2018 draft....1st 2 rds...most likely options

[SunsetBengal]

(12-23-2017, 07:07 PM)Jpoore Wrote: Ok. First off the premise of Nelson is wrong. 1. He's not the best guard Hernandez is. Please watch some tape. 2. Hernandez is universally recognized as the best run blocker in the nation and a great pass blocker with a 99.8 pass block effeciency. But I think we go center and guard first 2 rounds honestly. If we reach for nelson then go price fine. But we may go with Derwin james or raquan smith in the first.

I believe the argument for Nelson being the better NFL prospect is the fact that he has the longer arms, and may have played against better competition at ND, than Hernandez at UTEP.

Now, I like that Hernandez is lower body based, and is so powerful at the point of attack.  His build suggests that he just might have enough ass to move a 3-4 NT off of the ball.  We need that on the Bengals.  However, just how many top level, NFL quality NT types did Hernandez actually play against at UTEP?