5 hours ago
(8 hours ago)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Well, Fairchild was a 3rd rounder by most analysts and taken right where he should be. He didn't blow up the combine like Ratledge did.
But as we know, football isn't played at the combine. Staying low is key to good OL play and having longer arms helps as well.
Fairchild has him on both of these things.
Yes football isn't played at the combine. But something like 70% of offensive line probowlers scored a 7.5 RAS score or higher. So athletic testing is very important in evaluating risk of a draft pick. Also according to some evautors Ratledge's 2023 tape pre ankle surgery was 1st rd worthy. Plus reports had him higher on the Bengals board as he was the next guy on they're board in the 2nd rd.
