STRENGTHS
Anton is one of the more athletic offensive linemen in this draft. He shows very good lateral agility to mirror his opponent. He is very smart and easily picks up stunts and passes them off with excellent timing. Anton has good overall size to play either tackle position at a high level. He is an efficient Offensive Tackle and doesn’t make many mistakes when pass blocking, and that’s important if you are thinking of him as a left tackle. Anton can be used on sweeps to his side and has good overall movement skills.
CONCERNS
Anton is strange in that his lateral agility is better and quicker than his foot speed. He is slow to go out to the second level and slow to go out for screens almost like he is thinking too much trying to identify who he is supposed to block. He also is not a good run blocker although he does a good job shielding players off. He lacks upper body strength and comes off the ball too high to move his opponent. Don’t look for him to move anybody off the line of scrimmage if you’re in a short-yardage situation.
BOTTOM LINE: 2.06
Offensive linemen are hard to find with this type of overall athletic talent. Although Anton has some issues that need improving most of it is just in his strength and lack of leverage when run blocking. The truth is you don’t select Left Tackles to be proficient when run blocking, you pay them the big bucks because they are excellent pass blockers. Anton given the time to gain more strength, projects to be an excellent pass blocker because of his quick lateral agility. If Anton has good workouts and interviews look for him to be selected earlier than I have him rated. Nevertheless, he still will need some added strength to compete at the level or he will get beat a lot on inside moves and that will get his quarterback lying flat on his back and becoming familiar with a stretcher.
