NFL.com Prospect Rankings

[Essex Johnson]

(03-21-2021, 05:54 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I don't know exactly when these were posted, but NFL.com has released their initial rankings for prospects and there are some interesting takes buried in there.

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/

For example, they have Kyle Pitts as the 2nd overall prospect behind Lawrence, followed by Smith and Chase in that order.

Also, Slater is ranked slightly higher than Sewell (6.74 vs 6.73) and they are only 9th and 10th prospects in the class, respectively.

They have Travis Etienne as the 11th prospect, so I guess their rankings simply don't take positional value into account in any way.

Wilson and Lance are 13th and 14th overall and graded right next to each other at 6.5 and 6.47, respectively.

Darrisaw is rated the 18th prospect overall and Justin Fields is 19th.

There are a couple other minor surprises like Cosmi is ranked all the way down at 70th, which would mean he could be available in the third round, which doesn't sound right after the pro day he had, but maybe.

I always liked NFL.com's prospect profiles because they have very clear pro and cons, with a pro comparison and a little description, so they're really good for doing a quick check about a prospect without having to watch any video of them, but I'm not sure how accurate they are to how the teams feel compared to other rating sites. Regardless, I found them interesting so thought I'd share.

I totally feel the Bengals will look very hard at Sewell and/or Slater at #5.. just makes so much sense knowing we pretty much are going to be stuck subpar performance if we don;t improve our line...