STRENGTHS
Tyler is a big, strong, long-armed, athletic Right Tackle. He plays with a nasty attitude and is one of the better run-blocking tackles in this draft. He comes off the line when run blocking, with the quickness, leverage, and power of a smaller offensive lineman. He has the quick feet and foot speed to be used on sweeps and screens because of his athleticism to block in open space. Tyler is excellent at going out to the second level to make blocks and is adept at keeping his balance and finishing his blocks. He also has the talent to be an excellent pass-blocking tackle. Tyler is smart and handles stunts well because he doesn’t panic. He shows the needed athletic talent to recover when he gets beat, and the long arms that help him to frustrate and control his opponent. Tyler has the talent, and mental makeup to be one of the better right tackles of this draft.
CONCERNS
Because of Tyler’s aggressive mentality, he lacks patience when pass blocking and this leads to mistakes. He drops his hands a lot and catches his opponent and that bad habit will have to change for the next level. I’m sure Tyler will work hard at improving his pass-blocking techniques and becoming more consistent and patient. I have no doubt he will.
BOTTOM LINE: 1.97
Tyler is new to the offensive side of the ball, and his ability to adapt as quickly as he has shows that he has the work ethic to continue to improve. That being said, Tyler is strictly a right tackle, and don’t draft him thinking because of his athleticism, he can be moved over to the Left side…It’s not going to happen. He is still learning the right tackle position and at the Senior Bowl practices they tried him over on the left side and Tyler struggled with the footwork, big time. As I stated before, Tyler is new to the offensive side of the ball and is still learning to be consistent with the footwork on the right side, so asking him to learn the left side would be too much to expect of him. Tyler has the potential to be a pro–bowl right tackle for the next ten years. Just give him some time to correct and become more consistent.
