit Haden all together,and add a surprise name RB CJ Siller
Pierre-Paul
is another Vernon Gholston. Period.
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by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 22, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
I don’t know how I feel about that, because you are probably 100% true. I just don’t know if that is a good statement or a bad one.
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by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 22, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnson still has a promising career ahead of him.
Pierre-Paul reminds me of him. A lot.
I watched JPP against UC, but that’s the only time I saw him play. He could be great, but I think there are surer things.
Oh No You Didnt..
just cause Gholston was a workout warrior,doesnt make everyone that has a great workout is Gholston bust
he played one year of division 1 college ball
and his stats weren’t out of this world. he’s largely considered to be the biggest bust risk in this draft.
RIP Slim.
Vernon Gholston stats:
37 Tackles
25 solo tackles
14 sacks
(his Junior year)
Pierre Paul
42 Tackles
26 solo tackles
6 sacks
1 INT
While he only played in what 7 games, those stats are pretty incredible. But 7 games is all we are basing him off of and that to me is WAY too scary and he shows bust and athleticism like Vernon.
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by "Mr. NC-17" on Apr 22, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
well
if you look at J-PP’s score in the combine he isn’t exactly the most athletic around and for someone who is seen as a pure-physical prospect that worries me. I wouldn’t draft J-PP in the first and i don’t think he will be by the Bengals… but you never know.
by Sheffieldbengal on Apr 22, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember...
This is Ceds last year on his contract,so you must put a surprise pick of RB CJ Siller in your top 6 at #21
Spiller
isn’t really a good choice to take over from Benson… we need a bruiser to replace Benson when Brown cheaps out.
by Sheffieldbengal on Apr 22, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I Myself Want S Earl Thomas
I think the safety spot is like the TE spot,alot a ? marks and health issues
The thing that might piss me off in roughly 9 hours:
The Bengals might only have to give up their 1st and 3rd rounder, or even 1st 4th and 5th to move into a position to draft Thomas. Or Bryant. Or whoever else.
Al davis will make a ridiculous pick
and things will go nuts from there
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
WHOOOOOOOO????????????
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
whew
jsl you’re scarin the hell outta me
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be here all night. And tomorrow night. And Saturday morning.
And then I’ll fall asleep of boredom/exhaustion in the 6th round.
So Does The League..
I mean where does it say you cant drink with a woman and hope shes got bud blindness till 6am? haha
you have to be careful over there, nawmeenn???
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
alright yall
lets see what ya think of this:
Dexter McCluster 2nd round (thus bust)
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah and Anthony McCoy in the 3rd
MEGA guess… Clifton Geathers in the 6th?
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I don't see McCluster either.
I can definitely see Owusu-Ansah in the 3rd though. I think that’s a pretty likely pick. McCoy would be awesome as well – either him or Gronkowski.
I'll stop, just let me get this out of my system
I love Samoan players, if things worked out I would love to have more
Tyson Alualu in the 2nd
He’s not exactly Samaon but a Pacific rimmer none the less…
Would create the Pacific Rim Triangle with him next to Peko and Rey when he moves inside
surprise pick
Odrick
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember..
we have shored up some WR issues,and dont forget we still have Simpson (who I like alot given a fair chance),but this is Ceds last year,and Scott is a change a pace back and showed last year he was able to handle the big load game after game.
I see some Spiller|Scott similarities
I think the Bengals probably like Gerhart too. I don’t see Spiller at 21. I also wouldn’t be shocked if the Bengals drafted him.
Gerhardt
is exactly who I was going to say for surprise pick. He’d pick up right where Ced left off.
From Football Outsiders
FO_BBarnwell
Biggest fallers from this time last year: J. Gresham (#5), C. McCoy (#6), A. Ulatoski (#9), C. Black (#11), G. Atkins (#12), G. Selvie (#16)
has anyone been watching the jon gruden camp pieces
on espn.com?
made me fall in love with thomas and spiller.
RIP Slim.
saw some slivers of the
qb ones….
you say The Earl was on there?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
right, me too
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
got memory....
yeah…smoke smoke smoke….
you never get anything out of Marvin:
“we’re looking to make our football team a better football team with higher football knowledge and so on and so forth, and that’s a good thing”
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
*great memory*
sorry, lmao, wasn’t trying to rip a got milk? commercial, my bad
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
that honor belongs to you
not slick enough for that
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
OK I am officially anxious now
I took two vacation days from work so I could listen to all the talking, now i am ready
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yeah, lets get this over with so
we can start researching the new players, right?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
more exciting players join the Bengals
can’t beat that:
TE, WR, LB, S, DL, OL…..who knows, right?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
projected 2nd or 3rd rounder, i think.
