I am sure they watched lots of tape on Arthur brown too. And Elam. I guess you dont know until they get out there and play, but I am extremely underwhelmed by most of the selections again this year. I am going to go out on a limb and say if Cleveland gets average line play and can find a QB who is adequate, we may finish last in the north.
Cleveland is going to be our main competition in a few years over Pitt. Pitt will fall off drastically when Ben Retires. Cincy will forever be that middle of the pack team with Marvin Lewis and their Ownership. They never spend on free agents and always have plenty of cap room to do so. I feel like we have stacked our defense, but it is hard to see how our offense will be much better in 2017 unless we feed dixon. Our running game is bad, and our pass pro was a weakness due to the lack of balance. We never got anything done in the Redzone last year.
It's possible the free agent market is the key for improving that side of the ball.