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Davis Mills - QB, Stanford Shi Smith - WR, SCAR Keith Taylor - CB, Washington James Wiggins - FS, Cincy Andre Cisco - FS, Cuse Chazz Surratt - LB, UNC Hunter Long - TE, BC Josh Myers - IOL, OSU

The Bengals have two young OTs who are pretty promising. They're probably going IOL pretty early and possibly pretty often though.

Signing a recent UDFA off the scrap heap has zero implications of what you are doing with the #5 overall pick. With that said, go ahead and pencil in Ja'Marr Chase.

Yep, time will tell. We very well may be kicking ourselves in a couple of years for not doing it. That's very possible.

It's a calculated decision. We obviously just don't think he's worth it. I gotta trust that evaluation. I mean, we knew as soon as it happened that we no longer controlled our QB destiny as soon as we won that WFT game. If we were sitting at #3 instead of #8, I think there's likely zero chance we trade for Darnold and we'd be zeroed in on building around either Fields or Lance.

We went the safe JAG QB route last year. That's the worst option. That's purgatory. We're going with the more talented JAG option this year with higher bust potential. That's better. Either he works out or he fills his Clausen role and hopefully delivers our next MVP QB. Not sure who that could be...

No reason to officially do it before the deadline. Especially before seeing how the draft shakes out.

Macaulay Culkin, the crack head looking version

I honestly don't have a problem with us not trading up to #3. I like Fields a lot. I'm not sure I like Fields enough to have outbid the Niners though. They went ALL in.

And yet Goff is still much better than the QBs we've spent significant resources rolling the dice on the past two off-seasons. We're shopping in the dumpster out back of Dollar General, but paying Target prices to harken back to Gettleman euphemisms.

IMO, the Darnold trade was all about reading the tea leaves and seeing that #8 was likely too low to land a QB we like and the trade market to get in position to do so was too rich for our taste. I definitely don't think it takes us out of play on one of those QBs if they happen to be there at #8. We're probably setting ourselves up to try the same approach the Seahawks did. They signed Matt Flynn in free agency after he showed out in GB in a couple of games then hedged that bet by drafting Russell Wilson in the 3rd. The rest is history. Wilson came in and won the job from day one and Matt Flynn pretty much disappeared as a footnote in NFL history. If things don't work out at #8, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see us draft a guy like Kellen Mond or Davis Mills later in the draft.

Make note of the last line in the post you quoted.

Keep swinging until you hit.

Just moved back to NC from CO within the past year. Lived in CO for 14 years. Pueblo? Yikes.

It wasn't removed, it was just locked because it was misleading. You posted a thread saying Moss was coming to Carolina. You linked a purely opinion piece that Carolina should look at signing Moss. Long-time posters have gotten temporary bans for this stuff.

What do you guys get out of these misleading thread titles?

Wow. This dude is about to go into his sixth NFL season. Who would've thought? Hell, good for him.

This. I wouldn't let Darnold being here keep me from drafting one of those guys but I think that trade was made in large part because we don't expect those guys to be there. If it happens, just smile and make the pick anyway. Darnold being here means the rookie wouldn't have to be pressed into an immediate starting role if he isn't ready and we figure out what to do with Darnold after the season.

Sewell all day long. Positional value matters.

Gotta love it when posters think every thought that passes through their skull is worthy of a new thread...

I agree. Maybe he'll end up being great but from a physical talent standpoint I really struggle to project him to the NFL.

This is what every team claims to do. It's not like you're ever gonna have a team come out and say, "Listen, we know he wasn't the best player available but we're really fuging desperate here!" though that approach clearly plays out in every draft.

I'm really hoping the Niners draft Jones. One, because it'll be hilarious. Two, because I'm gonna be nervous if we're on the clock at 8 and Jones is still available.

WY isn't legal. Montana just went legal. New Mexico isn't legal. Idaho is the most Nazi cannabis state in the country. South Dakota isn't legal. Nebraska isn't far behind Idaho. Colorado is home base for the Broncos, but it's only a fraction of the footprint of that fanbase.