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I love this pick and a bit of research reveals.... On the RAS grades, Mims ranked 57 out of 1377 OT from 1987 to 2024 - the past 37 years! He did not allow a single QB sack in ANY of his college snaps he played.. He grades elite..... any draft pick is a roll of the dice, no matter who it is.. We are going big and protecting Joe Cool...... We will address the other areas of need in the rest of the draft...... LOVE IT

I wanted Mims

Great pick, stole him from Steelers

Mims could be really good - next year. For a team that is all in supposedly I wanted a more impactful player this year. But my top 5 players were obviously top players to 11-12 other teams before us so we lose. The ego win against the Browns in the last game solidly hurt us here.

i dont get what bengals see in pollack, i got a feeling this might be the last season we have pollack unless trent or mims makes him look good....hope we get some competition in later rounds at guard to put volson on his heels and maybe put in the extra work to do better

There r still solid corners in free agency & we still gonna have 12-14 million to spend after signing rookies & keeping money to sign players late off-season or in-season

Think of the terms that are getting thrown around about Mims like "he's raw!" & "he's a project!" These are totally false labels to attach to Mims. Projects & raw players have traits & abilities that "could" translate to being good NFL players but they also have lots of BAD tape that you can point to & say "he needs to correct this & this & this, & IF he does he might be a good player..." This is NOT the case with Mims. He just needs to stay healthy. He may only have played 8 games but he put out consistently good tape, game after game that he played in, snap after snap, vs very good defensive competition. He has nothing but GOOD tape. "Raw" players & projects have bad tape with lots of obvious flaws that need to be corrected. The tools & potential are there with raw projects, but the tape isn't always good With Mims, his tape is ALWAYS good! Show me one snap where he looked bad out of 8 games. Just one! If he's a bust, he will be an injury bust, not a "this guy can't play OT at all" bust. Easily worth the risk at 18. Top 10 tools & tape. Was he the safest pick at 18? Nope. He was the biggest swing for the fences they could have made, & I'm ok with that at 18, especially for an OT that grades out very highly as a pass blocker & still is OK vs the run & will only get better with more reps.

Mims has a ton of upside. Can be a stud

Like the pick but imagine if we didn’t win all those games in the back end of the year just to miss the playoffs… would’ve been sitting at 13 with alot of options

As long as he stays healthy it's a awesome pick

I thought someone was gonna trade infront of us. I've been drinking the Mims Kool-Aid for months it's who I wanted.WHO-DEY!!!

Fisk DT FLORIDA 2nd rd

We can use him as a jumbo pkg on either side of brown run behind both and additional pass nlocker his combine presser said he wanted to come here block for burrow he was emotional on call be wanted to be here who dey he will be our future

I think its a great pick.

Don't forget Ryan we still got 24mill in reserve for another player or maybe 2! WHODEY.

2:02 a huge example of this is caleb farley in 2021

I love how the raiders picked brock bowers even though they drafted michael mayer last year in the early 2nd round😂I swear, the raiders picked him to make sure the bengals didn't get him😂😂😂😂you could tell brock bowers doesn't even want to be with them. he should be with the bengals, a team that he can win a superbowl with.😂😂

I’m not a fan of mims, everyone has a hard on because he’s 6’8 or big. That doesn’t mean you’ll be good. We always waste first round picks on guys that need to be “developed”. How about we pick a guy who’s ready! No more “projects” in the first round please.

I wanted Newton; I still do. We passed on the top CB and the 2nd DT to take the 5th OT. We tagged Tee to win now and then drafted a 1st rounder we hope won't see the field this year.

What is with the leg braces?

Anyone you draft is a project

A mar e us

Im so pissed with this. We need impact guys for a super bowl run and they draft a guy who played 8 games.

They drafted heavy on defense for 2 drafts why draft DB's and not use them

I expected this to be the pick but I am not happy. When watching the draft and the commentators first words out their mouths is this guy is massive it’s a concern. They didn’t talk about his skill set right off the bat. He is massive with an injury history and a small sample size. Why pick on potential at this spot? When they could’ve gotten more depth on the D line, a pass rusher to replace Trey if he hangs up his cleats or a stud wide out to replace Tee.

Protect JB9 AT ALL COST

Terrible pick for a team trying to win a Super Bowl this season. He might not even see the field unless they plug him in at LG

How is it a smart pick smh