Rhodes scholar that opted to forego the draft to pursue a Masters at Oxford(?)
pretty nice Safety from Florida State
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
6th, maybe
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1116563?tag=pageRow;pageContainer
but a steal earlier.
by IgnatiusJReilly on Apr 22, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
some folks I'd really like to see us get somewhere in this draft
Earl Thomas
Demayius Thomas
Dorin Dickerson
Joe Webb
Carlos Dunlap
LeRoy Vann
Geno Atkins
Jameson Konz
John Jerry
Mike Iupati
Tyson Alualu
Koa Misi
Myron Rolle
by IgnatiusJReilly on Apr 22, 2010 2:07 PM EDT reply actions
i don't see
Clifton Geathers on that list
Jumpy Jr’s bro……. arrested……. that’s got Mikey written all over it, what say you?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
As a South Carolina fan
I never could get behind Geathers. I never saw a player that big, make so few plays. He will be overdrafted by a 3-4 team as a DE. He just doesn’t make me think he can play in the NFL.
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thanks for the analysis. I’ve been wondering bout this guy.
I def agree with you that he seems to be an ideal 3-4 DE.
just saw brother of current player, arrested…. ya know where i’m goin
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah no doubt
If we pick a SC guy, I want the high effort Eric Norwood, or in like the 5th round SS Darien Stewart. Stewart brings the hammer and Norwood has a relentless motor. Norwood is just a liability in coverage.
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Strong-side 'backer
How about A.J. Edds, Iowa to take over outside when Maualuga moves over to the middle? Seems like a solid player we could get in the middle rounds.
My first-round list
1. Earl Thomas, of course. But I think he’s either going to go in the top ten, or someone will trade up to get him (and I doubt it’ll be us).
2. Kyle Wilson. Look at our last few first-round picks…Leon is theoretically a number two corner (I think he’s our real number one), Rivers is a WLB, Andre Smith is a RT. We haven’t usually gone after key positions in round one, so I can see us spending our first-rounder on a number three CB.
3. Maurkice Pouncey. I think he’s underrated, and we do like our offensive linemen to be versatile.
4. Dez Bryant. It may seem strange to have him this low, but I’m a bit worried about his personality. Could be meaningless conjecture, could be serious. But I’m very risk-averse.
5. Nate Allen. In this scenario, we’d trade down. I can’t imagine him falling to us in the second, I think someone will grab him in the late first/super-early second.
As for players I’d like us to get in later rounds…Moeaki or McCoy, Norwood or AJ Edds (great SLBs), Taylor Price, and some sort of workhorse RB.
Well...
…I’m high on Morgan Trent, and I don’t think that David Jones is as bad as some people have made him out to be. But if Thomas and Bryant are gone, I think that Wilson is a safer bet than Gresham, Mays, or Iupati.
by Big Sky Bengal on Apr 22, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
John Thornton
Nope. Top 5 talent RT @werdnADucker: would you pass on Dez for Mays?
JohnThornton (JohnThornton),
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Thomas and it is not even close
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wow, ok
damn, not even close, eh?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the WR class is deeper
Plus Thomas is just a ridiculous ball-hawking safety that we don’t have
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yeah, guess you're right
guess i’m surprised. no issues, Dez is a Top 10 Pick. And the “issues” are BS, man, he lied to NCAA, but what else?
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and his lie was about something that wouldn’t even have been a violation. It seems weird that the media has pegged this guy as a problem child.
This is our year!
exactly 9, exactly
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you guys think it's just that
the media has pegged him as a problem child? Or do you think there’s truth to the notion that a significant amount of teams see him that way too? I agree that the perception surrounding DB is very strange.
i think its the media…. anything to stir up some drama…. effin media
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
wow…. srsly Jaegs?
Can’t believe it yall.
9 needs someone to throw it to.
Remember: 2 Bryants are better than 1
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by Hudepohl Dey on Apr 22, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha I'm all about Dez, man
don’t get me wrong. It’s a close call, but like Kabash said, Thomas brings that playmaking ability to our secondary. I want us to have our own Ed Reed.
There's no way he drops past the top 15.
