05-09-2022, 09:24 AM
(05-09-2022, 09:05 AM)fredtoast Wrote: https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/story/_/id/33884108/answering-2022-nfl-draft-biggest-questions-experts-debate-favorite-picks-top-rookie-classes-fantasy-stars-more
Dan Graziano, national NFL writer: S Daxton Hill to the Bengals at No. 31. I have to highlight what I thought was a really smart value pick by the defending AFC champs. The Bengals see Hill as a Swiss Army knife-type of defensive back who can play safety, slot corner and basically whatever else they need him to do in their secondary. They hit the offensive line hard in free agency, as they should have, but they had some holes to fill on defense, too. Hill can help them fill whatever those turn out to be. And he's not a bad leverage play for the team in case Jessie Bates III's contract dispute continues to linger.
Good find. To back that up....
In the most recent episode of "Hear That Podcast Growlin" they did a long interview with a Bengals scout and covered every pick and why. He said that Dax Hill was his absolute #1 favorite player in the entire draft and they were shocked and elated that he was there at 31.
He spoke very highly of CTB as well.
Another interesting interview on the "Bengals Booth" podcast, a Bengals scout told Dan Horde that they had been scouting Cordell Volson for 3 years in hopes that he would come out and they loved him each draft season only to be bummed he would elect to forego the draft for another year at ND State. Basically said that they have heavily scouted the kid as a group and felt like he was the real deal.
