O-line Draft Class of 2015

Tour2ma

I've been posting impressions here and there in various conversations, but with a few done it's time to start collecting thoughts.

This initial post is for lists of those I plan to review. Order is as determined by DraftScouts as of today, 2-11-15, as is the expected round the player will go. Links following each player are to the post in which he is reviewed. As reviews are completed I will rank the player as well. My rank is in parentheses.

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=OT&draftyear=2015&sortorder=tsxpos&order=ASC

When at all possible reviews will be based upon game tapes at DraftBreakdown.

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/?draft_class=2015&position=OT

Offensive Tackles: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&do=findComment&comment=478058

Brandon Scherff, Iowa 1: Complete (7) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
Andrus Peat, Stanford 1: Complete (1) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
La'el Collins, LSU 1: Complete (9) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
T.J. Clemmings, Pitt 1: Complete (2)http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
Ereck Flowers, Miami 1: Complete (8)| - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
Cameron Erving, FSU 1/2: Complete (10) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478058
Ty Sambrailo, Colorado St. 1/2: Complete (3) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=2&do=findComment&comment=478940
Daryl Williams, Oklahoma 2: Complete (12) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478311
Jake Fisher, Oregon 2/3: Complete (4) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&do=findComment&comment=479014
Cedric Ogbuehi, TAMU 3: Complete (6) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&do=findComment&comment=479140
Donovan Smith, Penn St. 3/4
Jeremiah Poutasi, Utah 3/4
Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin 4 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=5&do=findComment&comment=493992
Austin Shepard, Bama 4/5
Corey Robinson, S Carolina 5
Sean Hickey, Syracuse 5/6
Tayo Fabuluje, TCU 6
Tyrus Thompson, Oklahoma 6: Complete (11) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=1&do=findComment&comment=478311
Eric Lefeld, Cincinnati 6/7
D.J. Humphries, Florida 7: Complete (5) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&do=findComment&comment=486429

Offensive Guards: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&do=findComment&comment=478059

AJ Cann S Car 2 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=2&do=findComment&comment=481280
Laken Tomlinson Duke 2
Tre Jackson FSU 2/3 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=5&do=findComment&comment=493992
Arie Kouandjio Bama 2/3
Josue Matias FSU 3
John Miller Louisville 3
Ali Marpet Hobart 3/4
Jamil Douglas Az St 4/5
Robert Myers TN St 4/5
Miles Dieffenbach Penn St 5
Adam Shead Oklahoma 5/6: Complete (1)
Ben Beckwith Mississippi St 6
Jon Feliciano Miami 6/7
Jarvis Harrison TAMU 7
Mark Glowinski W VA 7

Centers:

Reese Dismukes Aub 2 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=5&do=findComment&comment=493992
Hroniss Grasu Oregon 2/3: Complete (1) - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=2&do=findComment&comment=479143
Andy Gallik BC 3/4 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=5&do=findComment&comment=493992
BJ Finney KSU 4/5 - http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31919&page=5&do=findComment&comment=493992
Shaquille Mason GA Tech 5
Max Garcia Florida 6/7
Greg Mancz Toledo 7/FA
Shane McDermott Miami 7/FA
Brandon Vitabile NorthWestern 7/FA
David Andrews UGA 7/FA

Tour2ma

Offensive Tackle Reviews

LTs:

Brandon Scherff: Iowa (02-02-15) vs. IND/Maryland - No kick dropstep - shuffles; good feet; good hands, but high. Prone to getting bulled by power and faked by speed. Good accel, no drive. Do not run his way much. Head? Strength? Athletic, but fundamentally weak
Andrus Peat: Stanford (02-02-15) vs. ND - fldgling kick step; great posture; power, agility, looks to be head of the class by more than a little, NFL ready
La'el Collins: LSU (02-09-15) vs. Wis/Auburn/BAMA/OleMiss - Good movement, but lacks fluidity of top prospect, good angles, Power?; most determined game vs. Ole Miss Reaction time? Raw, no drop step; (04/17/15) vs. Florida & Arkansas: easily knocked off bal by lateral push when on run; cannot block faster D on the run, whiffs often; can handle smaller D-lineman across from him... some of the time... Pass Pro remains a liability with min kick-drop and too much bend.
Erick Flowers: Miami (02-10-15) vs. FSU/UVA/S.Car - Fluid w/ signs of technique vs. FSU; choppier v SC, but still effective. Does not destroy 2nd level.
Cameron Erving: FSU (02-11-15) vs. OK St/ND - no kick; lotta waist bend; feet look heavy; fires out on run blocks; focus? Head? ND's DE Sheldon Day gave fits with low edge rush. I can see as an interior prospect, but would like to see tape on him there.
Tyrus Thompson: Oklahoma (02-13-15) vs. WVU - Slow, no tech.. no kick drop; no fireout, awkward
Ty Sambrailo: Colorado St. (02-13-15) vs. SanJose St/BC - fledgling kick, good chop steps, decent posture, unchallenged by SJ, runs well and under control, reminds of Bito; conditioning? some fall off late 1st half vs. BC, can pull. Good discipline, quick decisions. Strength?
Jake Fisher; Oregon (02-14-15) vs. UCLA/ FSU/ OSU - funny split v UCLA, no kick drop, but chops well with good seat, good shadowing, runs well & drives well, looks lean can add lbs, stands tall, got bulled once, looked lean in white, but now thicker in green (v FSU), 3 diff OSU DEs lined up, only difficulty was with quicks of OSU "LB" #43, beatable cross face? Yes... 43 showed way and other DEs followed.

RTs:

T.J.Clemmings: Pitt (02-09-15) vs. Duke/Mia/UVA/VaTech - has kick-drop; latches on; can move; good fire and turn; stays with OG; calm, good decisions; comp level? Can he move to Left side?
Daryl Williams: Oklahoma (02-13-15) vs. WVU - fledgling kick, ugly chop with bit wide stance and lean, mild fire a bit upright, crosses feet in retreat
Cedric Ogbuehi: TAMU (02-14-15) LT vs. MissSt/SCar; RT vs. Auburn - bad tech, mini kick, weak chop, no base - feet too close; pops up to start run block, almost hops and ends up out of position; escorts well, but low anticipation; @RT v Miss more confident and moved better, but tech still weak; still no drop step.
Rob Hevenstein: Wis (04-17-15) vs. LSU - likely RT for life, but surprisingly agile for size, borderline smooth; too high in run block, but gets away with it vs. smaller op; mini-kick in drop, signs of technique; plays thru whistle.

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Offensive Guard Reviews

AJ Cann: S. Car (02-24-15) vs. TAMU/ Missou - unimpressed; Anchors well v pass rush, moves better than advertised getting quickly to 2nd level, but... gets lost in space. Sees stunts, etc. but can't get to them. Anticipation? Reaction? Some of the latter for sure as he ws eaten up by two diferent Missou DL quick off the ball and taking angles..
Adam Shead: OU (02-13-15) vs. WVU - Moved OK on one pull, better pass drop than OTs, no fire
Tre' Jackson: FSU (04-17/15) vs. ND/ Ok St. - not athletic enough for ZBS as is, maybe shed a few lbs?

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Center Reviews

C Hronis Grasu: Oregon (02-14-15) vs. UCLA/ FSU/ OSU - good head/ line calls, but can't handle D-line 1 on 1; lotta 2nd level with good movement, Strength is big question.
Reese Dismukes: Auburn (04/17/15) vs. Miss St/ LSU - moves to 2nd level nicely, gets angle and levers well against bigger D... surprisingly tough to budge
B.J. Finney: KSU (04-17-15) vs. OK - looks lost while on the move, seldom finds target; beefy, does better locked up 1 on 1 vs D-line, but gets beaten if has to move. - distraction Glenn Gronkowski, TE... yes, his "lil" brother...
Andy Gallik: BC (04-17-15) vs. USC - good brawler with surprisingly good movement; raw, but promising - distracted by QB, Darius Wade

tiamat63

More ramblings about Schreff having to move to the interior at the NFL level. I agreed with your early analysis about not seeing why he was such a hyped prospect.

Looks like you were spot on from the beginning.

