Receiver in first round?

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(01-15-2021, 02:47 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Still to be considered in the 15 to 20th or 50th prospect in a entire NFL means you were pretty damn good. I read a article on Price that when he finished his career he was being compared to the top 5 lineman in their history. No one predicted Ross or Price to not be a productive player. Look back in Ross drat I believe maybe 1/2 of the top ten will not make it to 2nd conteact or already been dealt.

Absolutely, both were expected to at least be solid in the NFL.
I wasn't meaning to imply that they were projected to be bad players.
Just that they both were probably overdrafted.

I still think Ross needs to have catered plays that utilize his skill set better, but he's not a fit in Taylor's scheme.
Price needs to be in a man power blocking scheme that drives vertically off the ball, as he has limited range and lacks length.

As for the 2017 draft, Adams was traded because he was disgruntled with NYJ, but he's always been good. Fournette was very productive for JAX, but they found near-identical production from a new UDFA in Robinson.
Trubisky is tough to decide right now, as he was having a solid season. His pace was 3288 yards with 25 TDs and 12 INTs. He also has a winning record in his career: 29-21. Last, he has a career 64% completion percentage and had 67% in 2020. So he's not terrible, but he's not great.
It looks like none of the top WRs drafted are true WR1s. Williams has only hit 1000 yards once (1001 in 2019) and Davis was just under 1000 in 2020 (984). Both have been better than Ross though.

Probably the biggest dud was either Solomon Thomas or Ross. I would go with Thomas. Thomas only put up 6.0 sacks and no turnovers in 30 starts. Which embarrasses me, as I thought he'd be a good inside pass rusher a la Geno Atkins or Aaron Donald. If the Bengals wanted to be cheap on finding another inside pass rusher, I'd take a flier on Thomas still though with a cheap contract. Probably no more than $3 mill APY.