Do you feel we "settled" for Price?

[*SHRacerX*]

(04-29-2018, 09:34 AM)yang Wrote: Hey racer, with all due respect, that wasn’t the question.  The question was if Price was a reach.  Was he the BPA?  Clearly no.    

We don’t know how this ends up for years, but for now, we reached to fill a need. We actually took the 2nd choice at that position.   And he is a fine prospect but not without some warts. (See PFF)  There were clearly many other higher rated prospects in the offensive line still there along with many other positions.  

What if you could have had Isaiah Wynn and Price in the second?    If Price wasn’t there then one of the others would have likely fallen, Daniels, Connor Williams, or Austin Corbett.

So the question is did we reach?  Clearly.    Hey, I’ll pray to the Norns at Yggdrasil that fate intervenes and makes him a 10 year all pro center.   I believe he is an upgrade, which isn’t saying much.  

I’ll also bet the Ratbirds make us regret not taking Orlando Brown.

I read your question as "Did we settle", and I answered as no.  As far as BPA, that is a very subjective measure, but if you are going to try and evaluate that, you would need to project a certain % of this draft class that will become perennial Pro Bowlers.  Say, in round numbers, that ends up being 20 players, irrespective of position.  I would imagine that Price would have just as great a chance of being one of those 20 as any other players not named Barkley, Chubb, or Nelson.  I, in no way, see the players you mentioned (Wynn, Daniels, Williams, or Corbett) being a player with greater Pro Bowl potential. 

The position group may not be as sexy as WR, RB, QB, or DE, but relative to his peers and assuming the pectoral injury is behind him (it supposedly is) then I believe he was the BPA.

I do agree, however, that the Bengals will regret not taking Brown, but I somewhat understand the thought process of having Fisher, Hart, and Og compete for the one spot and give them one last chance under the new scheme.  As much as they have invested there, they almost have to give them one more shot.  It is my biggest concern heading in to the OTAs.