STRENGTHS
Patrick is a quality offensive tackle who is big, strong, long-armed, and very smart. Despite being as tall as he is, Patrick is a solid run blocker with the upper and lower body strength to stay with his blocks and finish. He is an efficient pass blocker, using his long arms to his advantage against those speedy, finesse-style pass rushers and his size and strength, against the power rushers. Patrick is smart, and if he does get beat, he will adjust during the game and not get beat again by the same move. Fool him once but you can’t fool him twice. Patrick shows leadership skills through his play on the field and has just enough of the “nasty” in him, that shows off his competitiveness needed to continue to improve. As I stated before, Patrick is a quality, efficient, offensive tackle with the high football IQ to be a ten-year starting offensive lineman for the team that selects him.
CONCERNS
Patrick is susceptible to a second move or spin move to the inside on an upfield speed rush. That’s because once he gets his big body moving it is hard for him not to lunge and get off balance and not be able to recover quickly when his QB steps up in the pocket. Once he learns to keep the angle, and not lunge, or panic and get too aggressive, this technique weakness, will be minimized. He is slow at times to move his feet and keep moving his feet when pass blocking. That’s because, he relies a little too much, on his long arms. Patrick can be lulled into making mistakes and set up for the big move nevertheless, he doesn’t get fooled twice. Patrick will need to lose some weight and when he does, this will help him to move quicker. At the combine, Patrick was listed at 331lbs, my guess is, he should be no more than 320lbs although… he does carry his weight well right now.
BOTTOM LINE: 1.86
Patrick reminds me a lot of former Ravens Offensive Tackle Jonathan Ogden. He plays the game with the same efficiency and the same high football IQ as Jonathan did. Patrick has the advantage of a 36 1/4 arm length over Jonathan Ogden’s, 34 1/8 arm length and both are about the same height. Now you can see why Patrick gets a little too comfortable relying more on his arm length than moving his feet. When Patrick loses a little weight and starts moving his foot consistently then slam, bam, thank you mam, you have yourself a potential franchise Left or Right Tackle.
