STRENGTHS
O’Cyrus is a Right Guard. He is a powerful run blocker with the ability to take the player in front of him down the field when blocking in a straight line. He does an excellent job working with his teammates and is smart and through his consistent play shows some leadership skills. O’Cyrus uses excellent techniques and might be one of the more finished (Techniques Wise) offensive linemen in this draft. He does a good job when run blocking, turning and shielding, and controlling his gap and man, because of his strong hands and high football run-blocking IQ. O’Cyrus looks to be an excellent teammate and the type of dependable offensive lineman many teams should be interested in adding to their offensive line room.
CONCERNS
What you see is what you get with O’Cyrus. He will struggle when asked to pass block especially on third and long if he doesn’t get help. If you get O’Cyrus to turn his shoulders off the snap he will get beat but if he can anticipate the pass rush and get his hands on his opponent off the snap he does a solid job and shows the physical and mental toughness to fight his way out of trouble.
BOTTOM LINE: 2.33
I have learned over the years not to take the frustration of poor “media hype” about a player and incorporate that frustration into a player’s profile. I can tell you it’s hard sometimes. The media and the “experts” will go on and on about a player and you turn on the film and you can’t believe what you are seeing compared to that hype. O’Cyrus is a solid Right Guard who will need help in obvious passing-down situations. It’s that simple. He could be selected in the first round but that depends on how teams value the Right Guard position and if he can play center in a pinch and to my knowledge, playing center is not in the cards for the next level. My guess is that most teams will consider O’Cyrus as an offensive lineman who will struggle unless he is with the right coach and in the right offensive line blocking scheme. Nevertheless, good, solid, technically sound, big, strong, offensive linemen like O’Cyrus are in need and teams will be over-drafting them for sure in this draft. If teams feel that O’Cyrus is a plug-and-play guy at any position on the offensive line he could be selected earlier than I have rated. That being said, if I’m an owner, selecting a solid right guard in the first round would be very hard for me to swallow. Remember this is a business if my scouts, GM, and Head Coach wanted to draft offensive linemen they better play tackle or a center or at least a guard who can play center but that’s just me.
