I like all of the picks so far, just a little annoyed Orlando Brown gets passed up, and is drafted by the Ravens. Hope they don’t end up regretting that.
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Yeah, him and Mark Andrews both. Tough to pass on them but I really liked or 3rd round picks. We needed a LB bad and Hubbard is a steal where we got him. And I think it's a great spot for Hubbard, where he can groomed into a starting spot with the vets ahead of him. The wildcard to me is the 2nd round pick. It's clear we need another safety but I don't know anything about this Wake kid.
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Jamarco Jones is still available!
I'll take 4 of him to finish out the draft, can we do that?
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Just reading a few camp updates and a couple notes (with a metric ton grain of salt since it is coming from the Bengals site): (1) John Ross looks good and has been showing off his speed...I see his progression as a true home run threat as vital to the offense this year; (2) Billy Price is about to return full go in a week or so, and is way ahead of the recovery schedule...Price being NFL ready could be the biggest need we have on offense (other than Cordy Glenn's health).
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Saw the highlights from the first pre-season game against Chicago and thought the offense looked pretty sharp. Would have liked to see the entire first half, but looked like Dalton and the receivers played mostly well together. Mixon had a jaw-dropping touchdown, he is going to be special this year. Anyone see the whole game?
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I think Mixon is a great pickup at the end of the 1st/beginning of the 2nd. He is going to get a ton of opportunities and he has the talent, could have a big year.
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Watched the preseason game against Dallas last night. Really weird game...the first team offense could not have looked much worse, nothing clicked. Yet Price and Glenn looked great from what I could tell. But the offense could not get anything going. First team defense looked subpar at best, not sure we can expect much from the defense this year. Seems like the front 7 looked good, but the secondary not so much. On the plus side, both of our Buckeye rookies looked great. Price really looked awesome and Hubbard blew off the edge for a strip sack in the first half.
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I just think we’re seeing an extremely limited portion of the playbook for the starters, and everyone offensively, to be honest. No need to risk injuries to Green, Dalton, Mixon, etc. They’re being extra careful with Eifert as well, which I’m fine with since Kroft and Uzomah are more than serviceable. I’m eager to see how this team looks once week 1 rolls around. It seems a lot of people have written them off now that Cleveland seems to actually want to compete again in the NFL. I’m not sure they’re a playoff team, but they’ve certainly made the changes I wanted to see in the off season.
They did release George Iloka today, which doesn’t surprise or upset me at all. He was always pretty average once he got his opportunity to start, and now this clears a roster spot for someone like Auden Tate who could be a red zone nightmare in the future for the Bengals.
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I think you are right on the offense, the struggles seem to have been a product of being very vanilla. I think they have talent and it was frustrating to see us not be able to move the ball. But we have the pieces to be successful on offense.
But on defense...I am very disappointed with the Iloka release. Not because I am against it, but because who else do we have? We have neglected the safety position for a long time and I just don't know why the staff is so surprised that we don't have better talent. Really hope that Bates is a stud, because we need him to be. The safety position is looking to be a disaster this year.
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Bates has been getting a lot of praise in camp, and your guess is as good as mine with the other safety. Probably Williams. Wouldn’t mind seeing Josh Shaw get some reps back there. Would be nice to have a ball-hawking Safety again. Maybe Shaw can provide that. I’m still pissed we passed on Malik Hooker in the Draft. But hopefully the guys we have can be efficient enough.
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Honor&Glory
Paper,Rock, Scissors, Lizard, Spock!
I saw the same things I’ve seen for the last 7 years. Dalton is not an NFL QB capable of making NFL QB type throws. Twice missed AJ Green wide open because of his terrible inaccuracy and lack of arm strength. Bill fucking Walsh could be calling the offense and it wouldn’t make a difference because Dalton doesn’t have the arm talent.
You don’t need a strong arm...but you do need to be accurate. Dalton is not.
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