Why drafting Trent Richardson (or any RB) in round 1 is bad drafting

if you have holes in your O Line, you take help there first. I don’t want to draft Richardson at the cost of giving up a future starter at T or G. I think with our obvious needs at CB and O line, I think we fill those spots first. Between those two spots, whoever is the best available is who I hope we take first.

I’d take offensive linemen and a DB in the first two rounds of the draft. You can get a quality RB in the 3rd round, I think the cowboys proved that last year when they drafted DeMarco Murray in the 3rd round. Also I think Benson has some years left in him. You won’t need to replace him just yet.

Just do me a favor and beat the ravens sunday :)

not until the 2nd or 3rd round, depending on how quick they go. I still think Cyrus Gray may be the non-1st-round gem of the RB class.

if the line is just terrible, it wont make a difference who is running the ball. However, if you put a RB that is the caliber of Peterson, Mcfadden (when healthy), or S Jax behind the current Bengals O-line, I think we are much better than we are with Cedric Benson. That said, I think they could find an upgrade for Benson in the 2nd round and there is no need to burn a 1st rounder on a RB

Marvin’s constantly shown he goes for BPA at a position of need. He won’t reach for a guy and he will gladly snap up a guy who’s fallen. Richardson’s apparently on a top 5 talent, best-since-Peterson level. If he falls to either of our first rounders this year, I wouldn’t be surprised if Marvin snapped him up because he’s better than any guard in the draft and there’s some decent interior linemen prospects this year.

We have needs at CB, RB, OG, and I guess FS. Marvin will take the best of any of those players that fall to us. If it’s Richardson, Glenn, and like Jenkins, he’s probably taking Richardson.

He won’t fall to us though so here is what I’m thinking.

OL, CB or SS, SS or WR, RB

1st – OL Decastro or Glenn
2nd – CB Dre Kirkpatrick or Alfonzo Dennard or maybe SS here in Barron since it is a short draft on SS
3rd – SS Rey Rey Armstrong or WR Sanu (I would really like to have Sanu)
4th – RB Isiah Pead

Monte Ball has also caught my attention and might be worth a look in the second if avaible.

I would like us to use picks on OL, DB, RB in the first 4 rounds though.

Teams can find a “PRODUCTIVE” running back. I think we need more than that. Dalton, as good as he has been, probably isn’t going to ever grow into a Tom Brady, or a Rogers up in GB. He most likely isn’t going to be as good as Peyton Manning, or Drew Brees. So how do we make up that difference? How do we improve our offense? I agree that helping the oline out is one way. For sure. But getting an explosive running back with something to prove is another way. If we knew for certain that we could find that type of RB later in the draft, or via trade, I’d jump all over it. But if we’re sitting there at pick number 18 or so, and Richardson is still on the board, we’d be INSANE not to draft him.

You probably didn’t want us to draft Green last year either, and look how that has turned out?

For the most part, I wouldn’t waste a 1st on a RB unless they fell pretty far. For instance, if Richardson fell to the Steelers I would consider picking him, but that’s it. If I was picking within the top 20 picks I really wouldn’t even consider him. However, they are players like Lattimore (who I think is coming out next year) who you just have to take, no matter where you are.

I agree that a great oline makes any running back better. But if a talent such as richardson falls to us i think we have to take him. Alot of people felt we shouldnt of drafted a.j. green and looked how that turned out. I would love for us to get OL through free agency but i dont see it happening when two of the best guards may get the franchise tag. Plus i dont think mikey boy would spend that much money nor do i think we draft a guard in the first round. Even though we should.

but I thought Richardson wasn’t coming out until the 2013 draft? The last I heard he wasn’t even an option for us to draft him, at least not for another year.

I just think it would be a rarity to have talent like Dalton (QB), AJ Green (WR), Gresham (TE) and Richardson (RB) on the same team. Throw in Simpson that could be outstanding as a No.2 WR if he can be consistant, then throw in Shipley as a slot WR and BAM! There you have it, your Super Bowl winning team….
But I would only pick Richardson if he fell to us or didn’t have to give up our other 1st round pick. Having him line up with these other studs sounds good though. Just read and listen to the sound of that line up. Puts a ringing in your ears…

But in order I think I’d look at:
1. DB’s and shut-down corners
2. Interior O-LINE
3. Running back.
4 Backup QB..

if at all possible, although past behavior dictates that they probably won’t. But since top tier corners like Claiborne and Kirkpatrick will likey be gone by the time we pick I actually have my sights set on Mark Barron as a solid safety pick in Rd. 1 or maybe even round 2 if he falls there since it would give us an excuse to get rid of Crocker finally and it would provide a cushion in case the Taylor Mays project fails.

As you said yourself, RBs have a much shorter shelf life than most positions, so why would you look anywhere else other than the draft for one. If you can single out those diamonds in the rough, then great. But usually the higher rated RB has a higher probability of success than a 4-7 rounder or UDA. There are corners and guards that can be picked up in free agency, and I do think MB has gotten the point that screwing Bengals fans will come back to bite him. I don’t think he’ll take the next two free agency periods lightly, and he had to reach his cap floor by next year. Waiting until next year has to be about as stupid of a move as not trading Palmer would have been in that he will lose a lot by not acting.

So out of all the holes that a free agent could fill, RB is the one that they should not try to go for there. Therefore Richardson would be a great pick. If MB sits on his hands again during free agency then yes, there are going to be more important holes to be filled, but I think he realizes that he can’t get away with that anymore.

I would love to see that happen. That would be an offense fans would flock to see, IMO (well, up from the 40k fans we draw). Either Green or Blackmon would be single covered, Gresham would be open in the middle, or there would be a big hole up the middle for our RB… either way, it would be productive and fun to watch.