05-01-2021, 02:29 AM
(05-01-2021, 02:24 AM)Yogo Wrote: https://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2021JCarman.php
Being objective. Carman seems like a logical choice. Not what was expected, but neither was it a reach.
Highest need was interior line to improve run game, be at least average in pass protection, be mobile and athletic is a plus.
So Carman is a mobile road grader, that has experience mirroring edge rushers as an LT even with his short arms and poor technique because he is fluid for a big man and light on his feet. Meaning he still has a high ceiling left (enter Oline guru Pollack to coach that up).
From what I gathered from tweet rumors and such, the Bengals had their eye on him. I'd like to think that Landon was the target and once he was taken they traded back, but putting the clues together, I don't think Landon or Tevin were their target all along even though they had way higher starter grades and Carman had a developmental grade.
Landon C/G was a leader, smart, and technician. Stout in pass pro, not a road grader, ACL.
Tevin OT was a great OT, pretty good run blocker, but average pass pro due to mobility and balance, hip
Cosmi OTgreat mirror pass pro, not a road grader
Mayfield OT great mirror pass pro, not a road grader
Walker Little OT tall, pretty good pass pro and run blocker
Liam OT steady in pass blocking, but immobile and weak run blocking
If the best mobile road grader with passable pass blocking IOL was the target for the second round from the above wishlist, I think Pollack really did get HIS GUY.
The only ones who could move piles were Walker and Tevin, but their body types were tall and long for OT duty more than interior duty. Tevin wasn't mobile, and Walker was on the thinner side and not athletic. From the Alexander days, I am tired of catch and dance linemen, I want road graders that can pass block. So if Carman is a big body road grading dancing bear with short arms with experience being a tackle, wow.
The Bengals gambled that they could trade down if he had a late second round grade / early third round grade and people were looking for more OT types that had high starting grades on them. Carman would be a project more than an insta starter.
And to get 2 4th rounders to boot.
I'm sold.