I just can’t see it because he looks pretty freaking special.
aright yall: i give you, Pat Kirwan vs Peter Schrager:
Kirwan
@#54 Tyson Alualu
@#84 Myron Lewis
@#96 Eric Decker
Schrager
@#54 Morgan Burnett
@#84 Mardy GIlyard
@#96 Thaddeus Gibson
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I am assuming Gresham @#21
I love Burnett at 54, and Gilyard at 84, I don’t like Gibson though.
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Gonna have to go with Dez Bryant
he has got to be raring to go after having to sit out last year. He is an elite athlete and playmaker. It is hard to guess how long Ocho will be in Bengal stripes so Bryant would be a great replacement. He should be able to contribute right away as well.
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Anyone besides me plop down $27 for the Mel Kiper Draft Guide
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will gladly provide it on any obscure picks it may help with
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Once we get passed the 3rd round, I'll be clueless
That’s why I’m glad we have people like you and Thundering Turtle (hopefully) on draft day!
I bet he is man, I would be
They’re costing him a lot of money. Luckily, they may also help him get on a good team. Like the Bengals.
RE:
Honestly, I can’t blame him. But at the same time, he needs a crash course on how to let this stuff slide off his back. A little thick skin, ignore the media, etc.. what else can you do at this point?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Is he whining or simply responding with his side?
I’d be pretty pissed if these guys were asking misleading questions just to see if I’d get mad or putting diva reports out there.
sh!tbag roethliberger
big ben goes to raiders for 8th overall and mcfadden or 8th overall,3rd and 5th. heard it here first, put it in the book. glad he`s out of our division
i gotta good source from pitts office, so we should see soon. heard hes gonna go, rooneys are more than pissed and no one is safe
Interesting. I hope you're right.
Adam Schefter just tweeted that it’s “highly unlikely” that Roethlisberger is traded. I’d love to see him out of the division on some terrible team like Oakland, but I’m not optimistic that it’ll happen.
Raiders reportedly are shoping Mcfadden. Chargers shopping Merriman.
Merriman not a real good fit for us. Wonder what they are asking for McFadden?
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/12381/mcfadden-and-merriman-on-the-move
I read Detroit offered the 66th pick to OAK
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I just heard from a reliable inside source, that Jermaine Gresham and Dez Bryant are the two people we have been debating back and forth upon drafting with. Taylor Mays is not in the top 5 on our big board, but we have
1.) Gresham
2.) Bryant
3.) Iupati
as our top 3.
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Still think not much of a drop off in the 2nd and 3rd round tight ends.
And who knows how far Anthony McCoy could drop. Reports are he failed a Urine test at the combine. Could knock him into the fourth.
yeah
he tested positive for pot, I personally think if Dez Bryant is there it makes more logical sense to get him then Dorin Dickerson or Rob Gronkowski in round 2, but I also heard we might wait until round 3 (comp) to select Riley Cooper WR/Florida.
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Dez Bryant is there we take him, I think.
We can get a TE in rounds 3 or 4. Gronkowski was there in round 2 then yea we could pull the trigger in round 2.
meh
I heard Mike is leaning towards Dez and Marvin wants Jermaine. Should be interesting.
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So this is what I heard and it makes little sense to me.
We are wanting to run the ball more this coming season and this is why we are drafting Jermaine Gresham the second we get the chance.
So once again (2nd year in a row) we are drafting a primary pass catching TE and trying to turn him into a blocking threat.
This angers me.
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I got some sources
The reason why more are weighing in on Gresham because they want to want him to primarily a red zone threat and a blocking TE instead of stretching the field.
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RE:
Sounds reasonable.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a huge waste of a pick.
If you want a TE for a Red Zone thread only, you don’t draft him in the first round. That’s what Gronkowski, etc. are good for. Gresham is a gamebreaker. If he’s goin to be primarily used as a red zone guy, it’s a waste to me.
Gresham above Bryant is disappointing
only due to the plethora of TE talent available later. Although, if Gresham is a phenom, I won’t be complaining.
Who would jump on Anthony McCoy in the late 4th?
Its possible with the urine. Most had him projected as a 3rd rounder. Especially if we hadn’t addressed TE by then. I’m not sure we will wait that long though.
Dude
If they haven’t picked up a TE by round 4 and McCoy is there, they better take him, or I will fly all the way from the UK to pay the Bengals war room a visit.
Possible with the Bengals.