The Gipper

Well, what are you saying about these guys in respect to the Browns drafting them?

Tour2ma

Thanks... to be honest I do not think Scherff is that hot of a prospect for the inside. He's a project, an enticingly athletic looking one no doubt (as was Greg Robinson last year), but a prospect, not a plug and play guy.

So far I see only two plug and play OTs: Peat (LT) and Clemmings (RT).

miktoxic

OL talk?

LB U was penn state at one time.

OL U is still wisconsin IMO.

i know a certain alum currently playing LT would think the same.

Tour2ma

Without a doubt, mik... but more for interior guys than OTs. That said of the 45 players listed there is exactly one Wisconsin lineman on the list... and he's the #13-ranked OT.

@the-gipper said:
Well, what are you saying about these guys in respect to the Browns drafting them?

Just raw notes so far, but were I to sum them up so far I'd have to say I see only one top OT prospect and two worthy of a 1st rounder. The top guy will be long gone before we pick and in any case both will end up in groupings with other position players of greater need.

But with 40 or so to go, hopefully an interior guy and/or a late round OT will impress me.

WalterWhite

I would love to get our hands on a guy like Zack Martin in this draft and move him to the right side. Sherff is animal. I don't get all the negative reviews.

Tour2ma

I don't know how to imbed a gif, but here's a link.

http://www.draftbreakdown.com/gif-embed/?clip=253927&gif=GleamingDependentHeron

Only 15 seconds, and it's not like Scherff does nothing good, but I see way too much of this from him.

He ain't Zack Martin.

The Gipper

I don't know how to imbed a gif

Are you making a pun?

Here is a gif:

secondwave

It would be amazing if Clemmings fell to the #19 pick. I'd grab him in a heartbeat.

jrb12711

@secondwave said:
It would be amazing if Clemmings fell to the #19 pick. I'd grab him in a heartbeat.

Tour, can you talk a little bit more about Clemmings? He seems to be in a lot of mocks for the Browns at #19.

The Gipper

Here is another gif you can imbed.

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miktoxic

DirtyOldMan.

Tour2ma

@the-gipper said:

I don't know how to imbed a gif

Are you making a pun?

Nope... no pun... If you can figure out how to turn my link into a viewable gif, please let me know. All I get is a message about not having permission to post link with that extension or some such wording.

@jrb12711 said:
Tour, can you talk a little bit more about Clemmings? He seems to be in a lot of mocks for the Browns at #19.

Not a lot more... Clemmings looks very solid on tape. Good technique, good fluid motion. He's very close to Peat, but just not as silky smooth to my eye. Peat looks effortless; TJ looks to be trying a little.

Thing is that he is at RT in game tapes I saw, so I can't project him at LT. Some players flip sides without issue, but others can't... and it does not correlate with how good they are on one side. Should get some idea of this at the Combine.

No doubt in my mind that TJ would upgrade our RT situation, but to spend a first round pick on him. I'd have to be convinced he is also my next LT.

Tour2ma

Spent a little time with three OU players today, LT, RT and LG.

Nothing of note except OU needs a new O-line coach. All three play like sumo wrestlers...

LT Tyrus Thompson: Oklahoma (02-13-15) vs. WVU - Slow, no tech.. no kick drop; no fireout, awkward,

RT Daryl Williams: Oklahoma (02-13-15) vs. WVU - fledgling kick, ugly chop with bit wide stance and lean, mild fire a bit upright, crosses feet in retreat

OG Adam Shead: OU (02-13-15) vs. WVU - Moved OK on one pull, better pass drop than OTs, no fire

ballpeen

@miktoxic said:
DirtyOldMan.

I might fit that mold as well, but I'll tell you, the only thing that has changed is the "Old" part.

Your day will arrive soon enough, unless you end up like Bruce Jenner and want a sex change operation or you lose your interest in sex.

miktoxic

@ballpeen said:

I might fit that mold as well, but I'll tell you, the only thing that has changed is the "Old" part.

Your day will arrive soon enough, unless you end up like Bruce Jenner and want a sex change operation or you lose your interest in sex.

it was a joke and i am old.