2011 NFL Draft: Cincinnati Bengals Got The Player They Wanted In Georgia's A.J. Green

Not only did they get the best WR in the draft, they also didn’t get caught up in the QB panic and should have some nice options tomorrow at #35

I see aaron william from texas sitting there. Wouldn’t that be a nice pick. he can play safety or corner. We could also but ghee at safety. I think dalton goes to buffalo, I would almost rather have williams instead of mallet.

I would love to have dalton but you dont really find guys like bower out there and think about are frontline then bowers and pposite with dunlap.. seriousl how can we trust geathers and odom… the safe pick would be bowers but i could see why they would draft dalton

think about it we draft bowers, we have a solid Defensive line, hope Jjo comes back, and then we have pacman jones and we need to draft a safety also and then our linebackers can be addressed later in the rounds and then you have a good D built for you for the next season and after that ou just have to add depth

I think Green will be a good-to-great player, and he strikes me as being very serious and committed. That’s a notable quality in a WR. But, is he worth the picks we could’ve had instead, if we’d gone through with that trade? He’ll be judged against that, as unfair as it is.

I initially assumed we’ll get whichever QB Buffalo doesn’t want, in the second. But what if the Pats trade down? Dalton and Mallett could go, and then we’ll have to decide between OL, DL, or someone like Kaepernick. (And I’d be fine with Kaepernick, even if that’s high for him.)

Was there really anything else that much better. I mean you can say what you want now but we will see how this draft was in a year or 2 and I think AJ will be a good one for years to come while im not so sure about the other people we could of taken besides Patrick Peterson which i dont think would of really been a productive pick

gilbert or Cannon

But that kind of draft tumble is a little frightening. Dunlap was expected to go in the late first round, same with Rey. Bowers was possibly being considered as NUMBER ONE OVERALL a month ago. Atlanta tradedup 21 spots to get an injured player who needs surgery. If Bowers, who was considered the most talented pass rusher in a draft that had a record TWELVE defensive linemen go in the first round, slips all the way to 35 then something is really wrong with him. Rahim Moore fills a much bigger hole. But Marvin might not be able to resist trying to steal another Dunlap…tough spot.

I’d be shocked if that didn’t happen. Belechick loves his deals, he probably wouldn’t have to move very far down in the 2nd to do it, he already has THREE 2nd round picks I think, and he’s had a whole day to hammer out a bargain with someone. Might even be us. But I hope it isn’t.

The more I think about it the more I’d be alright with drafting Mallet. I’ve been really wary of him, but I find myself thinking about him the same way I thought about Cam Newton. He has the potential to absolutely self destruct in this organization and take the team down with him for a decade, but if the character reports are exaggerated (and there seems to be growing consensus that maybe they are) he is by far the most talented QB on the board. He might even be the most talented QB in this entire draft.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, as long as this team is run by MB and his spawn (god how awful is it to see Katie Balckburn on those Play 60 commercials?) it is not going to be solidly managed into a perennial contender ala the Steelers or Patriots. We can talk about strategy and sound football logic all we want, the only way we’re going to make any noise is to take some big gambles and have them pay off. Right now, Mallet looks like a decent gamble to me in the 2nd round. He has a better chance of becoming a franchise caliber QB than Dalton. I saw something a while back about 2nd round QB’s – they listed the last 10 or so and I think 1 of them was still in the league after his initial contract ran out. Dalton is at best a 2nd round talent. Mallet is a first round talent who has slipped to the 2nd. I say roll the dice. What’s the worst that can happen? We lose a lot of football games and are the laughing stock of the NFL? How ever will we learn to deal with THAT?

watch as the picks the browns get from the trade turn out better then aj green. well probly take mallet and bowers both of which will be busts. something obviously didnt check out with other teams and they actually have good medical staffs ours sucks and I dont think they could locate a tumor if it was the size of mexico. also mallet is looking a lot like a suckier palmer. cant run with our crapy oline he will get squashed play after play. no leadership skills it was said in previous articles on the way to the draft. I would rather trade chad for a second get a oline and dalton.