STRENGTHS
Jordan has excellent size, natural strength, and overall athletic talent to play Defensive Tackle in a 4/3 Defense or any one of the defensive line positions in a 3/4 Defense. He has those long arms that make it easy for him to control his blocker and shed and make tackles in the hole. He has the athleticism to be used in a one-gap attack system, being a disrupting force in the backfield and making tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Jordan has solid change of direction skills to finish his pass rush and make the sack. He also has the athletic talent and foot speed to chase quarterbacks out of the pocket and make tackles. What Jordan brings to his game most of all is, the ability to come off the ball at a good pad level and his natural strength, to control the line of scrimmage.
CONCERNS
Jordan can dominate when he is used over the center but struggles with consistency in his play when used on the outside especially controlling his gap. Most of this inconsistency is because Jordan seems confused with what is expected of him when playing outside as a DE in the 3/4 defense but when playing over the center he understands exactly what is expected of him and that’s when he shows his dominating strength, athletic talent and overall ability to control the line of scrimmage.
BOTTOM LINE 1.86
What do I mean by, when Jordan plays on the outside he seems to be confused as to what is expected of him? Jordan is a big, naturally powerful, athletic player. He is not a finesse player. He is not a pass rusher who uses quickness and speed and flashy moves coming around the corner to sack the quarterback. He is a power rusher who uses good hand skills and does one quick move at the line of scrimmage that gets him quickly into the backfield on a direct line, to sack the quarterback, or tackle the running back, or to get into the passing lane and put his hands up to knock down a pass. It a mental issue that a lot of young defensive lineman get confused about because at the college level they have some success using finesse to get into the backfield because they are better athletes than the players they are going up against. At the next level, Jordan will be more of a grunt player who impacts come with dominating the line of scrimmage while others make plays. If Jordan can change his mindset and understand that, then he can become a dominating Defensive Lineman in the NFL because he has the size, athletic talent, natural strength to do it , especially if he is used over the center on passing downs. I pity that quarterback and center if the team that selects him uses him that way because he will eat their lunch all game long.
