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Cincinnati Bengals (2013 Season)

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I think it is a great pickup for a couple of reasons. First Dalton has always struggled with the true deep ball so this gives him another weapon to throw to while not giving up on Sanu. It sends a message to Gresham to quick dropping balls in games or you are gone.

With the pick they didn't reach and can fill another need early in the second round.
 
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with both premier safeties gone by the time they picked, they were essentially drafting depth at any other position. Why not get another weapon for Dalton. It was either reach for a RB or draft the best eavailable player and add depth.
 
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buckeyescott11;2332194; said:
The more I think about it, the more I like the pick. BPA and he can actually provide a receiving threat besides Green (something we didn't have against Houston). Hopefully we get Cyprien and Franklin round two.
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THIS. As long as we go safety and runningback in the 2nd, I am good (I particularly like both of these guys). I have a feeling we take Lacy if he is available with our first 2nd round pick though...seems our coaches put zero stock into the safety position.

And the Eifert pick could work out ok if we split him out alot or frequently utilize a creative two-TE set like New England...I think Sanu can be good here and I like Hawkins in the slot (though he was disappearing at times last year), but I just don't think there is a legit #2 guy ready to go this year and I don't think Eifert provides that, at least not yet...and that is what we need. On the other hand, I think there were plenty of receivers available that could have (Hunter, Woods, Hopkins, or Allen). Yes, most are still available but they seem unlikely to pick now that we took Eifert.
 
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Gio Bernard is the pick for the Bengals. Bernard is a nice change of pace back, although I would have preferred Lacy or Ball. Hopefully this doesnt turn out to be Chris Perry over Steven Jackson Part II.

Good news on Smith. Hopefully this frees us up to draft a safety later in round 2.
 
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I like Bernard but a fucking DE with our next pick? We literally picked up a player at the position we couldn't be any more stacked at...I'm speechless. This "best play available" horseshit is getting ridiculous. Why the FUCK do we insist on not ignoring the safety position when it burns us EVERY DAMN YEAR...our safeties are not good, we didn't sign a FA at the position, and we have drafted around a thousand safeties rounds 3-5 that haven't worked out. At this point, it cannot get any clearer for this franchise and we refuse to address it. Why not just take goddamn defensive linemen for the rest of the draft with this philosophy.

But serious question...what are we going to do for safety across from Nelson? Even worse, what if Nelson gets hurt? We have NOBODY.
 
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The Margus Hunt pick does not make sense to me either. We already have one of deepest and most talented set of DE's in the league and are in desperate need of safety help, as seemingly everybody, but Mike Brown and Marvin Lewis, realizes. Additionally, Margus Hunt seems like he has all the measurables, but he is a 25 year old rookie who is extremely raw. The only thing I can think of is that they have no intention of resigning Michael Johnson, which IMO is a mistake.

Finally, they draft a Safety and, I've gotta say, I like the Shawn Williams pick.
 
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I like Bernard but a fucking DE with our next pick? We literally picked up a player at the position we couldn't be any more stacked at...I'm speechless. This "best play available" horseshit is getting ridiculous. Why the FUCK do we insist on not ignoring the safety position when it burns us EVERY DAMN YEAR...our safeties are not good, we didn't sign a FA at the position, and we have drafted around a thousand safeties rounds 3-5 that haven't worked out. At this point, it cannot get any clearer for this franchise and we refuse to address it. Why not just take goddamn defensive linemen for the rest of the draft with this philosophy.

But serious question...what are we going to do for safety across from Nelson? Even worse, what if Nelson gets hurt? We have NOBODY.
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Name an NFL team that spends less money on scouts and coaching than the Bengals. Right. That's why their draft picks always look so WTF-is-going-on?
 
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Hunt pick makes sense to me, actually. I believe Michael Johnson is a FA after this season and with the Bengals needing to extend Atkins, you're probably going to let Johnson walk. So, fill the position with the best available at the position. 4.6 for DE is pretty sick. I'm comfortable with the selection.
 
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