Cordell Volson

[Uffda]

Joe Goodberry is my favorite follow on Twitter for the Bengals and NFL Draft. He used to write for the Athletic and started the Locked On Bengals podcast, but is now "retired" from sports writing/analysis. For a guy that is "retired", he still offers the best insight into the draft and Bengals related topics. He and Jake Liscow (Locked on Bengals) compile annual draft rankings (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1005710416) with positions that the Bengals might/should target. They use college production, consensus draft board, RAS, physical measurables, their own film grades, and breakout age to rank prospects. The last several years they've nailed the hits, misses, reaches, and values of the draft.

Volson wasn't on his initial list, so he went back and tweeted through his film watch of Volson https://twitter.com/JoeGoodberry/sta...42418453872640. Here were the highlights:
"This NDSU run game is a MACHINE. They're well coached and in sync. It's the entire foundation of their offense. Rare to get a true pass set to evaluate. I definitely agree that Volson is better at guard. Could probably slide to OT in a pinch, but he looks better inside."

"The rest of the games look just like these highlights below. He gets to the second level and eliminates his target. Really shows his athleticism there. Nasty blocker. Attitude. A bit reckless."

"He's a nasty bastard"

After his film review and using Volson's combine numbers, Volson has a 72.8 grade, which was 11th among the interior offensive linemen they ranked this year. A 70 grade is a 4th round grade and a 73 grade is worth a late day 2 pick.

The comments from the Bengals fans are great. They're going to love Volson.��

[SFBisonFan]

I hear there are two more Volson boys in high school. Any word if they will be future Bison?

[Big Bird]

First pre-season game is at the half and there is good news and bad news for Cordell.

Bad news: He hasn't played yet. The entire unit that started tonight (all presumed backups, except Jackson Carman at LG) has played all half

Good news: Jackson Carman has been absolutely atrocious. Looks worse than last year and his awareness is just non-existent. Missing stunts, going the wrong way, running into his tackle, holding penalty, etc. Plus, he stands up way too much, gets no leverage, and gets driven into the pocket. This is all against the Cardinals backup D Line

Barring injury, Volson will get to play the entire 2nd half and the Bengals get the ball first in the 2nd half. He has a real chance to make a big move for the LG job tonight

[Big Bird]

3 and out, but not Cordell's fault.

Fired off the snap and got to the 2nd level very quickly on the one run, and picked up a twist very nicely on third down, which Carman struggles with.

Good start

[Big Bird]

Overall seemed to be a good night for Cordell. Carman was awful and Cordell played well.

Interestingly, he looked better in pass pro than in the run early on. He anchored well, dealt with stunts well, and had good hand placement and usage.

In the run game, he fired off the snap really well, but did lunge and reach at times, causing some misses. Overall though, he moved well (honestly, better than I remember him moving in space at NDSU) and showed his pop.

https://twitter.com/JayMorrisonATH/s...76552600723457

[Bisman]

Bengals RT La’el Collins, who said today was a big step in his ramp up process, called rookie LG Cordell Volson “one of the best rookies I’ve been around.”

He praised Volson’s toughness, physicality, coachability and willingness to learn.

[ndsubison1]

https://www.profootballrumors.com/20...rd-competition

Bengals play tonight on NFL Network

[Bisman]

Small-Town Cordell Volson Gets Shot In Big Apple In Pursuit Of Bengals LG Job

https://www.bengals.com/news/small-t...bengals-lg-job

[Big Bird]

Sounds like he'll be starting between Hakeem Adeniji at LT and Trey Hill at C tonight. Adeniji is awful and I think a likely cut after camp and Hill is a 2nd year 6th round pick who was awful last year, but looked ok in the preseason opener.

Sounds like the Giants will play most starters, so it should be a very challenging game for Cordell.

[Big Bird]

Bad start for Bengals starters but Cordell does very well. He continues to look very good in pass pro

Game is on NFL Network.