Higgins is handling this a lot better: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10116829-tee-higgins-anticipates-staying-with-bengals-in-2024-amid-nfl-trade-contract-rumors
I was too. I was absolutely sure that Sam Darnold was a can't-miss prospect and that Josh Allen would bust. I screamed at the TV and all that, but I thankfully didn't leave a post for posterity. I called my dad and his attitude was that he's our guy now so lets see where it leads us. Always wise advice for situations over which you have no control.
Beane has to be careful. I remember in 2018 we had posters on TBD that pounded the table for Roquon Smith at 12 and Mason Rudolph in the second because of “value.” Screw value. Get your guy.
That tie between Brady and Franklin makes sense. It's already pretty obvious that he told Beane to get him Samuel. I just think that its a risk to draft for an OC who might not be here in a year.
He was a consensus first-rounder until he tested poorly at the combine. But he had the flu or something. That might work in the Bills favor.
The problem is that between Beckham and Adams, you had Brandon Cooks, Kelvin Benjamin, Marqise Lee, Jordan Mathews, and Paul Richardson. Outside of the top guys, you really never know and even there will be busts.
"In the deal, the Vikings acquired the No. 23 overall pick in the first round and the No. 232 selection (seventh round). The Texans get No. 42 overall (second round), No. 188 (sixth round), and a second-round pick in 2025, per Rapoport and Pelissero."
https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-texans-trade-first-round-pick-2024-nfl-draft
If you want to have these kinds of players, you have to deal with these kinds of egos. As Larry Bird used to say, "can't have a team full of milk drinkers."
Has it been stated that this was alcohol? Because driving while intoxicated could also be weed, and that makes a lot more sense for an afternoon arrest. Judging from the aroma coming from cars at stoplights in Cincinnati, a significant portion of the population drives around smoking weed all day every day.