Paging Mecca... Let's talk Matt Kalil.

Direckshun · 04-24-2012, 01:12 PM

Personally, I don't know how we didn't see a potential trade up for Matt Kalil coming, if that's what we end up doing.

We tried trading up last year for Maurkice Pouncey's brother, who played OL.

This year, we could very much try to trade up for Ryan Kalil's brother, who plays OL.

The great thing about this year's draft season is that everybody has a YouTube channel where they post sliced/diced videos of prospects -- makes watching tape so much easier.

I hadn't spent any time watching Kalil so I watched some tape this afternoon and I obviously really like him. He's got a perfect kickslide, and he has great athleticism for our scheme. Pioli likes his linemen to run fluidly, not kind of clunk downfield like Richardson.

Kalil wasn't asked to pull block or go to the second level very often in USC, but he certainly looks the part. He looks really great in pass protection, but his run blocking needs a lot of work. Getting push is not a problem for him, but USC never really asked him to open holes.

Wondered what you guys thought about him. I know it's easy to hate on the guy because we really don't want a trade up, but be dispassionate. It's out of our control anyway.

04-24-2012, 01:12 PM	Topic Starter
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $2033447	Paging Mecca... Let's talk Matt Kalil. Personally, I don't know how we didn't see a potential trade up for Matt Kalil coming, if that's what we end up doing. We tried trading up last year for Maurkice Pouncey's brother, who played OL. This year, we could very much try to trade up for Ryan Kalil's brother, who plays OL. The great thing about this year's draft season is that everybody has a YouTube channel where they post sliced/diced videos of prospects -- makes watching tape so much easier. I hadn't spent any time watching Kalil so I watched some tape this afternoon and I obviously really like him. He's got a perfect kickslide, and he has great athleticism for our scheme. Pioli likes his linemen to run fluidly, not kind of clunk downfield like Richardson. Kalil wasn't asked to pull block or go to the second level very often in USC, but he certainly looks the part. He looks really great in pass protection, but his run blocking needs a lot of work. Getting push is not a problem for him, but USC never really asked him to open holes. Wondered what you guys thought about him. I know it's easy to hate on the guy because we really don't want a trade up, but be dispassionate. It's out of our control anyway.
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