Bengals Dominated the Draft

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(05-03-2021, 11:49 AM)BleedNOrange Wrote: Wait, we did pass on Ragnow via trade.  Isn't the comparison to the 2021 draft based on the trade down?  The Bengals had the 12th pick in 2018.  They traded the 12th and 187th to Buffalo in exchange for Buffalo's 21st, 158th and Cordy Glenn.  Ragnow went 20th to the Lions.  Ragnow was there if we stayed at 12 but we decided Price + Glenn > Ragnow.  No one is saying Ragnow and Price were both on the board when the Bengals made their selection.

Now we decided that Carman + Shelvin + Smith was better than Jenkins/Eichenberg/Little.  We shall see.

It's a little different when you play the trade down game. They traded down hoping Ragnow would still be there. He almost was. If they Lions hadn't swiped him right before us at 20, the front office would have made an amazing move. Sometimes moving up or back in the draft works, sometimes it doesn't. Point remains, Ragnow was not there when Price was picked.