WELCOME TO HELL, Carlos!
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The Bungles Draft is shaping up with LOTS of high profile “known” players!…Gresham, Dunlap, Shipley,…(and Ghee)…Big names from BIG schools! There have been “some” names called, though, that most people might NOT be familiar with,…at least not yet!;
Emmanuel Sanders (smu)#82, Eric Decker (minnesota) #87, Andre Roberts (citadel) #88, Amanti Edwards (appy state) #89, and Taylor Price (ohio) #90, to name a few. All FIVE of these guys are, as you’ve guessed by now, wide recievers taken in the 3rd round;…–all ahead of hometown hero Mardy Gilyard.
Some “experts” had the Bungles taking Gilyard in the SECOND round, but they took Dunlap….and you can’t blame them for that, its a SUPER pick. That makes it two years in a row they’ve added a #1 pick, in the 2nd round! Rey Mag last year, and the FREAK II this year! Had Dunny not gotten a DUI last December, he’s long gone in the REAL first round. He’s a super quick DE who returned KICKS in High School! So, value there and it also keeps in step with the philosophy of “SOP” (son of Paul) how he covets players w/characters flaws (and thus a sense of hightened value). OK, great if things work out, so so much when they dont. Cast a stone here, if you be of that Puritan race where you expect College kids to be sensible at all times!!!…-then eat a bag of —-! DUI isn’t anything to brag about, for sure, but the national numbers suggest this is happening pretty often…I am not supporting those who get into THIS kind of trouble, by any MEANS! Still, it IS an incident of trouble, and SOP loves those type of players/contracts!
The third round: The third round was typical of the Draft, in that there was the “position” run that ALL Drafts have. This 3rd round saw a run at Wide Out, kicked off Tennessee took the USC guy, Damian Williams at #77. Carolina rang in with an awesome p/u in Brandon LaFell of LoSerU! The Bengals were just just six picks from thier selection at that pint…and Pittsburgh was two ahead of them! Would this be the spot for Gilyard? Pitt needed help, but took Emmanuel Sanders of SMU! Certainly there was speculation that the Bengals would take Gilyard!…..but, Jordan Shipley was taken instead. BOOM!…There can be justification made for Shipley over Gilyard,…Then as the run continued, no call to Mr Gilyard! The Bengals had another pick in the round, but no WAY they use it on another wr!….unless,….unless,……(I can dream, can’t I?..),…..they DUMP CHUD!?!?!?!
I know,..not a chance, he’s too good a dancer to let go!…..sadly, that’s all most Bengal fans care about!