STRENGTHS
Javon has the size and length to play on the inside or outside positions on your defensive line. He has those long arms and legs that make it easy for him to cover ground and get into the backfield to pressure the quarterback off the snap of the ball. Javon uses those long arms and strength to help change the line of scrimmage in his favor on almost every play. He gives excellent effort on every play and will chase and make tackles from behind when the play is to his side. Javon has the potential to be the type of defensive lineman you can build your front four around. He has the “potential to be as impacting at the next level as Saints Cameron Jordan.
CONCERNS
If Javon has already grown into his body, then I believe he should be playing more in space as a DE in a four down line system. He needs to work more in space because on the inside he gets tied up too much and struggles getting off blocks and using his long legs to get into the backfield. At this point in his career, he lacks the techniques and football strength to compete at the level on the inside that his talents and size suggest. He has a long way to go as a Defensive Tackle or nose tackle the way he has been used by his college team. That being said, move him to the outside and in space and I believe he will be unstoppable and as soon as he upgrades his physical stamina and techniques, Javon will impact big time.
BOTTOM LINE 1.64
I watch Javon on film and my “Draftnik” instincts say this kind is playing the wrong position. He should be on the outside where he can use his size and natural strength against offensive tackles and tight ends and running backs after he burst off the line of scrimmage and gains the advantage. Keeping him inside as his college team has, and it will lessen his ability to impact because two big hulking offensive linemen can double team him. Of course, if the team that selects him. chooses to keep him inside as a Defensive Tackle Javon will have to get bigger and stronger and learn better techniques to get off blocks and when he does, I’m sure will impact just as much. So, selecting him early even though he still has a lot to learn is a no brainer. Either way, inside or outside he should become an impact, defensive player. He should become the type of player you can use to build your defense around. Javon should become the type of player teams’ offensive coordinators will have to game plan for so it seems obvious to me that selecting him is just that…obvious.
