(11-01-2021, 06:27 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I've seen Neal almost every week this season, since Alabama is always on TV and they are fun to watch. Neal is highly overrated. He lunges and grabs and when he lunges, he tends to get off balance. That kind of technique just isn't gonna cut it in the NFL. He's just the best in a very, very bad OT class.

I will take your word that Neal does all of that stuff, I have been able to watch less college football than ever this year unfortunately...especially with my scouting hat on.

That said, what you describe is basically exactly what Wirfs was like, and why I was lower than him throughout the year than others (fortunately that changed after the combine and I was sky high on him). Usually when you see someone lunge and overstep it is because they are trying to overcome athletic insufficiencies, just look at Cam Robinson for example #1. However, we have seen Neal show absurd explosion with those box jumps and while long speed isn't as important for lineman he has clocked over 18 MPH a lot of times with the chips which is crazy for a guy his size obviously. We'll see with the all important SS and 3 cones, but it seems to me like he is the freak athlete that can have his technique cleaned up and become a plug and play pro bowler right away.

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