It all depends on how the Tight Ends start coming off the board. you may be in round 3 with only 2 TE taken. I say BPA. That being said wouldn’t be the first draft that we are wondering what Mikey is thinking.
Randy Moss had weed issues as well....
he turned out to be pretty good.
From what I have read, a larger portion of the potential draft picks has tested positive somewhere along the way. This is getting to be a bigger issue than in years past. It seems most teams are getting over it and taking them anyway. I would.
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Surprise
I bet someone very surprisingly good will fall to us at 21 a la Oher lat year to Baltimore.. Maybe Dan Williams the St from Tenn.
by quickslant on Apr 22, 2010 4:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I would personally like to see Rolando McClain
drop to us. I seriously doubt he will and I don’t know if the Bengals would take a LB in the first. However, I think he will be stud in the League for years.
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Not sold on Taylor Mays
I’m still not sold on Taylor Mays. I’d rather see Earl Thomas. Earl Thomas and Roy Williams. Gives us the ball hawk and the hard hitting enforcer. I wouldn’t be entirely upset with Mays though. Depending on how the 2nd and 3rd play out.
Would anyone be upset if we selected Iuputi?
I hope someone better falls but this would not be a bad selection. What does everyone else think. I see NC 17 had him number 3 on our big board according to his source.
Definitely would not be upset.
There’s a few guys I’d take over him but Iupati would be a solid pick up for sure. You can never invest too much into the o-line.
Kinda my thoughts.
Very solid pick. I think we are all hopeful that someone very surprising falls to us. A Great draft could propel us to an elite team.
My 1st round pick, for what it's worth...
There are four guys I would trade up for: DT Gerald McCoy, FS Eric Berry, DE Derrick Morgan, MB Rolando McClain (in that order). I don’t see those happening…If we stay at 21 and DE Brandon Graham is there, that would be my pick…If not, I would trade down and take DE Everson Griffen…Everybody else in the first, I’m not sold on other than OT Okung, OB Weatherspoon, CB Haden, CB Robinson, and CB McCourty but I don’t think the need is there for those guys…
Anyone can bust.
I think that has been proven over the years. I really don’t see Earl Thomas being a bust though. Been wrong before, but I would be ecstatic if we were able to get Thomas. I seen somewhere they are rating him above Berry. Kirwan I think.
I love Berry but I don't think we'll make the move :(
by huntnevachey on Apr 22, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I don't think so either,
in my mind it’s a no-brainer though. I agree with what a few people on here have said – that we’re only a few players away from being a perennial playoff team. If we need to throw down multiple picks in order to acquire one elite player (especially one that fills a need for us), then do it!
Not as a FS.
I like him as a corner but we don’t have the need in the first.
by huntnevachey on Apr 22, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Browns making one last push to trade the Rams for the first pick
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
The Draft starts at 7:30 on ESPN
What time do you think the clock will start for the first pick?
And what time (approximately) do you think the Bengals will make their selection? Before 10:30?
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9:30ish
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope I get off work at 10:00 o'clock
And Thursday is College Night at the local night club where I’m at.. So I want to know the pick before 10 !
by JamesShively on Apr 22, 2010 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
After taking it all in..
I hope we somehow can get Earl Thomas. If trading up would not cost us the ranch, I say pull the trigger. Even though I like Mays, am worried he’s another Marvin White.. going for the destructive hit rather than the sure tackle. In the NFL, players don’t go down as easily as in college. In light of this, I would do more back flips than Jason Pierre-Paul if we could get Dez Bryant with our first and Nate Allen with our second. This would amp things up quite nicely. Beadles or Render might still be there in the 3rd, and we get our Left Guard. All systems go!!
Possible picks? Being heard at radio city
Rams will take Bradford
Redskins take Berry
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 5:25 PM EDT reply actions
My 2nd round pick, for what it's worth...
I think we’ve gotta go TE…Not sold on Gresham in the first…I would take Dennis Pitta, Aaron Hernandez, or Ed Dickson…I have them rated higher than Gronkowski and I’ve got Dickerson and McCoy rated as 3rd rounders…
This thread reads about the same as this entire blog for the last week.
come on, draft! Get here, get it over with. LOL
You have no idea how much I understand... :)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Bengals Trivia
Who was the Bengals defensive coordinator the last time Cincinnati went to the Super Bowl?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
That was my guess
and then they bumped him up to HC when they got rid of Wyche?
by huntnevachey on Apr 22, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
RE:
That was the start of Dave Shula era. Anyone want to guess the defensive coordinator in Shula’s first year?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
RE:
I’ll give you a clue, his name was Robb.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
DING!
