STRENGTHS
Yodny is an overly aggressive, overly athletic offensive lineman. He has excellent quickness out of his stance and the foot speed to go out to the second level and make blocks. Yodny is strong and has those long arms and legs that make it difficult for speed rushers to get around him to make sacks. He has the athletic talent and quickness to play more than one position on your offensive line at tackle or guard. Like I stated before, Yodny might be one of the few true athletic offensive linemen in this draft.
CONCERNS
Being athletic as an offensive lineman is a gift…and a curse. It’s a gift because at the college level you can dominate against less athletic opponents. At the next level it’s a curse because you don’t develop and TRUST the techniques you will need to use against opponents who are just as athletic as you are. Yodny, lacks those techniques that he needs to use at the next level in pass protection especially, and he will struggle until he learns, improves and TRUST those techniques.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 2.25
Sometimes, Yodny is so quick out of his stance when run blocking, it makes him miss his block and lunge and be off balance. When he is pass blocking, his aggressiveness to attack and athleticism makes his opponent react to him instead of Yodny being patient and reacting to his opponent. A pass blocker is supposed to defend not attack. Yodny is in attack mode all the time because of his quickness and he will struggle at either tackle position if he doesn’t learn to move on the snap, wait for his opponent to make his move and then react to that move with aggressiveness and techniques. Yodny might have to be moved into one of the guard positions were his quickness, out of his stance and aggressiveness, will be more of an asset instead of a detriment. Of course, with those long arms and legs he might struggle with the footwork he will need to learn with teammates on either side of him. That is why sometimes being a tall, long legged, athletic and aggressive offensive lineman can be a gift…and a curse. If Yodny is willing to learn and trust his techniques more than his athletic talent than he could become an excellent offensive tackle on either side of the offensive line but… it will take some time for him to gain that TRUST in those techniques. Most overly athletic offensive lineman struggle until they do.
