Argument for and against Sewell.

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(12-11-2020, 05:54 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: I'm not total support of FA big signing but the team has drafted high line picks over the past 6 years but many have not worked out.

Yep!

The only OL pick that has worked out that was a 4th-rd-or-higher draft pick by the Bengals since 2015 has been Jonah Williams...possibly.
Jonah has played 10 games and looks solid, but he'll have missed 20+ games in his career through just 2 seasons. Hard to tell how his career will play out.

Jordan and Price have been terrible.
Ogbuehi and Fisher were bad.

I think the Bengals ultimately have bad evaluators at OL. They look at size, length, and athleticism, and then base strength off the bench press at the Combine. They say they primarily go off tape, but all the OL aside from maybe Jonah Williams had glaring weaknesses that needed good coaching to improve.
Also, they have had 3 OL coaches since 2015 - Alexander, Pollack, and then Turner. So what one OL coach thought was a good fit may not have been a good fit in the next coach's scheme.

I think that the Bengals have the best luck when they have a safe, proven player in their lap. No, Price, Ogbuehi, and Fisher were not proven studs. They had some good traits (athleticism and length for Fisher and Ogbuehi, strength and mean streak for Price), but they were not high-floor guys.
The only guy who was considered a high-floor guy was Jonah Williams. The Bengals need to take an OL with a high floor, as they don't have the proven coaching to groom OL properly.