04-26-2021, 11:56 AM
(04-21-2021, 02:05 PM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: Don't know how familiar people are with Bob McGinn's draft previews, he basically has been interviewing scouts for the draft for 37 years and polls them as to who the best prospects are at each position. They are highly respected and well worth a read (they're on the Athletic, first one on WR and TE was today)
The thing that jumped out to me what was that they had Chase as the first unanimous choice at WR since Megatron in 2007.
That seems all the more impressive with 2 other WRs potentially going top 10, so it's not exactly a weak WR class.
Will be interesting to see where Sewell comes in for OTs. There seem to be a few who draftheads who prefer Slater as the more technically polished.
Also on the Athletic Bruce Feldman had a good piece speaking to draft evaluators. In contrast to Chase, who sources said would have been the best WR in last year's draft, they were suggesting that Andrew Thomas and Jedrick Willis were both better prospects last year than Sewell. This scout was concerned about Sewell's length and said they thought he could be an elite guard but not a great tackle.
It seems the BPA choice at 5 would seemingly now be Chase (or Pitts, who should really be a bigger part of this conversation) rather than Sewell, who has dropped back a little as evaluations have delved deeper.
Either way, the Bengals are going to get better.
Bob McGinn's O-line article is now out
Sewell came out top but wasn't unanimous.
Key comments:
Most over-rated: Sewell and Cosmi both got 4 votes each (out of 17)
13 out of those 17 scouts though said Sewell was the best O-lineman in the draft
Other interesting comments:
"The depth of the tackle group is better than the top end of it"
"The best value is 20 to 40; the guy you get at 36 won't be much different than the guy you get at 21. It's a deep group."
"I have 11 tackles with first round potential"
"I put the tape on expecting to see Jonathan Ogden or Joe Thomas or Walter Jones or Orlando Pace, and I didn't see it".
One AFC evaluator ranked Sewell better than 9 of the last 15 O-lineman first off the board (which included Jonah)
