DeCastro seems to me something along the lines of the 2nd coming of Eric Steinbach (same OL coach now, Paul Alexander, who fashioned specific packages for ES’s specific traits so he has the previous experience in that to base his evaluations), whom they let walk at the end of his rookie deal for clearly insane money offered up from Cleveland (& proved to NOT be worth it).

Marvin also wants to play ground & pound/field position offense/Parcells ball & go for it on 4th down inside the 50 (with a brutalizing DL rotation to back him up on this tack) & he prefers the mauler for this (as does Alexander).

DeCastro seemingly was ‘annointed’ by the draft ‘experts’ (many of who wouldn’t even bother to look at reams of OL footage, much less credibly evaluate) early & so was apparently not subject to as much scrutiny as many other 1st round prospects … nor do they evaluate all that much specific to scheme on a team by team basis.

“stop feeding the troll”…. I hear ya man
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@ ‘howiehandles’…….

“Last couple of drafts have been pretty solid for the Bengals. WTF is goin’ on over there ?….”

Let me help you there with that one buddy……

Mike Brown taking more of a back-seat and letting his coaches make the decisions = better drafts…….

Who Dey!

That article you point out makes no claim that Zeitler is better than DeCastro, only debates whether he is worthy of a first round draft choice or should go at the top of the second round.

It also notes that Zeitler, as well as a couple of other guard prospects, will be solid second round choices.

I’m confident that they’ll both be good players. I like DeCastro’s nasty streak and pulling abilities over the in-line mauler. I know the celebrations in Pittsburgh started the moment DeCastro slipped to the 24th pick and I look forward to the next 10 years of watching he and Adams on the Steelers line.

GO STEELERS!

Something that you’re apparently intimately familiar with.

As for everything else with the Bengals…
*shrug*

Their draft history would support that sort of foolishness and complete lack of common sense.

Someone who sits at the home screen hitting refresh all day so he can be the first poster on every PFT story has no reason to put anyone else down. You need to get out more man.

2) “steeltownpride” – There were many teams who had Zietler over Decastro.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/story/17469105/stanford-guard-decastro-has-upside-but-is-he-worth-a-firstround-risk

The film indicated DeCastro is a physical guy who really likes to punish a defender when he gets the chance, but saying that, he gets himself in trouble with his overaggressiveness. DeCastro was on the ground six times during the game, usually from an overaggressive technique, and as the line coach pointed out, “That could wind up being 8-10 times in an NFL game.”

We won’t be able to judge whether or not they passed over the best Guard prospect in 15 years for a few more years, so it is a little premature to state that.

Londonbengal, please quit feeding the troll.

But seriously… not a single person anywhere believes they would have taken him over Decastro if they hadn’t moved down. Absurd.

1) Small dick syndrome? That makes no sense in this context.

2)Robert Sands….. What are you reading??? I would prefer to see him have “I can be the first decent safety for the Bengals in years” syndrome…. or at least “I am better than Chris Crocker syndrome” (which apparently isn’t that hard to catch.)

Anyways, I am fine with the trade and the pick. Yes, DeCastro looks to be a great prospect. It also sucks that the Steelers drafted him, so that if he is, we have to see him for at least the next 4 years…. that said….. we have to use the term “prospect” for a reason. Zeitler is also a prospect in the same sense of the word

The more I watch the drafts and follow them more intensely, the more I realize that all fans, myself included, don’t know what the staff knows. It is impossible to evaluate anything for 3 years and maybe the Bengals just liked Zeitler better? There is no accounting for taste, he does something they like that DeCastro didn’t, similarly, DeCastro did something the Steelers liked more…..

There is no point in debating who is better for years, when we will all be discussing 2014 draft picks and will have forgotten all about this draft. Hopefully, for our sake as Bengals fans, they made the right call. Marvin seems like he knows what he is doing for the past couple years, so I will have to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Of course, since he’s a Steeler he’s the best prospect in 15 years…

They had Zeitler rated ahead of him, probably because of scheme. The steelers pull a lot and DeCastro is good at that. The bengals, on the other hand, needed someone to maul in the run game, and they got their guy.

Also, I love JoeTorontos posts… Dude always rips the Bengals.. Guess he’s just mad he lives in the butthole that they call Toronto!

So close, yet so far.