Who should the Bengals pick, Burrow or Chase Young

If you want to win in the NFL you need a QB. You have a take a chance on one.

The LSU fan in me says Burrow

The couch GM in me says you need to build the team before getting a QB that can take you there. Getting a good QB with a bad supporting team (whether it be no defense, no OL, no weapons) just ain't it. Unbiased, if I'm Cincy I take Young. Maybe even trade down if I can get an extra first.

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The couch GM in me says you need to build the team before getting a QB t

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I agree with that

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Yet you think SF is elite.

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They have an elite defense. The Bengals are trash all over. It really doesn't matter who we pick.

The problem with building around a team with no QB is that you still will need a QB one day, and getting one is basically impossible outside the draft. If you really like Burrow as a franchise guy, you take him. You may never get another shot at a franchise guy.

Lawrence is still a better pro prospect and Cincy will be awful again in 2020. Take the sure thing in Young, go 2-14 and take Lawrence next year.

If I hired Taylor because of his offensive background then I’m going QB first overall

I would take Young and grab a QB next season. To me Burrow is a good prospect but Young is the kind of player I just don't think you see but maybe once a decade

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Young is the kind of player I just don't think you see but maybe once a decade

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Feels like we hear this once a year though.

Chase Young. A good pass rush to help their LBs and DBs will help them win more than a rookie QB next year.

It'll likely take them a year or two to rebuild their offensive line before a rookie QB won't be hammered. They need to build outward from the offensive and defensive lines.

October 4th - Bengals’ OL scored record-low PFF grades against the Steelers

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In all seriousness, this was among the five worst offensive line performances we have seen in the PFF era with their offensive linemen taking home a PFF pass-block grade of 21.4, the fourth-worst in a single game since 2006 (by far the worst by a Bengals team – next worst came 2017 Week 9 at Jacksonville at 33.7). No team lost more matchups in a single game in the PFF era than the Bengals did last night, and they also gave up a franchise-record amount of pressures.

Right tackle Bobby Hart finished the nightmare with a 24.1 pass-block grade and allowed seven total pressures (15.2% pressure rate). Right guard John Miller (30.1 pass-block grade) and left guard Michael Jordan (15.1 pass-block grade) were just as guilty as Hart was with those two combining for seven pressures allowed. Oh, and let’s not forget 2018 first-round pick Billy Price’s brief appearance where he allowed a sack on one of his four pass-block snaps.

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