Post by Trademark on Apr 18, 2005 12:03:19 GMT -5
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The last time the Bengals had the No. 17 overall selection (1998), they nabbed linebacker Brian Simmons.
Just some thoughts wafting around on the winds of a draft with six days to go:
How set is the Bengals offense? You can see a very real scenario at the Bengals pick at No. 17 in which they pass by what they feel is clearly the best offensive player left on the board for the first time since Randy Moss was sitting there in 1998.
The scouts do so much of the key work in the draft when they do the first checking of players early in their college careers and then during the actual season of their last year in school. But the last checking they do, otherwise known as cross-checking, can be just as big.
With the number of defensive ends that look like they have to make the transition to linebacker in the pros, what do the Bengals have to do to avoid making the same mistake they made in 1997 when they drafted Florida State defensive end Reinard Wilson with the 14th pick?
The separation between a first-round player and a second-round player in this draft is so small that nobody knows much of what is going to happen. But one thing you do know is that a player they nobody thought was going to be there at No. 17 will be.
Looking back
Remember ’98 when the Bengals had two first-round picks courtesy of the Dan Wilkinson trade? Barely had they got done introducing Auburn linebacker Takeo Spikes with the 13th pick that they made a call on the 17th.
Legend has it that Bengals president Mike Brown and offensive assistant John Garrett were about the only people in the room pushing Moss, the combustible but brilliant receiver from Marshall. Head coach Bruce Coslet, and deservedly so, was concerned about what that would do to an already tinderbox situation at receiver. The club ended up missing out on a Hall of Famer (and half the league is in that line), but also made a very solid long-haul pick in North Carolina linebacker Brian Simmons.
Since then, it’s been quarterback Akili Smith over cornerback Champ Bailey in 1999, wide receiver Peter Warrick over Florida State defensive tackle Corey Simon in 2000, left tackle Levi Jones over cornerback Phillip Buchanon in 2002, quarterback Carson Palmer over cornerback Terence Newman in 2003, and running back Chris Perry over cornerback Chris Gamble in 2004.
The last time the Bengals had the No. 17 overall selection (1998), they nabbed linebacker Brian Simmons.
Just some thoughts wafting around on the winds of a draft with six days to go:
How set is the Bengals offense? You can see a very real scenario at the Bengals pick at No. 17 in which they pass by what they feel is clearly the best offensive player left on the board for the first time since Randy Moss was sitting there in 1998.
The scouts do so much of the key work in the draft when they do the first checking of players early in their college careers and then during the actual season of their last year in school. But the last checking they do, otherwise known as cross-checking, can be just as big.
With the number of defensive ends that look like they have to make the transition to linebacker in the pros, what do the Bengals have to do to avoid making the same mistake they made in 1997 when they drafted Florida State defensive end Reinard Wilson with the 14th pick?
The separation between a first-round player and a second-round player in this draft is so small that nobody knows much of what is going to happen. But one thing you do know is that a player they nobody thought was going to be there at No. 17 will be.
Looking back
Remember ’98 when the Bengals had two first-round picks courtesy of the Dan Wilkinson trade? Barely had they got done introducing Auburn linebacker Takeo Spikes with the 13th pick that they made a call on the 17th.
Legend has it that Bengals president Mike Brown and offensive assistant John Garrett were about the only people in the room pushing Moss, the combustible but brilliant receiver from Marshall. Head coach Bruce Coslet, and deservedly so, was concerned about what that would do to an already tinderbox situation at receiver. The club ended up missing out on a Hall of Famer (and half the league is in that line), but also made a very solid long-haul pick in North Carolina linebacker Brian Simmons.
Since then, it’s been quarterback Akili Smith over cornerback Champ Bailey in 1999, wide receiver Peter Warrick over Florida State defensive tackle Corey Simon in 2000, left tackle Levi Jones over cornerback Phillip Buchanon in 2002, quarterback Carson Palmer over cornerback Terence Newman in 2003, and running back Chris Perry over cornerback Chris Gamble in 2004.