Arkansas Bengal Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Chris Roling February 7, 2024 5:50 pm ET Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth knows a thing or two about building a good team in the local area. Whitworth, after all, had plenty of playoff appearances with the Bengals during his time in town. The key is obvious, too, he said this week during Super Bowl media interviews. “If you look at the history of the Bengals in the last 20 years, their runs have been dictated by great drafts,” Whitworth said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “Not just good players who could start, but great ones. Look at what we did from 2011-15 with guys like A.J. Green, Geno Atkins, and Carlos Dunlap. And then when Joe came, there were those great drafts and now they’re at the end of that trying to keep as many of them as possible. They’ve got to kill the last draft and this one.” The Bengals appear to be well on their way with that 2023 draft class. Defenders DJ Turner and Jordan Battle got key snaps and could start for the long-term. Wideouts Charlie Jones, Andrei Iosivas and running back Chase Brown showed big upside in their respective roles and first-rounder Myles Murphy really started coming on at the end of the season. Of course, the Bengals still need to crush the 2024 draft class for Whitworth’s point to hit home. The team approaches that class with needs along the offensive line and defense after last year’s struggles with explosive plays. https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/07/andrew-whitworth-bengals-super-bowl-window-open/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2l02VN0HyRgpjK0Nk-cIfXeCWXAWikQMfaL5qPBtZmfLpVkIut-pwYC0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 How then can we ensure we draft well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Bengals just need one home run per draft and 2-3 'doubles'. That's how SB winners are built. Even a 50% hit rate on quality starters is excellent, as good teams should be hard for rookies to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAPradio Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 We just need to avoid the “WTF” picks…i.e. Drew Sample, Jackson Carman. Had we drafted those guys closer to where they were projected (Sample 5th round, Carman 3rd/4th round) instead of in the 2nd, who knows how much better those drafts look. Not to mention the Billy Price draft…we’ve got to stop reaching for players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 40 minutes ago, WRAPradio said: We just need to avoid the “WTF” picks…i.e. Drew Sample, Jackson Carman. Had we drafted those guys closer to where they were projected (Sample 5th round, Carman 3rd/4th round) instead of in the 2nd, who knows how much better those drafts look. Not to mention the Billy Price draft…we’ve got to stop reaching for players. Drew Sample may have been over drafted, but he has been a solid TE. In Taylor's time here we have missed on Carman and Shelvin. In the draft and Nick Scott, Irv Smith Jr, and Trae Waynes. Otherwise we have hit on most picks based on where we drafted them. This past year's draft is still a wait and see imo, can't really judge after 1 year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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