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Originally Posted by kccrow
Question...
Is it that all of the tackle prospects have some rather significant flaws as left tackles or is it that they are being overanalyzed?
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Yes and Yes.
And even more to the point, they're all being over analyzed by media types in a general way rather than a SPECIFIC way.
By that I mean that a player's specific skills may be perfect for one team and not another. It's difficult to know for sure what an individual GM and coaching staff will view as important and what they'll see as coachable issues. Orlando Brown Jr. may well be a perfect LT for a team like the Ravens, but isn't the best fit for a pass happy team like KC, for example. He'd be a good fit for like...The Titans, for example.
You can't coach out the measurables; the height, weight, reach, etc. Or probably not the 'quicks' or lack thereof. 40 time is probably irrelevant for OL but technique can be fixed.
So what do we kind of know about Andy Reid OT's? Are there strong tendencies in the measurables? I would expect you could assume you'd want to look at smart, hard workers.