Sunday, March 28, 2010
Trading Back
7:45 PM | 
Posted by
Eric
The ideal situation for the Bengals would be to trade back into the early 2nd with one of the teams that has multiple 2nd round picks. This draft is the deepest draft maybe in the history of the NFL and the teams that can get the most players in the first 3 rounds may be looking at a bright future with a good core of young players. If they can't find a trading partner with a team with multiple 2nd round picks, a trade for a 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd in 2011 would also be a good trade.
Their best chance at acquiring a couple 2nd round picks will be if a player falls that a team likes and is willing to give up that extra pick to get him. An example would be if maybe the Chiefs take Berry in the 1st and then someone like Anthony Davis or Bruce Campbell is still there and they are really high on them.
If the Bengals are able to pull this off, they could leave this draft with maybe the best young core of players in the NFL. If this happens and you add this draft to last years excellent draft they could end up with 7 or 8 starters out of 2 drafts which is remarkable. Imagine all the positions they could fill with an extra pick or 2, most likely we'd require another late round pick as well due to the trade value chart.
If we had 3 picks in the 2nd and two in the 3rd the options for the Bengals could open up significantly, we could get a couple players at positions where we don't need a starter but for depth. Players that a raw in talent and need to be developed could be taken. With these 5 picks here's who I would target. With the first 2nd round pick I'd take Nate Allen. I don't think he's that much of a downgrade from Earl Thomas and some people even have him ranked above Taylor Mays. He'd be that ballhawking Safety the Bengals need.
The second 2nd round pick would be Damian Williams if available. The USC WR would be an upgrade over Caldwell for the number 3 WR spot and would give the Bengals a trio of WR's that are very good. Teams would be unable to focus all their attention on Chad and the running game would open up even more for Benson. Williams is talented enough by year 2 I could see him competing with Bryant for the number 2 spot.
The third 2nd round pick would be Rob Gronkowski. He ran good 40 times at his pro day alleviating concerns about his back. The back injury is something that could plague him for the rest of his career and is definitely a risk, but with these extra picks it'd be a risk they could take. I believe Gronkowski is the most complete TE in this draft and Carson would finally have a TE that can actually catch the ball. He's able to block as well unlike the other TE we currently have that can catch.
With our first 3rd round pick I'd take Corey Wooten. When Odom went down last year the pass rush pretty much disappeared. Odom's yet to play a full season since he's been here so depth is definitely needed. In the AFC North a team can never have too many good lineman on either side of the ball.
The last pick in the 3rd would have to be a Guard. If John Jerry is there he'd be the player I want. He's big and a mauler in the run game. He can also hold up well against the pass and with Bobbie Williams still not signed a Guard will be needed. Even when they get him signed he's getting up there in years, plus Mathis and Livings could definitely use some competition for the spot on the left side.
Those 5 players would load our team up with depth distributed pretty evenly both on offense and defense. Also in the 4th the Bengals have 2 picks and there is almost certainly gonna be some players there that have the potential to be starters. Remember this draft is very deep so some 4th round picks this year will be as good as 2nd round picks of last years draft. The 4th round I'd definitely grab a DT. It's the most loaded position in this loaded draft and there are 13 or 14 players that project to be starters at some point in their careers. A DT that can rush the passer would definitely be a plus as that was lacking last season pressure up the middle. The other pick I'd go OLB for depth. Dhani is getting up there in age and at some point Rey may have to take over in the middle. Most likely Jeanty would step in and do a good job, but there'd atleast be another option. Plus they could most likely find someone to be a good contributor on special teams.
Their best chance at acquiring a couple 2nd round picks will be if a player falls that a team likes and is willing to give up that extra pick to get him. An example would be if maybe the Chiefs take Berry in the 1st and then someone like Anthony Davis or Bruce Campbell is still there and they are really high on them.
If the Bengals are able to pull this off, they could leave this draft with maybe the best young core of players in the NFL. If this happens and you add this draft to last years excellent draft they could end up with 7 or 8 starters out of 2 drafts which is remarkable. Imagine all the positions they could fill with an extra pick or 2, most likely we'd require another late round pick as well due to the trade value chart.
If we had 3 picks in the 2nd and two in the 3rd the options for the Bengals could open up significantly, we could get a couple players at positions where we don't need a starter but for depth. Players that a raw in talent and need to be developed could be taken. With these 5 picks here's who I would target. With the first 2nd round pick I'd take Nate Allen. I don't think he's that much of a downgrade from Earl Thomas and some people even have him ranked above Taylor Mays. He'd be that ballhawking Safety the Bengals need.
The second 2nd round pick would be Damian Williams if available. The USC WR would be an upgrade over Caldwell for the number 3 WR spot and would give the Bengals a trio of WR's that are very good. Teams would be unable to focus all their attention on Chad and the running game would open up even more for Benson. Williams is talented enough by year 2 I could see him competing with Bryant for the number 2 spot.
The third 2nd round pick would be Rob Gronkowski. He ran good 40 times at his pro day alleviating concerns about his back. The back injury is something that could plague him for the rest of his career and is definitely a risk, but with these extra picks it'd be a risk they could take. I believe Gronkowski is the most complete TE in this draft and Carson would finally have a TE that can actually catch the ball. He's able to block as well unlike the other TE we currently have that can catch.
With our first 3rd round pick I'd take Corey Wooten. When Odom went down last year the pass rush pretty much disappeared. Odom's yet to play a full season since he's been here so depth is definitely needed. In the AFC North a team can never have too many good lineman on either side of the ball.
The last pick in the 3rd would have to be a Guard. If John Jerry is there he'd be the player I want. He's big and a mauler in the run game. He can also hold up well against the pass and with Bobbie Williams still not signed a Guard will be needed. Even when they get him signed he's getting up there in years, plus Mathis and Livings could definitely use some competition for the spot on the left side.
Those 5 players would load our team up with depth distributed pretty evenly both on offense and defense. Also in the 4th the Bengals have 2 picks and there is almost certainly gonna be some players there that have the potential to be starters. Remember this draft is very deep so some 4th round picks this year will be as good as 2nd round picks of last years draft. The 4th round I'd definitely grab a DT. It's the most loaded position in this loaded draft and there are 13 or 14 players that project to be starters at some point in their careers. A DT that can rush the passer would definitely be a plus as that was lacking last season pressure up the middle. The other pick I'd go OLB for depth. Dhani is getting up there in age and at some point Rey may have to take over in the middle. Most likely Jeanty would step in and do a good job, but there'd atleast be another option. Plus they could most likely find someone to be a good contributor on special teams.
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