patryk7754 wrote:The more I look into the offensive lineman for the upcoming the draft the more I’m impressed. Specially OT. The kid from Arizona looks like a menace. My concern with him is that word he be able to make the switch to full time LT. As of two my OT rankings would be
1. Josh Simmons
2. Kelvin Banks
3. Emery Jones
4. Jonah Savaiinaea
5. Aireontae Ersery
Honorable mention: Grey Zabel. I like most everything I see from him but his competition level gives me some pause.
If jones and savaiiaea were primarily LTs I think they’d be in consideration for being the first OL taken.
My do not drafts are will campbell and josh conerly. Campbell doesn’t really impress me with anything he does. From what I’ve seen, he doesn’t have any great attributes. No elite footwork or quickness or anything. Savaiinaea, for example, has very violent and active hands. He’s very good at chopping rushers arms down and then finishing them to the ground. Campbell hasn’t shown anything you can single out like that. And it looks like he’s moving at a walkthrough pace. Maybe it’s just that easy to him, but I think historically, that has lead to underperforming in the nfl.
As for conerly, I think his biggest strength is the type of offense he plays in. I think it benefits him greatly. Hes often slow out of his stance, late to his blocking assignments on the second level, I’ve seen him get pushed back somewhat often. I think he’s 100% someone who needs time to get good on the nfl level,nd I don’t think that’s the right path for us.
The Combine and individual workouts will tell Poles a lot. The only LT I've watched many times is Kelvin Banks from Texas. If he's on the board that's the guy I'd like to get. In fact I'd like to draft 3 of the Texas offensive linemen, Banks, Jake Majors and Cameron Williams who I'd put at Right guard.
I like Jonah Savaiineaa's size. And if Josh Simmons checks out medically he might be the best LT prospect out of the bunch. But I'd want medical personnel to really check on his injured knee.
Pretty good game last night. The Penn State QB blew the game throwing INTs. I thought Nick Singleton put on a good performance. He's the RB I'd like to draft with our 3rd round pick. He's got size, speed and is a good receiver as well. He'd be a really good 3 down RB, Really good athlete. And Abdul Carter showed why he's high on the draft boards. Even with an injured shoulder he was getting after it. He's going to be a really good EDGE rusher. But he'll be gone before we draft at # 10.
