03-25-2021, 12:01 PM
(03-24-2021, 02:49 PM)TJHoushmandzadehs Shiny Shoes Wrote: *third highest center - James Daniels was a better prospect
PFF had Price the 5th Center fwiw.
It is also rare for two centers to be taken in the first round. Tobin reached for a center lacking elite attributes in the first round because he failed to address the position in free agency and so panicked when Ragnow went off the board as he needed an immediate starter. At least with Reiff we don't have to take Slater at 5.
I think Price was listed as the 2nd best prospect on a majority boards over Daniels but it was close. Price certainly had the better resume. He was considered a plug-and-play prospect. The truth was he only played center his senior year and came to OSU as a defensive lineman. He lacks experience at center and it shows to this day. Even though most on this board consider center his best position, that’s most certainly not true. Chalk it up to small sample size.
Back to Daniels, he is far(or at least significantly) more suited to a wide zone scheme, was (and is) fully capable on line calls and is just more twitchy of an athlete. With Pollack in his first stint with the Bengals, it’s clear to me his opinion meant little to the FO for that draft or what he needed scheme wise. That’s an organizational problem. Something to ponder when people attribute the 2019 draft to Taylor/Turner.
More and more, I think the Bengals have to hit a home run with the vitality important center position (FA, waiver wire or draft). Relying exclusively on Hopkins seem a risk coming off an ACL. Big upgrade required (and I like Trey).
