Billy price is how we compete next year

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(12-04-2017, 03:58 PM)ochocincos Wrote: That's debatable.

Corey Linsley has had 1-2 very good seasons in the past. He's also rated the #22 C on PFF this year at 54.3.
Spencer Long has been a pretty good pass blocker in the past too. He's rated at 56.0 on PFF this year, but has been better in some years prior.
Neither of those are good this year, but they are still 10+ points higher than Russell Bodine's 43.9 rating.

Bodine is a bottom-tier starter and has been every year he's been in the league. Long and Linsley may not ever be a top 10 C going forward, but both are without a doubt better than Bodine. I would consider Long and Linsley to be on that second-tier priority when FA hits.

It really comes down to do you look to upgrade to at least around the middle or do you keep rolling with a bottom-tier starter and wait for another draft pick to come along that is a slam dunk?

Bodine actually had a good 2015 season he was middle of the pack (70s rating according to PFF). He was inconsistant good games and bad games. One of the reasons they didn't offer Zeilter an extention.

No I don't think Lindsey or Long will come into the AFC North (Bodine's worst games were mostly against the Steelers and Ravens) and Improve their game...as for a slam dunk nothing is a given but I believe their best bet is in the draft this offseason Wynn or Bozeman as the likely prospects.