I want someone to SELL me on drafting....

[Stewee28]

Originally Posted by OSUfan

One thing to keep in mind is our receiving corp is young. There has been a thought that to really see a return on a WR takes 2-3 seasons. Our group is young but they do have talent and they have shown that. Patience can be difficult but often times that is what it takes with receivers.

I like the group we have in Jones, Sanu, and Hawkins. I even like the kid we brought back ....Hilton. I do think that we underutilized Orson Charles down the stretch. I would have liked to seen him taking some snaps in the slot after Sanu got injured.

Oh yea, no doubt! I really like what I saw from Sanu and I think Marvin Jones was coming along. Andrew Hawkins was pretty inconsistent this year - he would explode in one game and jump onto the scene and then disappear for the next couple.

I totally agree about Orson Charles. They did not use him nearly enough. Maybe that will change this year.

I would really like to see the Bengals bring in one more WR, via the draft or Free Agency. This WR class is fairly large with good talent so its a matter of pinpointing what / who they want! I really like Da'Rick Rogers, even though he screwed up his Tennessee gig, but the kid is full of talent and big play abilities.

[wolfkaosaun]

Originally Posted by D's Nuts and Bolts

LIKE I SAID IF HE COULD BLOCK IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT!

You really would take Gresh and Ghee, over Bryant and Hernandez?


Gresh has done well here, he is a first round TE who has taken the majority of snaps of any TE's here also.

When the pressure is on he seems to disappear, have bad penalties and drops. In the six AFC North games this year he had 192 yards combined and 1 TD.

I know, I know, Gresh has less drops and more YAC.

Gresham can block, but it's not his strong suit, and they act like he can block anyone. That's not how he was coming out of college, and that's not what he is now. Lewis has a tendency to try and make the player an "all around" player, rather than working towards their strengths.

Yes. Because if we take Bryant, then we don't get Green. And with Hernandez, he won't be as good here as he is in New England. That's just a fact.

The only people that stepped up during those games were the defense, Green, and Hawkins. And those are the only two players that had more receiving yards than Gresham against the AFC North.

I've seen Dez Bryant drop passes. Hey, remember when he dropped that clutch catch against the Ravens? Or how he didn't come up big against the Redskins?

Oh? He had a broken finger against the Redskins? He still has quite a few drops.

Also, did you know Hernandez has no TD catches against AFC East teams? Actually, in his career, he only has 3 altogether.

Yes, Ghee hasn't turned into what we had hoped. But Shipley was a good pick. As was Gresham.

Gresham was targeted 10 more times than Hernandez, whereas Hernandez played in 10 games, and wasn't even targeted in one game. The Arizona game. So 9 games, basically.

So I stand by Gresham, because he's done a lot better than people say. He came up poor in a playoff game. Okay.

Where was the pass rush? Where was the "run the ball" mentality? Why was there bad play-calling?

Again. I stand by the Gresham pick. And will continue to do so.