STRENGTHS
Dillon reminds me of Packers David Bakhtiari. Dillon has the size of an offensive guard and the athletic talent and techniques of an offensive tackle. Dillon is an intelligent football player who if and when, he gets beat knows right away why he got beat and reestablishes his techniques to not allow that to happen again. He plays with good pad level when pass blocking or run blocking and understands that using leverage is his friend. Dillon understands that keeping his feet moving once he is engaged is the key to be a success when pass blocking or run blocking. He is quick out of his stance with balance and that is one of the reasons he can play more than one position on your offensive line. Dillon shows leadership skills through his play on the field and his attention to detail in using and understanding the techniques needed to play any position on the offensive line.
CONCERNS
I guess if you want to nit-pick you can. He does need to get stronger and in an NFL training program that should happen quickly, until he does, injuries can limit his ability to be on the field. Also, I have never seen him snap the ball and play center but something tells me if he was asked to do that he would be successful.
BOTTOM LINE 1.53
As I stated before, Dillon reminds me of Packers David Bakhtiari. At the Senior Bowl, the 1st day of practice, he was moved inside to left guard, by the end of practice he was working out at both left guard and left tackle. By the end of the third day, Dillion was just being worked out at Left Tackle and on game day he was the starting Left Tackle. The Packers didn’t draft David Bakhtiari until the 4th round of the 2013 draft because he played tackle but he had the size of a guard. Because of injury to the starting Left Tackle at the time, David was forced into the Left Tackle position and has never given it up. Dillon is as athletic or even more athletic than David and just a bit bigger but, because of his size, he also is being labeled as a natural guard. The fact is, I believe that Dillon just wants to play the Left Tackle position and I think if he wants it that much, let him. At Guard, he is a natural, but at Tackle he is impacting. So, you tell me what position do you start him out at? I don’t think it matters, just select him and let his play on the field decide for you. He has 1st round talent at both positions. That being said, selecting Dillion in the 1st round might be a reach for some teams because of his size, and the feeling that playing tackle for 16 games might be too much for him to handle. I don’t believe that but, I can see teams talking themselves out of the obvious and questioning the competition level. For me, he proved himself at the Senior Bowl.
