I watched the Senior Bowl today and this one had a lot more offense than the East-West Shrine game. Again, I was paying very close attention to both sides of the line and the secondary. There was a lot of great talent in this game. The players who really stood out to me in a positive way were OT/OG/C Cody Mauch of North Dakota State, OG/C Steve Avila of TCU, DT Zacch Pickens of South Carolina, Center John Michael Schmitz of Minnesota, Edge Rusher Thomas Incoom of Central Michigan, NT Keeanu Benton of Wisconsin, DE/DT Karl Brooks of Bowling Green, Safety Kaevon Merriweather of Iowa, Safety Sydney Brown of Illinois and Edge Rusher Lonnie Phelps of Kansas.

Cody Mauch was outstanding. That guy could play any position on the O-Line. He was a LT in college, he played LG throughout the week and in the game he played Center and RT and looked like a natural. He was stuffing guys at the line on nearly every play. I liked him a lot before the game, but he is much better than I originally gave him credit for. Karl Brooks made several big plays in the game and wreaked havoc in the backfield. I'd love to add him to our D-Line. He's the inside pass rushing presence we've been missing. Kaevon Merriweather just seemed to be in position on every play, blanketing his man and giving opposing QB's fits. Phelps might've been the player of the game though. He was simply unblockable and showed a non-stop motor. He really was impressive.

As far as the bad goes, Alabama OT Tyler Steen was beaten soundly on several plays, Tennessee OT Darnell Wright had a few hiccups where he gave up a pair of pressures that led to incompletions. That was very disappointing to see. I thought he was much better than that. BYU OT Blake Freeland was abused on multiple plays and although OG/OT McClendon Curtis of Chattanooga looked pretty good at OG when they moved him out to RT, he was a disaster.

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