(04-14-2022, 09:40 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(04-14-2022, 07:36 PM)Jag149 Wrote: I hear you, but cannot fathom how you can be so sure of that. Not a knock just my opinion.  I re watched the Michigan-Georgia game today and watched either Sayler or McClendon handle Hutch by themselves during that butt whooping. Even when Ojbie flushed the Ga QB towards Hutch the guy couldn't close the deal. Sayler is not suppose to be good enough to be a tackle in the NFL so he will face better players....what am I missing?

I just rewatched it, too, based on comments on the board.  Hutch was a non-factor.  Most of the game he was blocked by either McClendon or Salyer one-on-one.  In the first quarter he was blocked one-on-one by a TE.  He came in free twice that I saw.  He could not chase down Stetson Bennett.  Big red flag.

I'm starting to waffle again.  Lol.  Maybe Jags should just choose Neal or Ekwonu at #1  Build Fortress Duval.  Sunshine would be clean in the pocket, breeze blowing through his hair, with no defender within three yards of him.

God No! I saw Evan Neal on multiple occasions last season and he's an average RT at best. He got beat a lot, but Bryce Young was so good and had so much pocket awareness that he could sense the rush and would fire strikes in the nick of time. If Neal didn't have Young as his QB, he wouldn't even be in the first round discussion. He couldn't even beat Alex Leatherwood for the LT job in 2020 and Leatherwood was so bad for the Raiders last season, he had to be kicked inside to OG. 

Ekwonu is a fantastic run blocker, but his pass blocking is way behind. He gave up 3 sacks last season as a member of the ACC conference. Not exactly a "murderer's row" of pass rushers that he faced. I'm sorry, but elite college OT's don't give up that many sacks in a second tier conference. He needs to be kicked inside to OG, where he can work in less space and utilize his strength. This is a very weak OT class. We wouldn't be getting anything better than what we already have at OT.

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