B A T O N   R O U G E   B E N G A L S

#29-Baton Rouge-DL-Tyrone Haselrig

Starting the draft at #29 is tough. The team did get a great 
offensive lineman for their #5. But they took Haselrig too 
early, and on a team that was already strong on the DL. Nevin 
Carlson would have been a better pick at DL, but they needed 
a player in another area.

#36-Baton Rouge-HB-James Friedrich

A very nice pick. The whole league waited to see how far 
Friedrich would fall. Since he fumbles about 7 times per game, 
it would have been nice to see the Bengals take an interim 
player like Don Jackson, but they are content with Todd 
Elsworth. We all fear the coming of Friedrich in 1.5 years. 
Hopefully his rookie improvment will be Strength or 
Intelligence (hopefully for me, that is).

#53-Baton Rouge-QB-Steve Heart

Fell very far, nice patience here. Probably better than 
incumbent Nick Gordon, who has Intelligence 20 and Discipline 
100. 

#07-#77-Baton Rouge-LB-Greg Clark

A great late pick. Very strong in the middle.

#81-Baton Rouge-CB-Patrick Price

A completely useless player, who can't cover (because his 
stats are too low), and can't tackle (because he's a corner, 
the worst tacklers in PMFB). But what can you do at #81? I 
would have taken FB Eli Williams. He's a recieving sub that 
teams will not be expecting when burly Adam Young is the 
starter.

OVERALL:
The defense is very sound, plenty of strength and speed 
there.  That makes Haselrig a bad pick. The offense is full of 
questions, none of which were answered in this draft. The line 
is very suspect, HB duties may be by committee, and the 
receiving corps is flashy but has terrible hands. Even when 
you consider the trade for Vince Tabron, this team looks like it 
didn't fill many holes in the draft.


GRADE: D