If Ragnow was really the target at 21...

[BengalChris]

(05-03-2018, 10:31 AM)ochocincos Wrote: This article on Cincy Jungle seems to indicate the Bengals should have traded up past DET to get Ragnow if he really was their guy, but teams knew they likely wouldn't.
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2018/5/3/17311958/nfl-execs-insiders-critical-bengals-drafting-billy-price-round-1

If Ragnow was really the target for the Bengals at 21 (which most believe), should the Bengals have considered giving up a pick (or picks) to move ahead of DET? It likely would have only cost a 4th rounder to trade up to 19/20.

I personally vote yes, especially when the 4th rounder resulted in "just" another RB.

I voted no mostly because I don't see Ragnow as ahead of Price. In March Ragnow was not even a consideration in the first round but price was pretty much in most 1st round mocks and Lindy's had Price going to Detroit with the #20 pick.

I don't think it was a surprise to the Bengals that Detroit drafted a Center ahead of them. The team seemed to telegraph that they were going to take a Center with the 21st pick. So the Bengals basically had to know that they were going to get whoever Detroit didn't select. If they had a much of a preference they could have moved up easily.

As far as the 4th round pick being used on an injured RB, well that's another story. It was the pick I liked the least of all 11 picks.