Should Cincinnati Draft a QB

[vancelot23]

I'm guessing a lot of you say yes. Here's my new article:

Cincinnati Bengals: Should They Draft Quarterback This Year

 

[kramer1]

Andy Dalton is not a Super Bowl QB. They need to draft another QB ASAP.

 

[huskers1217]

barkley??

no qb in this draft is as good as Dalton though..

 

[cincygrad]

Vance -- I don't agree with the 'intermediate' approach you list here. If you look around the league, most of the star quarterbacks (or just most of the starters on playoff teams) are first round picks. This past season the playoffs featured 8 first round qbs and 4 non-first round qbs.

You propose drafting a third round qb..... The success of third round qbs isn't that high. Granted, the success of any position that the Bengals take in the third is not high either, but that's a discussion for another day.

I figure you can't go half way here. If Dalton is your starter, build the team around him and use the draft to load up at other positions of need. If Dalton isn't your guy, draft a new player in the first round and get rid of Dalton.

Given the crappy qbs available this year, I'd side with not drafting a qb. Give Dalton one more year to prove himself. If he tanks.... Change directions.

 

[Tubbs1518]

Vance -- I don't agree with the 'intermediate' approach you list here. If you look around the league, most of the star quarterbacks (or just most of the starters on playoff teams) are first round picks. This past season the playoffs featured 8 first round qbs and 4 non-first round qbs.

You propose drafting a third round qb..... The success of third round qbs isn't that high. Granted, the success of any position that the Bengals take in the third is not high either, but that's a discussion for another day.

I figure you can't go half way here. If Dalton is your starter, build the team around him and use the draft to load up at other positions of need. If Dalton isn't your guy, draft a new player in the first round and get rid of Dalton.

Given the crappy qbs available this year, I'd side with not drafting a qb. Give Dalton one more year to prove himself. If he tanks.... Change directions.

Wow a logical thought about Dalton on this board? Few and far between.

I think it depends on who falls to the 3rd round. Tyler Bray may have the most talent in this draft but he is a moron. He is a guy I'd take a shot on in the 3rd. He has all the tools to develop into an elite QB in this league, if he gets his head on straight.

 

[bengaldoug]

Nobody in this draft excites me, so I side with Cincygrad here. Dalton as he is now isn't good enough, but it's not out of the realm of possibility he can improve, so I would wait a year. Doesn't really matter what any of us think though, since it's already more than likely he'll get an extension after this coming season. The staff seems to believe in him.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

I agree with Cincy and Tubbs.

If Bray falls to the third, you draft him, groom him to be a starter someday, and just hope Dalton proves himself to be a better QB this year. This way, you give Dalton another chance, but are grooming a guy who has 1st round talent if he can bring it all together. If Dalton fails again, Bray has now been here a full year learning the system.

While I agree, it is not very likely a non-first round QB succeeds, if you are drafting him as a backup to start with and letting him grow into a potential starter if your current one fails, then so be it. If Dalton succeeds, and Bray becomes good, you move him for picks later on, like what SF just did with Smith.

 

[DanBengalfan]

thought about it.

wait a year or two... there aren't any good qb's in the draft this year, you'll just be pro-longing the agony, its not like geno smith is going to come and out-perform dalton in camp and preseason this year.

 

[kramer1]

thought about it.

wait a year or two... there aren't any good qb's in the draft this year, you'll just be pro-longing the agony, its not like geno smith is going to come and out-perform dalton in camp and preseason this year.

He would.

 

[vancelot23]

I'm looking at drafting a guy like Bray or Manuel in the mid rounds as a better back up than Gradkowski, and maybe get lucky.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

I'm looking at drafting a guy like Bray or Manuel in the mid rounds as a better back up than Gradkowski, and maybe get lucky.

I think Manuel could be a top of the second round type of draft pick. Speed, size, arm strength will help him tremendously, just like it did Jamarcus Russell.

 

[kramer1]

We need to draft Braxton Miller when he comes out after the Buckeyes win it all. Braxton will most likely be the Heisman winner too.

 

[bengaldoug]

We need to draft Braxton Miller when he comes out after the Buckeyes win it all. Braxton will most likely be the Heisman winner too.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

We need to draft Braxton Miller when he comes out after the Buckeyes win it all. Braxton will most likely be the Heisman winner too.

I don't know...Johnny Manziel may win the next 3!!

 

[cincygrad]

We need to draft Braxton Miller when he comes out after the Buckeyes win it all. Braxton will most likely be the Heisman winner too.

Homer.

 

[kramer1]

Homer.

2000 yds passing, 1500 yds rushing, undefeated, Big Ten. Oh yeah...he was a sophmore. The kid is an absolute freak. I do not understand the hate at all. He's going to be the #1 pick, though. That's the bad thing. We need to tank hard.

 

[cincygrad]

2000 yds passing, 1500 yds rushing, undefeated, Big Ten. Oh yeah...he was a sophmore. The kid is an absolute freak. I do not understand the hate at all. He's going to be the #1 pick, though. That's the bad thing. We need to tank hard.

He also can't hit the broad side of a barn. He'll probably ride the pine like his predecessor Pryor.

 

[cincygrad]

Besides, it's easy to hate him.... He's a Buckeye.

 

[bengaldoug]

2000 yds passing, 1500 yds rushing, undefeated, Big Ten. Oh yeah...he was a sophmore. The kid is an absolute freak. I do not understand the hate at all. He's going to be the #1 pick, though. That's the bad thing. We need to tank hard.

You ARE a homer....Miller makes Dalton look accurate downfield.....remember, it's a PASSING league......

 

[bengaldoug]

Besides, it's easy to hate him.... He's a Buckeye.

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!