04-16-2021, 12:05 PM
(04-15-2021, 10:31 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: To bolded, I think that you're dreaming with that statement.
The fact that the dude has already arrived physically broken from his play in college, and only mustered 10 games in his "breakout" year, tells me enough. Bama used him up, we got damaged goods. Time to draft a true thoroughbred.
That's harsh to consider and would be a bitter pill to swallow. It seems like lately I've noticed more and more top tier teams who cut the chord with players who can't stay healthy sooner rather than later. It's kind of shocking to witness from the outside looking in. This team seems to take the exact opposite approach of crossing their fingers and hoping that the guy who they fell in love with will grow to be all that they can be. I hope that it's not how it plays out, but at this point it wouldn't shock me.
As to OP: His ceiling is probably not quite as high as a David Bakhtiari or a Joe Thomas. Just with his size and style he probably won't have many games where he looks like a man amongst boys as a run blocker against dudes of similar size. His true ceiling would look like him with super savvy pass blocking, few mistakes, and run blocking that's competent not dominant(unless he's nailing a smaller guy in space). Would that be elite? At some things.
Comparing measurables from some other tackles:
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/jonah-williams <---The only measurables that were above average for his position were wingspan, hand size, and 40 time.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/david-bakhtiari <---Only his 40 and bench were impressive. I thought his arms were longer. He was light and small.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/penei-sewell <---I thought that his broad jump was far more impressive relative to OTs. Not that 83rd percentile is bad. He's short and does have shortish arms/wingspan.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/joe-thomas <---85th percentile broad jump. 92nd percentile 40.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/andrew-whitworth <---91st percentile broad jump.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/tyron-smith <---No jump data. Good 40 again. Freakishly long arms.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/jason-peters <--- 40 and broad jump were astounding. Very short arms.
I remember thinking that broad jump scores could be a good indicator, but apparently good 40 times can actually mean something. Arm length is probably overrated.
