STRENGTHS
Dave has decent athletic talent, the kind of athletic talent that can make him a starting offensive lineman at the next level. He has excellent size and good foot quickness. He has the ability to turn his hips and push his opponent up the field giving his quarterback the chance to manipulate the pocket and extend plays. Dave is a tall offensive lineman and has the advantage of long arms to keep players off his body and shock them at the line. He is quick enough out of his stance to play more than one position and does a good job lowering his pad level when run blocking to gain advantage and move his man off the line.
CONCERNS
Dave has enough athletic talent but his techniques are poor and he hasn’t really improved much from game to game. The excuse is that he hasn’t played his position very long, nevertheless showing some improvement from game to game should have happened and it hasn’t. He lunges out of his stance and doesn’t bring his feet when run blocking and when pass blocking Dave struggles to stay on balance and once again move his feet, as well as losing leverage. Dave has the feet to move but struggles to keep moving them, when he engages when pass blocking or run blocking. The few times he has stayed on balance and moved his feet you can see he has the talent to be a solid offensive lineman. If Dave can become more consistent and develops better mental stamina he can become a starting offense lineman for the team that selects him.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 4.56
If Dave had shown improvement from game to game this year I would consider him as one of the better offensive tackles in this draft but I saw no improvement from game to game. In fact, as most games got into the third quarter he got sloppy using the few techniques he was using earlier in the game. Dave has the talent and because of his size teams will be drawn to him but for me I think I might let someone else do all the work and see were Dave might be at after his first contract is up. He has the talent and size but not improving from game to game sends the wrong signal to me. But…I’ve been wrong before and you never know.
