04-01-2021, 03:45 PM
(04-01-2021, 03:14 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: To answer the question about Frank Pollock and Billy Price we need to go back to 2018. Before finishing the season badly, the Bengals started out 4-1 with some quality offensive line play before Billy Price was injured.
(04-01-2021, 03:37 PM)bengaloo Wrote: Yeah thanks for the reminder on that. I think a lot of Price haters should take this into account. I had forgotten. All I know is Price didnt work out well under Turner at G, but when he played C last season I actually thought he looked better than Hopkins. He played a really good game, but PFF gave him a hilariously biased 18.6 pass blocking grade despite Burrow not even getting sacked that game. Gio averaged over 4ypc and so did Perine. Price was a big part of that. For all we know, Price under Pollack could be the Price we thought we were getting when drafting him. He could be the C we've been wanting. Is hard to tell because we were stuck with Turner for 2 years and he was terrible.
Health and blocking aside, I remember Price being a really poor and inconsistent snapper at C.
I don't have any stats or anything to reference for this, but I just remember his snaps looking awful. One at the ankles, next one at the shoulder, etc. It struck me as odd at the time that a 1st round C could snap that poorly.
He also somehow had 3 false starts his rookie year. As a center. (He had 2 as well in just 19% of the offensive snaps last year.)
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