cowboyjoe
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I'm still not nearly as impressed with Colorado OT Nate Solder as most. Despite his long, athletic looking frame I don't think he's nearly as rangy as many make him out to be when asked to reach speed off the edge. Often times, he's consistently forced to lunge into his target and push him past the pocket. And in order to overcome his lack of initial range he will get overextended on his initial kick-step. I also believe he struggles to re-direct and mirror his man inside. In my view would be better suited to play on the right side and reminds me of Patriots RT Sebastian Vollmer.
Perhaps NFL scouting types also feel this way; might that be why the Bengals staff has given Solder a lot of reps at RT?
My feeling is that all three of them might prove to be RTs at the NFL level. If so, I'll take Carimi. He plays with a nasty streak that reminds me of Marc Columbo. Columbo's body is shot, and his game reflected it in 2010. But I'll always give him props for the fire and passion with which he competes. To my mind, the mild-mannered Cowboys would benefit from a few more nasty, brutish types. If they trade down in the first round (or, by some miracle, he's still there ar the top of the second) Carimi wouldn't be a bad place to start at all.
I'm still not nearly as impressed with Colorado OT Nate Solder as most. Despite his long, athletic looking frame I don't think he's nearly as rangy as many make him out to be when asked to reach speed off the edge. Often times, he's consistently forced to lunge into his target and push him past the pocket. And in order to overcome his lack of initial range he will get overextended on his initial kick-step. I also believe he struggles to re-direct and mirror his man inside. In my view would be better suited to play on the right side and reminds me of Patriots RT Sebastian Vollmer.
Perhaps NFL scouting types also feel this way; might that be why the Bengals staff has given Solder a lot of reps at RT?
My feeling is that all three of them might prove to be RTs at the NFL level. If so, I'll take Carimi. He plays with a nasty streak that reminds me of Marc Columbo. Columbo's body is shot, and his game reflected it in 2010. But I'll always give him props for the fire and passion with which he competes. To my mind, the mild-mannered Cowboys would benefit from a few more nasty, brutish types. If they trade down in the first round (or, by some miracle, he's still there ar the top of the second) Carimi wouldn't be a bad place to start at all.
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