It is simple supply and demand. So teams want to change the game in recent years so that average QB's (Flacco's of the world) now have 600 pass attempts? Does it now seem as if throwing for 4,000 yards has become as great of an accomplishment as filing ones taxes before the deadline? This is the NFL we live in and DB's and specifically CB's are rightfully in high demand. The league wants to have wide receivers and now tight ends flying all over the place in faster and faster offenses? Then you want guys that can post no-fly zones. For the 1st pick in the 2014 draft the Bengals began upgrading their anti-air missile defense systems with Darqueze Dennard.
Watch the guy play for just one game (sadly one of mine was when his forced fumble and 2 broken passes helped put down my Buckeyes in the Big Ten Title game) and you know this guy comes to play and does so with intensity. Listen to an interview with the him. It was told to me once that Bill Parcells said that he can tell in just a couple minutes of talking to a player if he will succeed and if he wants him on his team. For No-Fly Zone Dennard we answer those questions with a Yes and a resounding Yes. He is a natural leader, very smart, an athletic freak (even Mel K himself says he may of been one of the best athletes in the draft), played just about every position in the secondary in college and has a list of accolades as a Spartan longer then a Steinbeck novel.
We love this pick. The Cincinnati Bengals are still on the cusp of something great and have their sights set far higher then repeating as AFC North Champions. Nothing is guaranteed in the NFL and getting to the playoffs 3 years in a row is no easy task. They have a perennial top 10 defense and have a standout defensive back group that is host to numerous former 1st round draft picks. The Bengals did not approach this draft asking, "What is a big need for our team?" but rather knowing "We are on the verge of greatness, who will help us tip the scales?"
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Piece by piece this draft they plugged in guys (from Dennard to Hill to Bodine to Clarke) who could fit perfectly on this journey towards hoisting the Lombardi. Darqueze was a big piece who will hit the ground running, come in on the nickel package, learn from former pro bowlers (becoming one himself someday) and help WhoDey Nation play deeper into January and inch closer to greatness. "Greatness," saying that word over and over again may elicit giggles from outsiders, media or even locals who have become eternal cynics rumbling some unintelligible grumblings about Mike Brown. The reality is still that this team is not far at all from greatness and we can't wait to see a future great in Darqueze Dennard take the field in Cincy this fall...and then in Arizona in early February.
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