STRENGTHS
Jordan has good size and solid athletic talent to play the Left Tackle position for the team that selects him. He is very smart and understands blocking angles better than most offensive linemen coming out in a draft. Jordan has the footspeed and agility to be used on screens and sweeps. He is excellent at going out to the second level to make his blocks and overall is a solid run blocker, keeping his feet to make more than one block, if he needs to. Jordan is excellent and smart at picking up stunts. He understands the timing of passing his block on to his teammate with the agility to quickly pick up that stunting player. He is also excellent at re-setting and re-establishing his hands and leverage and stopping the bull rush. Jordan’s high football IQ and solid athletic talent allows him to play with the efficiency that most evaluators might overlook. This run-blocking efficiency is deceiving because he gets the job done, with less effort than most other offensive lineman use. Joe has the potential to be a pro bowl Left Tackle for the team that selects him. He also has the ability to go unnoticed as a left tackle by the fans of the team that selects. Why you ask…because efficient play on the field is a gift…and a curse. Ask Former Browns Left Tackle Joe Thomas who the mainstream media ignored until he retired.
CONCERNS
Joe does struggle pass blocking when an edge rusher lines up wide on the line of scrimmage. He struggles because he loses the angle to block because he is not sure where his quarterback is or where that edge rusher is going to attack him, inside rush or outside. All of this will be dealt with, and corrected, the more repetitions he takes with his quarterback and offensive line coach.
BOTTOM LINE: 1.83
Jordan goes unnoticed by the “experts” because he played for Arizona and because he is efficient. That being said, teams and scouts know him, and he is not being overlooked by them. In this draft, with so many talented offensive linemen, Jordan on draft day could get lost in the shuffle. It happens. If there is a run on offensive lineman I believe Jordan will be selected early but you never know in a draft what will happen, so look at Rob’s board to gain some perspective on where Jordan is most likely to be selected. Remember a first-round talent grade does not mean that a player will be selected in the first round, it just means that player will impact and play as if he had been selected in the first round and that’s how you find the steals in the draft.
