Jonah Williams Will Upgrade LT

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(03-27-2020, 12:58 PM)TJHoushmandzadehs Shiny Shoes Wrote: Depends what you mean by high.

Many had him pegged as a day 2 prospect (e.g. this mock http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000927630/article/chad-reuter-2018-sevenround-nfl-mock-draft-round-2 right before the draft had him going 62nd - after 3 Bengals picks from that draft, Bates (28th), fellow bust (Malik Jefferson (33rd), Hubbard (57th)). There were more than a few suggestions at the time that he was picked as he was from an Ohio university and that would help sell tickets, something exacerbated when Hubbard was taken in the third too. So plenty thought he was a reach but on the other hand nobody expected him to be quite as bad as he's been - whilst his ceiling was limited he was supposed to have a high floor. He's certainly been worse than even his detractors expected.

Mocks mean nothing though; people still forget that Tyson Alualu was graded as a 2nd rounder/late 1st. He went in the top 10.

Travis Frederick was mocked to be a *3rd* rounder, on all the big outlets (and many were mocking here in the 4th); he goes in the first.

If Price was fully healthy from day 1, I think he'd've been our C right now and playing well.

He got off on the wrong foot (no pun intended) and he's struggled ever since, be it injury, attitude (so we hear) or scheme.