Too easy? Thought some of the younger farts would find that interesting.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
RE:
Well, the other day I was walking in downtown Dayton and saw a total babe. So I spun around to check her out and my back has been sore since… just saying. :)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Jaegner.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Brown
I also believe that he will be the OC and HC by it is all said and done.
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Trivia question for us old farts..
What former Bengal QB went to the Chicago Fire of the now defunct World Football League?
Virgil?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
We've had lots of Virgil Carter trivia in the past.
He’s always good for a few questions. :)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm new to this blog
Thought he was pretty decent, but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me
A lot of chatter.. Seem's the Browns are wanting to make moves
as well as the Broncos.. I think it’s going to get interesting.. That’s one thing the Experts never try to predict.. Trades up and down..
by JamesShively on Apr 22, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
RE
To be honest, I remember the same amount of chatter last year in the hours leading up to the draft.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN
is talking about the Eagle’s trying to trade up to the 12th pick. If that happens I bet they’ll take Earl Thomas.
RE:
Yea, they’re big on him.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
GEEZ
Days have gone by quicker than the past two hours.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
no kidding
My three favorite things in the world in no particular order: My wife, sex with my wife, and The Cincinnati Bengals
Thread
Hey guys, we’re going to have a new open thread opening up at 6:30. This will be our “official” open thread.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
Dez
Are the Broncos the only team to worry about RE: Dez?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:09 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t think Broncos will go down the Brandon Marshall route again, I think they are looking defense or offensive line, Seattle (even though they are out for Dez supposedly) and Pittsburgh are the two scariest teams to go after Dez
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RE:
Unless they trade Big Ben. :)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
From a little here and there..
The Broncos may trade down a little to take Tebow..
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/22/more-discussion-of-tebow-to-broncos/
by JamesShively on Apr 22, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
RE:
Adam_Schefter: The more I hear, the more I believe that Florida QB Tim Tebow is going to be a first-round pick tonight #nfldraft
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats wussup!
Hopefully this is an indication that Dez keep’s falling..
by JamesShively on Apr 22, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Holmgren declined to delve into specifics as far as his offer to the Rams, but indicated he would be willing to part with most — but likely not all — of the Browns’ 10 picks and perhaps a pick or picks next year for the consensus No. 1 quarterback in this year’s draft. Holmgren, however, is not optimistic that the Rams will pull the trigger on a trade. “They shouldn’t do it,” he said. “They need a quarterback more than anyone in the world.”
God. This is about as big a smoke screen as one could get
No way that Holmgren would part most or all of the Browns picks. They have way too many needs. You can be successful in this league with a management quarterback.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Todd vs. Mel
Stoooooooooooopid.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
RE:
Whenever it gets to the point that they have to preface everything with “I respect you,” then you know it’s either going to be really good, or really bad. Either way, it’ll be nothing about the draft. Lol.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
With all of this draft hype
Quan Cosby is thinking of going to the Reds game.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
Don't even start with them...
Frickin Harang blaming last night on “bad luck”… WOW
RE:
Next thing he’ll say is that he had bad luck all month.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
So whose going to make the biggest (or dumbest) splash in the first round
Its easy to pick the Raiders
I got my money on Tebow around 10….
RE:
I’ll go with the Browns just because it seems so right to respond with that.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Jason Lacanfora says the Browns are leaning to Kyle Wilson
with the 7th pick
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ESPN Commerical
Love the New Jersey Devil in the elevator commercial.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:27 PM EDT reply actions
I can't watch ESPN's coverage
NFL Network is a ton better to me
I'm Time Warner :(
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
ickey Woods
Did we draft him. If so what round and from wha school?
by quickslant on Apr 22, 2010 6:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
'88, second round...
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by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 22, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Simulcast?
Is ESPN, NFL.com, or anyone else gonna be showing the draft live online?…In the process of moving and my sat is turned off and tv packed…
Official 1st round thread is up.
This one is much prettier, though. Apparently the picture I chose didn’t show up. I’ll be fixing that shortly.
http://www.cincyjungle.com/2010/4/22/1437350/open-thread-first-round-of-the#comments
NFL.com
its nfl.com/live
I download the free Akamai Netsession for better quality
OMG!...Roethlisberger to Cleveland!!!
Just kidding, but it could happen…
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