Ryan McCrystal and Rich Hribar joined Raymond Summerlin to wrap up the 2023 NFL Draft on the latest edition of the Sharp Angles Podcast.<\/p>\n
Ryan and Rich discussed a somewhat odd draft for the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n
Rich<\/strong>: \u201cYou take Jermaine Burton<\/strong>, obviously a guy comes with off-field issues. There seems to be a consensus that he was better than his performance in that offense, but it still is a high volatile pick, he doesn't really offer any objective signal that he is gonna hit in the NFL. And you take Erick<\/strong> All<\/strong>, another guy who has like a mountain of injury history. I know it's Iowa tight end, but very boom bust feels like draft for the Bengals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
Ryan<\/strong>: \u201cThey had a strange draft. I mean I I like some of the players they added, but looking at the types of players they added that some of them are developmental guys and the positions where they added them, I can't point to someone and be like he's going to help them get back to the playoffs and contend for a Super Bowl this year.<\/em><\/p>\n
I'm not sure any of them are clearly going to do that <\/em>this season now, even Amarius<\/strong> Mims<\/strong>, who I I like a lot. I had him pretty high on my board. I I think he's either the left or right tackle of the future for them probably for a long time, but he's probably not starting this year unless it's due to an injury. <\/em><\/p>\n
Same thing with Kris<\/strong> Jenkins.<\/strong> I think he's probably starting next year, but I think they have some guys ahead of him on the depth chart right now and so <\/em><\/p>\n
Burton is probably the guy with the easiest path to playing time, but like you said he <\/em>wasn't very good at Alabama despite the raw talent and the recruiting profile that he had. <\/em><\/p>\n
I also think one of the reasons why they probably gambled on him was they feel well we've got Joe<\/strong> Burrow<\/strong>, Ja'Marr Chase<\/strong>, and Tee<\/strong> Higgins<\/strong>. We've got a lot of leaders who've been there for a while, we'll figure it out. My response to that is he played for Nick<\/strong> Saban<\/strong> and he didn't figure it out so I got some doubts.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The guys also discussed the biggest winners and losers from the 2024 NFL Draft and much more.<\/p>\n