Over the last couple of days, Matt Weston at Battle Red Blog has, in 4 posts, done a ranking and breakdown of his top 15 tackles. I've been impressed with his detailed film study in the past. He makes some observations that surprised me, but again, I've always been impressed with his work in the past, so I'm inclined to believe any fault is mine. He doesn't pull any punches and goes into a great deal of detail. I'm still trying to rap my head around some of his rankings. For instance he puts Kaleb McGary as the #4 overall tackle despite indicating that he is essentially useless at pass protection (I really agree with the last bit, he's a disaster). Essentially the only player he doesn't savage at least a little bit is Jonah Williams. He totally destroys Dalton Risner, which was kind of a surprise to me. But most importantly, he includes a ton of detail and includes lots of video of game action demonstrating his points. It's informative even if you don't like his rankings. Rankings below, organized by postings, so you can see his analysis (he gives Titus Howard and Max Sharping a N/A because he doesn't have enough video to evaluate): 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking The Offensive Tackle Prospects (Part I) N/A - Titus Howard N/A - Max Sharping 13 - David Edwards 12 - Derwin Gray 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking The Offensive Tackle Prospects (Part II) 11 - Chuma Edoga (PFF loves them some Chuma Edoga - this is a great counterpoint) 10 - Bobby Evans 9 - Dennis Daley 8 - Dalton Risner 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking The Offensive Tackle Prospects (Part III) 7 - Yodny Cajuste 6 - Greg Little 5 - Cody Ford 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking The Offensive Tackle Prospects (Part IV) 4 - Kaleb McGary 3 - Jawaan Taylor 2 - Andre Dillard 1 - Jonah Williams Highly recommended reading and video watching if you care about the draftable tackles. He definitely does his own detailed film study unlike some other sites who parrot stuff they've heard elsewhere.
I've seen two different unknown sources online saying similar things with the Texans. One says there's a trade in place with the Lions if pass rushers go on a run. #8 for Clowney. The other says the Texans want to trade up for Jonah or Greedy. I don't necessarily believe these guys, but where there's smoke there's fire?
Even with the Lions just paying Tre Flowers? Clowney cant be traded until he signs the tender and he probably won't until a new deal is in place. Can the Lions afford to pay him?
Zeeshan had a similar rumor in the Clowney thread: link Would be a crazy DL for Patricia in Detroit getting JD and Flowers in one off-season. Re: Texans, I'd assume they'd have 2 firsts, 1 second, and 2 thirds in this scenario. A few recent mocks have both Greedy and Dillard falling to the Texans spot. Would be a nice infusion of youth and maybe you get a bounce back year from Whitney playing the OLB/Joker role as he's a more refined rusher than JD.
I'm repeating myself, but he is hilariously bad at pass protection. Watch the most recent Rose Bowl if you doubt.
Dude is a mauler though. Plays until the whistle blows. His pass blocking can be fixed with the right coaching. Oh wait, never mind. Pass!
Can't fix the offensive line issues with someone that can't protect the franchise. That would be a pure Texans move.
Would you guys trade Clooney if it meant we got to keep our other 1st and got Dillard/Jonah AND greedy? We would really need a replacement for Clooney. Dee Ford or Houston would have been a solid get if this was the plan.
