Receiver in first round?

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(01-14-2021, 08:25 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I'll go see if I can pull up the Walter football mocks, but I think Ross was a top 12 & Price the back of the 1st.

Walter Football, a site that I think does NFL Draft stuff really well, had Ross mocked to the Bengals at 9. They do updates literally several times a week and then daily leading up to the draft.

Other sites I found had him between 9-18.

With Price Walter had him going to the Falcons at 26 after the Bengals took Ragnow at 21. To be fair to the Bengals, there were really only 3 highly touted C prospects in 2018 and Ragnow, who they really wanted, was taken right in front of them by Detroit rather unexpectedly. Daniels went to the Bears in rd 2, butnhe was not a good fit for Cincy. The Price pick wasn't a reach and made sense.

Oddly enough, that same draft Walter had Sam Hubbard as a 1st rounder mocked to the Titans.

- What killed me was the Bengals passing on T Orlando Brown, like, 5 times before he was taken. That 2018 Draft is really weird. High highs and lower lows.

I wouldn't put Walter Football in the Top 3 of what I would consider accurate projections in terms of prospect rankings.
Ross was accurately mocked because we knew the Bengals wanted a WR to replace LaFell and it was reported the Bengals loved Ross after they met with him.

Other site projections for Ross:
PFF - 19th
SI - 18th
Mayock - 14th
CBS Sports - 16th

In terms of Price:
Mayock - 45th
SI - 45th
CBS Sports - 47th
PFF - 69th

EDIT - Let me clarify I'm talking about prospect rankings, not mocking where they go. A mock factors in need whereas prospect rankings are purely based on talent.