STRENGTHS
Josh reminds me a lot of Former Ravens OT Jonathan Ogden. He’s not flashy, just efficient. He has excellent size and athleticism and surprises you when challenged with just enough of both to do the job when it is needed. He shows on film the necessary foot quickness to make all the blocks. He can go out to the next level and make blocks and can be used on sweeps and screens when it is asked of him. He does a good job when asked to pass block and can be dominating when run blocking. Josh understands the amount of energy he needs to use to make a block and understands how to adjust that energy and recover when his opponent makes a move Josh did not anticipate. Like I stated before, he reminds me a lot of Jonathan Ogden.
CONCERNS
Josh lacks the aggression a lot of teams like to see in their offensive lineman and this will be an issue for some teams. He also, at times, seems lost when being used to pull and not sure of who he is supposed to block. I’d like to see him move faster and quicker and I’m sure other teams when looking at his film will think the same way too. He is a hard player to get excited about when looking at his film but you can’t deny afterward that, he does his job and does it well.
BOTTOM LINE 1.86
Josh can move himself up in the draft by showing more aggressiveness and quickness in his workouts and at the combine for sure. On film, he looks like he is lazy but the truth is he’s efficient and sometimes that look is deceiving. Teams that are bothered by his film will nitpick him to death on a host of small other issues because they will be afraid that he is lazy but he’s not like I stated, he’s just efficient. Josh will have to step up his energy output for the next level and I’m sure he will do that but in spite of him reminding me of Jonathan Ogden he has a long way to go to prove he can be as efficient as Jonathan was. Josh has first-round talent and is a potential 10 year Left Tackle for the team that selects him so if you want to pass on that type of potential be my guest. I’m sure a playoff team in the last part of the 1st round will not. I know I wouldn’t pass on him for sure and do you know why? That’s right, because he’s efficient, duh.
