morasp
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We get a lot of Bengals games where I live and when they started to get rid of players like Dalton, Atkins, and Green I really started to wonder if they knew what they were doing. Fast forward to 2021 and they played in the Super Bowl. It made me wonder how did they did it.
Despite having a veteran QB with Andy Dalton who had taken them to several playoff games they drafted Joe Burrow first overall in 2020. Much like the Cowboys when they took Troy Aikman the Bengals knew that QB is what makes it go. Burrow was a once in many drafts player who came in and impressed in his first year.
Another top 10 pick in 2021 allowed them to draft Burrow's teammate in college J'Mar Chase who Graded out higher than most of the top WRs in previous drafts including Amari Cooper. Burrow and Chase had chemistry from their time together at LSU and forced defenses to adjust their schemes last year.
The rest of the skill positions were high draft picks with the lowest being Tyler Boyd at pick 55 in round 2.
RB Joe Mixon pick 48 2017
WR Tyler Boyd pick 55 2016
WR Tee Higgins pick 33 2020
The offensive line received little or no attention in the draft other than the Tackle Williams and it showed with Burrow getting sacked multiple times in games.
OT Jonah Williams Pick 11 2019
OT Riley Reiff FA 2021
OG Hakeem Adeniji pick 180 2021
OG Quinton Spain FA 2020
OC Trey Hopins UDFA
TE CJ Uzomah pick 157 2015
On defense the FS, one DE, and all three LBs were draft choices and the rest were FAs singed in 2020 and 2021,
FS Jessie Bates pick 54 2018
SS Von Bell FA 2020 APY $6 Million
LCB Chidobe Awuzie FA 2021
RCB Eli Apple FA 2021
MLB Germaine Pratt pick 72 2019
WLB Logan Wilson pick 65 2020
SLB Markus Bailey pick 215 2020
DE Sam Hubbard pick 77 2018
DE Trey Hendrickson FA 2021 APY $15 million
DT DJ Reader FA 2020 APY $13.25 million
DT BJ HIll FA 2021
DT Larry Ogunjiobi FA 2021
Slot CB Mike Hinton FA 2021 APY $6 Million
Despite having a veteran QB with Andy Dalton who had taken them to several playoff games they drafted Joe Burrow first overall in 2020. Much like the Cowboys when they took Troy Aikman the Bengals knew that QB is what makes it go. Burrow was a once in many drafts player who came in and impressed in his first year.
Another top 10 pick in 2021 allowed them to draft Burrow's teammate in college J'Mar Chase who Graded out higher than most of the top WRs in previous drafts including Amari Cooper. Burrow and Chase had chemistry from their time together at LSU and forced defenses to adjust their schemes last year.
The rest of the skill positions were high draft picks with the lowest being Tyler Boyd at pick 55 in round 2.
RB Joe Mixon pick 48 2017
WR Tyler Boyd pick 55 2016
WR Tee Higgins pick 33 2020
The offensive line received little or no attention in the draft other than the Tackle Williams and it showed with Burrow getting sacked multiple times in games.
OT Jonah Williams Pick 11 2019
OT Riley Reiff FA 2021
OG Hakeem Adeniji pick 180 2021
OG Quinton Spain FA 2020
OC Trey Hopins UDFA
TE CJ Uzomah pick 157 2015
On defense the FS, one DE, and all three LBs were draft choices and the rest were FAs singed in 2020 and 2021,
FS Jessie Bates pick 54 2018
SS Von Bell FA 2020 APY $6 Million
LCB Chidobe Awuzie FA 2021
RCB Eli Apple FA 2021
MLB Germaine Pratt pick 72 2019
WLB Logan Wilson pick 65 2020
SLB Markus Bailey pick 215 2020
DE Sam Hubbard pick 77 2018
DE Trey Hendrickson FA 2021 APY $15 million
DT DJ Reader FA 2020 APY $13.25 million
DT BJ HIll FA 2021
DT Larry Ogunjiobi FA 2021
Slot CB Mike Hinton FA 2021 APY $6 Million
