04-27-2018, 03:00 PM
(04-27-2018, 02:55 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: I was one who said "I am not a fan of this pick" yesterday. Not because of anything against Wild Bill, but just thought we might have been able to trade back and get him at the end of the first round. But again, you never know, maybe you miss out on him even dropping back 5 spots.
Pretty soon I "brushed it off" and now am on the Wild Bill Bandwagon. The Bengals probably had both Ragnow and Price rated very similarly, even if they maybe had Ragnow a bit higher (only going by Lapham's prediction). Now after a night to sleep on it, I'm starting to get excited that we have an OSU center (even though I've stopped being an OSU fan for quite some time now) on the team who is about to become a day 1 starter. With this guy's talent, smarts and attitude, along with Pollack coaching the line, I think we actually have a stud center who can play in Cincinnati for many years. I'm hoping Pollack can convince MB to get Wild Bill a second contract.
This should finally prove to Mike once and for all that having a stud Center is of the most importance.
I expect us to finally get over the Playoff hump now atleast if we keep this up. When this happens it will be obvious
that the stud Center is what we needed all along and we will value Wild Bill and give him a lengthy contract.
