Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle Anthony Munoz before the 2021 NFL Draft.

Sowhy didn'tthe Bengals follow that endorsement? That's a legitimate question afterCincinnati selected LSU receiverJa'MarrChase with the No. 5 overall Natrone Means Jerseys pick Thursday.

Chase and Sewell will be pitted against each other for the rest of their careers as a result. Sewell spoke with Sporting News as ahead of the draft, and he heard Munoz's endorsement.

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"I can't Junior Seau Jerseys let that get to my head and be complacent,"Sewell said. "I heard it, and it Tristan Vizcaino Jerseys put a smile on my face and created another motivation. When a greatest of all time at the position says that about me, it gives me the confidence in my mind that I can do my job to the best of my ability."

Sewell, who allowed just one sack in two seasons at Oregon, was selectedby the Lions at No. 7.

Sewell opted out of the 2020 college football season, but that did not affect his draft status. He is Nasir Adderley Jerseys one of the safest picks of the first roundand Detroit's fourth offensive line pick Josh Harris Jerseys in the last seven years.

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"Offensive line is a unique position," Sewell said. "Everybody has different things that work for them. For me, it was about going through the proce s and seeing if things work for me and seeing if it fits for me."

Sewellseemed like the logical pick for the Bengals knowing quarterback Joe Burrow took 32 sacks and suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2020.

Instead, Cincinnati Khalil Mack T Shirts went with Burrow'sfavorite target at LSU. Chase caught 84 pa ses for 1,780 yards (21.2 yards per catch) and 20 touchdowns in 2020. It's a power move for Burrow to get Chase in Cincinnati, and it could pan out.

Burrow still needs more protection.Cincinnati addre sed the offensive line with Riley Reiff in free agency Keenan Allen T Shirts and still has 2019 first-round pick Jonah Williams at tackle, and it likely will add depth on Days 2 and 3 of the draft.

Reiff was Andre Roberts Jerseys Detroit's first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. In 2021, the Lions selected a solid offensive lineman to build around new quarterback Jared Goff under first-year coach Dan Campbell.Detroit was expected to take a receiver acro s most mock drafts. Taking Sewell made more sense, however.

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The role reversal is interesting, and the pick will be questioned if Cincinnati cannot protect Burrow better under third-year Khalil Mack Jerseys coach Zac Taylor in 2021.Did the Lions take advantage of the Bengals pa Keenan Allen Jerseys sing on Sewell?

That is something to watch in the short term.

If Sewell is who Munoz thinks he is, then it could become a long-term question that keeps coming back at Cincinnati.