Anybody to re look that draft strategy

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(12-15-2020, 04:26 PM)yang Wrote: Yeah, I have no idea if Jonah can switch but I suspect he would be a monster LG.  I assume he can play RT since he did it at Alabama before switching.  I assume Sewell can play RT as well.  I say draft him and let the experts figure it out.  

Hopkins doesn't stand out because of the terrible guard play, but I'd be curious about his PFF ranking.  And Hopkins can play backup interior lineman.  I will give you we need guards probably worse, but a great center is really hard to come by.  We screwed this up last time. 

Hopkins PFF - 63.6 overall (70.8 pass block, 58.6 run block)
Amongst centers, he's 22nd overall, but he's the 10th best pass blocker.

While I think it makes sense to upgrade Hopkins at some point, I'd rather keep the solid guy and upgrade the terrible positions (G) vs trying to turn solid into elite C but still have terrible guards.

The Bengals also didn't really "screw up" last time btw, they just missed out on the only good C in the draft class. They reportedly wanted Frank Ragnow, who went the pick before them to DET.
At that point, they needed to pick between James Daniels and Billy Price. Given the OL coach at the time was Pollack, it's natural he wanted a strong guy.