STRENGTHS
Andrew has excellent athletic talent to play more than one position on the offensive line. He shows on film the quick feet needed to be a pro bowl offensive lineman and the size to dominate at the next level. He has those long arms that teams are looking for in their offensive tackle for the next level and his effort on every play is outstanding. His athletic talent will allow teams to use him as a pulling tackle, on sweeps and screens and his quickness getting out to the next level is unmatched by many offensive lineman playing now at the next level. Andrew has the potential to be one of the best offensive tackle at the next level in a few years IF he can understand that learning and doing the correct techniques is just as important as athletic talent.
CONCERNS
Andrew’s consistency and overall techniques are poor. He seems to overextend when run blocking and is often on the ground. His pass blocking is sound but he gives up the inside moves too often because he is too worry about being beaten up top. He has great quick feet but when run blocking forgets to keep moving them once he is engaged. When he gets beat, pass blocking, once again he lunges and forgets to move his feet and doesn’t turn his hips and drive his man up the field and with his quick feet, this should be easy. He also needs to get a lot stronger in his upper body to handle the power and strength of the defensive players at the next level. With all of that being said Andrew has the talent to be a franchise Left Tackle if HE believes he still has a lot of work to do. His interviews will be the key as too where he goes in the 1st round.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 1.53
Offensive linemen with excellent athletic talent are notorious for having and using sloppy and inconsistent techniques at the lower level. It’s because they have the athletic ability to recover when they make bad mistakes and that’s fine at the college level but that will not work at the NFL level. It’s true that you can’t make a player have better athletic talent. That being said, you can teach a player to play better than another player who has better athletic talent. Andrew’s talent, passion, and effort on every play are obvious on film but his inconsistent techniques are also obvious and on the film. For me, I don’t have the ability to interview him or see if he is going to classes or to establish his off-field character and work ethic and all of those issues will be the deciding factor into teams selecting Andrew in the early portion of this draft. For me personally, from the film, I’d take the chance, the talent is too obvious and potential franchise Left Tackles are always a big need.
