We’ve got another trade to report! Not too long after the Bills dealt Darryl Johnson to the Panthers, the Giants and Bengals have pulled off an interesting swap. New York has agreed to trade defensive lineman B.J. Hill, head coach Joe Judge announced to the media on Monday.
Right after Judge said Hill would be traded, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweeted that it was to the Bengals for offensive lineman Billy Price. The Bengals will also get a conditional seventh-round pick in the deal, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News notes in a tweet. In a follow-up tweet, Rapoport notes that Price has been a “key name” in trade talks recently, and that the Giants were searching for O-line depth.
Price wasn’t the only Bengals lineman on the block, as Albert Breer of SI.com tweets that Cincy also had discussions about guard Michael Jordan. He adds that the Jaguars joined the Giants as teams calling around about interior offensive line help this week.
A former first-rounder, Price was the 18th overall pick back in 2018. Cincinnati declined his fifth-year option this past offseason, meaning he’ll be a free agent after this season. The Ohio State product never lived up to his draft status, and could benefit from the change in scenery.
He was Cincy’s starter at center as a rookie, then moved to guard and only started eight games in 2019. This past season he was mostly a reserve, only starting one game. Hill was a third-round pick back in 2018, and also declined after his rookie year.
In his first pro season he had 5.5 sacks while starting 12 games, but over the past two years he’s had just two total sacks while being reduced to a rotational role. It makes sense for both sides, with each addressing an area of need.
Joe Burrow’s knee is having anxiety hearing this news
More like celebrating. Price is awful
Bengals OL was bad last year and Billy wasn’t good enough to get 1st team reps. That tells you where he is
I’m not as familiar with Hill’s work as I am Price’s, but this seems like a lopsided trade in favor of Cincy. Hill at least has had some production in the past, but Price has never been exemplary in the pros. I suppose Hill was going to be cut anyway, but Price is truly quite bad. Hopefully both players get back on track. Coaching or health may make a difference for one or both of these players, and if not, at least one (if not both) was likely to be cut anyway.
I for one like this trade. I’ve watched Price at Ohio State and liked his game. Didn’t follow him ugh after he was drafted by Cincy. The OL for Giants is thin and in need of depth and talent. This should help given Prices potential.
As for Hill, he was a good depth player on the DL in his First and second year, but has fallen behind with the depth we have and with the contracts given to the players ahead of him.
As one of the readers said, maybe the change of scenery will have a positive effect on both players, and if not, their contracts run out at the end of the year anyway.
Price was gifted the starting job at center prior to his rookie season.
It was an absolute train wreck.
Since then, he’s been moved around under two different line coaches and had EVERY opportunity to win the job at center.
Nothing anyone ever reported out of this year’s camp led any of us to believe he was ever close to earning a starting position – at center OR guard.
Maybe a change of scenery unlocks some hidden potential… or – much more likely – he’s a bust.
If it means anything to you, I have NO IDEA what BJ Hill has to offer, and I still love the deal.
Yeah…as someone who also liked Price in college, I was shocked by how bad he was in Cincy. What made it worse was how bad Michael Jordan (not THAT one obviously-and ironically a guard) was right next to him. I mean, this was a line that extended Bobby Hart, so the bar was already pretty low, and Price and Jordan were both outstanding (in a literal sense, not in a good sense-meaning noticeable). As FromTheCheapSeats and Monkey’s Uncle said, Price and Jordan (Price especially) have been moved all around and given a lot of opportunities to grab hold of a job of any kind starting. It was very disappointing.
Cincy I believe is attempting to trade Jordan as well, but I think they ended up with the more positive disappointment in Hill. The Giants do need depth, and maybe Price will do better with New York’s environment. As for Hill, Cincy has been looking for depth in the interior of the d-line, so he might find a solid role rotating inside as the third DT if all goes well. At least both players are young, so they may have time to turn it around.
I think this is pretty much an even swap. Price has a big upside but has shown little. Hill was great his rookie year but hasn’t done much since. Both teams trading from strength to gain at least depth at a thin spot. Both players are playing for their careers this year, because if they flop they may be taxi squad material. Interesting and inexpensive trade.
Price has been absolutely, positively awful. The Bengals offensive line has been mostly a train wreck since he got there, they’ve tried every conceivable way to work Price into the lineup, but every time I’ve seen him play he’s been regularly beaten like a piñata. As a Steeler fan I’m sorry to see him go, but in all seriousness a change of scenery and some new voices could be what he needs.
Trade of two underperforming disappointments. Hill makes zero impact plays. No sacks, no pressures, no hits behind the line of scrimmage. He’s another in along list of 3rd round picks for Giants that failed to make it to contract #2.
If Price is poor then he’ll fit right in with Giants OL. Our backup Guards are complete garbage.
65 pressures in 3 seasons in a deep rotation at DT is pretty decent for a 3rd rounder, no?
Please, where did you get those pressure numbers for Hill? Pro Football Reference only lists 25 pressures for him for his career, and 14 of them came as a rookie.
They were quoted in a story by the Athletic. They usually use pff for stats.
Thanks. PFF seems to be the go-to for pressure stats instead of PFR, even though the former always seems to count a lot more pressures than the official statisticians come up with (which is where I think PFR gets their numbers). Interesting.
Thanks, again, though.