LinvilleGorge

Three straight first round WRs is straight up Matt Millen poo. Considering the draft capital we have tied up on Bryce after that trade we would basically have spent damn near all of our draft capital in recent years on QB and WR just to put one of the most anemic passing offenses in the league on the field. Clown show poo.

I'd love to have him or Allar in the later rounds. It'd be nice to have at least one QB on the roster with an NFL physical tools skill set to try to develop.

I get that but only 11mpg at FAU? That seems like a guy who shouldn't be getting off the bench at UNC.

We added a big man transfer from Florida Atlantic too. That one's a little head scratching. He only played 11mpg for FAU.

At least the Bengals have no money because they've put it all into weapons for Burrow. They can't protect him and they can't stop anybody on D but at least he has weapons until he ends up on IR behind that trash tier OL. When we had Cam it was like we pretended the offensive box was checked because we had Cam who could lead the team in rushing yardage and rushing TDs while also playing QB so we could spend all our resources on D. At the end of the day, the end result is the same. Your franchise QB ends up beat to poo and you struggle mightily to win consistently.

It's like we're allergic to QBs with legit NFL caliber arms. It's bizarre.

Look at the other two. LOL

Imagine having an NFL QB room where Will Grier is the best arm of the group. Oh wee mayne. I guess that's better than Kenny Pickett being the best arm in the room. LOL

Lawrence averages 50+ tackles and 5 sacks per season (not even accounting for injuries) throughout his career and he only had 31 and 0.5 last year (in 17 games). He's knocking on the door if 30 and is probably near 400 pounds. The Bengals probably got royally hosed.

Word is that Lawrence showed up and weighed in at nearly 400 pounds for his Bengals medical check. I'd find a reason to fail him. Blood type tested as bacon grease. Fail. We've all seen what happens when a dominant huge, explosive DT can't manage his weight. You're gonna age like milk. Looking like Kris Jenkins 2.0.

This was a really dumb trade by the Bengals. Lawrence is knocking the door of 30 and is coming off of a very down year. When you're closing in on 30 it's fair to wonder if it was a down year or are the wheels falling off? Huge explosive guys often age like dairy products (Kris Jenkins comes to mind). Meanwhile, their OL is still a disaster and Burrow is getting the hell beat out of him every year and is already starting to openly talk about potentially retiring. Given their massive investment in him and WRs, I would've gone all in on OL this offseason. They had a decent chance to have their pick of the OL litter with that pick. If he's not washed, Lawrence should help their anemic defense, but it won't help their superstar QB from rising off into the sunset because he's tired of getting beat to hell every Sunday and that would've been my priority.

To be clear, I'm not in love with him as a prospect. I'd greatly prefer his teammate Thieneman on the other side of the ball of we're drafting Oregon in the 1st. But I get why a lot of people are high on him as a prospect. Personally, I think he's boom or bust and I'd prefer a guy who is at least theoretically a "safer" pick. We can't afford a bust in the 1st three rounds. We don't have to draft All-Pros but we need some solid contributors with those picks and should probably shy away from boom/bust guys. Our roster needs just don't allow for the risk. It's a different story if you're a contender with a glaring need or two and you think a boom/bust guy might put you over the top if he hits. That's a different story.

He had significantly more production this year than Ian Thomas had in his entire college career and they're not even in the same universe athletically. I mean, anyone in the draft can end up busting for a variety of reasons but not gonna sugarcoat it, that's a really dumb player comp.

Don't get fooled. Oregon's offense is all about spreading the ball around. Sadiq was their leader in catches and TD receptions, and #2 in receiving yardage. They've only had two 1000 yard receivers since 2020 and both of them were in 2023 so they still didn't have that one clear cur #1 go to guy. Receivers don't go to Oregon to put up gaudy stats, they go there because they know there not gonna get buried and they'll get opportunities to have balls come their direction.

A QB that could threaten downfield to keep the D from sitting on all the underneath stuff would help a lot more than another WR.