micnificent28

Agree with this. This a low risk high reward pick. Not mad at all.

I think Humphrey is right there. Has some freakish numbers put up if you need a center. Not sure we are solid on the over paid turnstile we have there.

Slater is the only player I cant really get behind. I think hes overrated off one game vs Chase Young. I just cant get behind him. short arms better guard... not the kind of guy I can vouch for when we talking pitts sewell, fields, and Chase....

I don't think he's any worse than any other talking head scout. Or professional for that matter, scouting isn't an exact science, anything can happen. players can bust for any apparent reason. Doesn't mean your evaluation was wrong, just means they didn't develop or the situation they were in didn't allow them to reach their potential. That said Kiper made me a fan of the draft. Seeing him in late December early February became synonymous with the draft like pollen in spring or fresh cut grass in football season. He's about as must see TV for the draft as anyone else. Good takes or bad ones. You can tell he's passionate about, I love seeing him get heated over Todd mcshays rankings on guys he's lower on than Mel is. Todd Todd,Todd,Todd is a modern classic. But I look at the two like Mcshay is the more analytical modern day scout whom if I had to bet my money on being accurate it's probably him. Mel's the old school I just got a gut feeling about this kid kind of scout. I enjoy seeing them together.

I have this same argument with the huddle every off-season. Mel Kiper deserves a gold jacket. Not only did he make the draft popular, he made watching it and scouting it accessible to the casual fan. He was doing books and takes before most of us knew what it was. It's so cliché to say oh he sucks he missed on Clausen so on. Most people did. He wasn't the only one. Clausen was lauded as a highly recruited number recruit coming out of high school. A 5 star player who showed up to note dame in a hummer limo. He set all kinds of records coming out and had plenty of tools. Missing on Clausen is like missing on Todd marrivich, Ryan leaf, or JaMarcus Russell. These guys have all kinds of talent but for whatever reason fail. Prospects can fail for whatever mental reasons drugs, team situations( David Carr), or injury. Hell Cam Newton was a generational talent and look what we did to him. Wasted his prime and let him get beat into the ground like an old buick. People love to remember your failures and what you got wrong but never what you got right. No one brings up how he nailed Josh Allen and had him well above most and his number 1 qb most of the year. But they will fawn over Mike Mayock. Look what he has done with the Raiders..you guys cried for clelin ferrell because he said he was good and when he selected him with the number 4 pick over Burns look how that turned out. Mock drafts are just for fun sorta like filling out a ncaa March madness bracket. Nobody gets them right. But you know why we mock draft? Mel Kiper.. he deserves a lot more respect than he gets.

I mean I dont know about going back to 19. People think all players are the same caliber. you could bust much easier on the back end of the first than at the top. players at the to have displayed rare tools and have less holes in there game. the difference between say brian burns and a celin farrell(yes he went higher and i hated it then) whom the huddle was crazy about. The lowest I would drop is to around where Patrick surtain and Horn are projected to go. I would much rather have a top tackle or weapon for Darnold, but a potential number 1 CB isnt bad either. After that you start risking busts guys with holes in there game like Little...Great tools but red flags already showing.

Im open to trading back on two conditions.... Pitts isnt there or Sewell... everyone else i would take the deal. Remember this is a rare class at the top. the only reason we even discussing Pitts and Sewell and players like chase so on this low is because there is such a heavy qb class at the top. you wont have a chance at this caliber players very often if your not picking top 5.

Likely??? I think it means they would like to. But it seems if someone wants to trade up for a qb it would be before us at 7 to call our bluff.

he's one of the few... if the only. most are iffy on slater top 10.

no one wants bpa at this point the huddle is all in on tackle

It is a luxury but only in the short term off what you just suggested. If we are losing one for sure next year you reset the clock. It's not like we don't have options at LT, Erving, little, daily and mov we moton to a degree. We could get a good LT in the second. My point is if the grades are close you go with the BPA. I DONT think slater and chase are that close. Not that I want chase.. Pitts or sewell are my 1a 1b. After that then I consider chase. Just don't see slater as a hof talent.

A good LT isn't necessarily good. We don't know how good that is. Good could turn into average.. I don't want average vs hof. Yes positional value but the same could be said for better WR. If their grades aren't even close you go with the grade. I assume chase is miles ahead of slater.

A lot of you want to bargin bin hunt on wrs which i get, but I dont want to pass on a hof caliber talent like Chase for a maybe good LT like Slater... He played well vs Chase young is all i hear but what else...Give me the more talent players and i will bargin on the position with a deeper base pool after that.

this song was fire

If all those guys are gone I honestly go Chase... BPA with only one year on Anderson contract left take a top 4 player in the draft and set your wr core up for the next few years.

Most likely. But it looks like they plugging possible holes so they can draft bpa similar to what we are.

I'm not sure if he is significant enough to say no to Pitts, but I'm assuming he didn't take the job without assurances he wouldn't be tossed to the side. It could give minimum insight into the Bengals thinking tackle at 5. What say you?

I love pitts... he is who I want in my mind.. but in my heart I know we need sewell more so. Hes generational in terms of tackles and is only 20. He is the Pitts of tackles. We keep replaces tackles every season. End the struggle at LT.

I don't think WR is on the staffs mind. I mean hes a wonderful player but, with the holes at tackle te or even corner on defense.. I think they would go that route.

This is the correct answer in either order.

Late rounder rarely amount to anything... at best your looking to get the guy the jags are moving on for Lawrence.. tough to target a late round sleeper and project starter.

I'm a Pitts believer. If you think he is generational, and sewell and slater are just good, go with Pitts first online second. Class deep at tackle take the rarer talent first. Don't just force a need because it's been so long.

I mean it's a better solution than trading 3 first for a risk anyway....

I think the only bad pick to be made would be jones... of course I would rather have fields... maybe lance, pitts after that sewell.