Interesting stuff: http://walterfootball.com/combine2013stockOL.php This jumped out: Some good stuff.
I'm wondering what the likelihood is of us drafting a tackle at 12 if Martin is a better left than right tackle, that is- unless they move Martin inside to left guard. I'm wondering if there isn't a greater chance of us trading back and taking Cooper or waiting till the 2nd round to take a right tackle (Menelik Watson) than taking Lane Johnson in the 1st. Maybe take Patterson 1st (or trade back for Allen), Watson 2nd, and leave Martin at LT.
Bakhtiari is someone I spoke about moving to G because thats really his body type. He started at RT at Colorado and was a bit of a butter bean coming out high school. He's done well, and is a nasty son a *****. If you paired him with Incognito we'd have two very physical interior players flanking Pouncey.
If we lose Long and do not replace him in free agency, and have the choice of Fisher, Warmack and Johnson at 12, I'd take Warmack. Put him at LG, move Richie to RG, Jerry to RT, and Martin to LT. Pressure up the gut will kill you more in the quick passing game than it will from the outside. Warmack inside would help prevent the pocket getting collapsed into the QB. I think he'd also do the most for the run game. Even Daniel Thomas could average over 4 yds a carry inside, with Warmack next to Pounce and Richie.
I'm feeling more and more certain, with all the OL options, that we will see an OL selected somewhere in the first two rounds (with one of our first three picks).
Even without the options, it's certain we're drafting offensive lineman early given FA and the talent we have.
I think Lane Johnson is working his way out of our reach at #12. He had already passed Fisher in my eyes
IMO, Joeckel didn't help himself today. He's no bigger or stronger than the next two tackles, and he is slower than both and much slower than Johnson. He also has slightly shorter arms than Fish or Lane. Watching the kick slide drill Joeckel didn't look like anything special. Lane certainly did and I missed Fisher so far. I've been of the opinion all along that KC needs to address QB with their pick, likely Geno Smith, but if they do want to go LT instead, what is it about Joeckel that makes him worth #1 overall, while the other two are likely between 7 and 12?
Know where you can typically pick up guys who bench press the highest amount of reps after the combine? Free Agency. It amazes me year after year to see media (and some draftniks) go ga ga over a guy's benchpress. I view it as "as long as he doesn't put up super low numbers, who cares"
If you go back a few years most if not all of the #1 bench press guys from the various years are out of the league. The best lift with which to project weight room strength to functional football strength is the power clean.
