Alright
so I mentioned this in explanation of process and I figured since receiver is
taking me longer than expected to write up I’d throw this together to put
something out today. As I said I got this from @JoeGoodberry
who writes about the Bengals and D-line and is a pretty interesting follow for
football. The idea goes like this, you make draft picks during the draft and
you watch how those players develop. To start you draft two players per round
for the first couple seasons to start to fill out the roster and take stock as
player contracts would start to come through. I started this last season after I
heard him talk about it and looking back the results were interesting to say
the least. Let’s take a look…
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2016
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Pos
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G/GS
|
Stats
|
|
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Rd 1, Pick 16
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Myles Jack, OBLB, UCLA
|
SLB
|
16/10
|
19 Tkls, .5 Sks, 2 PD
|
|
Rd 1, Pick 17
|
William Jackson III, CB, Houston
|
Inj
|
-
|
|
|
Rd 2, Pick16
|
Andrew Billings, Int, Baylor
|
1T
|
Inj
|
-
|
|
Rd 2, Pick 17
|
Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State
|
15/12
|
121 Tgts, 1137 yds, 9 TDs
|
|
|
Rd 3, Pick 16
|
Nick Vigil, OBLB, Utah State
|
MLB
|
16/0
|
12.5 Tkls
|
|
Rd 3, Pick 17
|
Kalan Reed, CB, Southern Miss
|
4/0
|
1 Tkl
|
|
|
Rd 4, Pick 16
|
Jeremy Cash, SS, Duke
|
N/a
|
-
|
|
|
Rd 4, Pick 17
|
Kenneth Dixon, RB, Louisiana Tech
|
12/0
|
88 Att, 382 yds rush
41 Tgts, 162 yds rec
|
|
|
Rd 5, Pick 16
|
Donovan Clark, OG, Michigan State
|
RG
|
Inj
|
-
|
|
Rd 5, Pick 17
|
Vernon Adams Jr, QB, Oregon
|
N/a
|
-
|
|
|
Rd 6, Pick 16
|
Matt Skura, OG, Duke
|
LG
|
N/a
|
-
|
|
Rd 6, Pick 17
|
Mike Thomas, WR, Southern Miss
|
15/0
|
180 return yds
|
|
|
Rd 7, Pick 16
|
Jason Fainaka, Edge, Utah
|
DE
|
Ret
|
-
|
|
Rd 7, Pick 17
|
Connor Wujiack, Int, Boston College
|
3T
|
Inj
|
-
|
Alright,
the first thing I noticed was I had an injury riddled 2016. Jack, Jackson, and
Billings were all injured. The next thing I noticed was I drafted like half of
the Bengals draft. That aside, six players played in at least four games, two
started double digit games, and Michael Thomas was a bonifide star in his
rookie season. That said there are both literal holes in the roster and holes
that I don’t think players from last year’s draft are going to fill. Cash &
Adams aren’t currently in the league, Skura, Wujciak, and Clark are on rosters,
and Jackson, Billings, Clark, and Wujciak were injured and missed the season.
Looking
forward I need to look for tackles, edge players, DB depth and offensive
backfield help. With 34 players added this season it will be interesting going
into season three seeing what holes need filling and starting to think about
who you’d keep, let go after rookie contracts, and/or franchise tag.
Let
me know how bad you think I fucked this up, what you like, what you dislike and
who you’d try to add to this roster.
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