Practice Squad Cowboys sign two offensive tackles to Practice Squad

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Typically when observing prospects from small schools, they have to jump off the tape. It shouldn’t take more than a few snaps before they make their presence known. In the case of Alex Taylor, that’s precisely how it goes.

For starters, Taylor would be easy to spot even on an NFL field. He stands tall at 6’9” and has been listed between 305-310 pounds. The mammoth is more than just size, however. It’s rare to see, but Taylor is a human highlight reel of an offensive lineman.

Routinely he wins reps with emphasis. At times Taylor looks like Michael Oher in The Blindside as he topples over opponents and drives them way off the ball. For such a big lineman, naturally, there would lie concerns regarding leverage. However, that comes easy for Taylor. He’s a natural knee bender and does a tremendous job of getting underneath his opponent with tons of power on engagement.

Not to sound cliche, but Taylor is the epitome of a dancing bear. The size is obvious, but where Taylor really impresses is in his movement skills. He sinks well in his hips and moves around the arch with ease. Taylor has shown progression in his pass sets with quickness and depth in his kick slide. His length is one of his best attributes which Taylor uses to his advantage time and time again.

The flashes he’s shown as a pass protector are mightily encouraging. However, he’s even more dominant as a run blocker. It all starts with leverage for Taylor in the ground game. Once he engages his opponent and gets a grip on them, the clamps are turned on. Taylor has exceptional leg drive and holds his form while pushing defenders away from the play. His combination of power and reach makes it easy to open running lanes.

2020 NFL Draft: Alex Taylor is the top offensive tackle sleeper (profootballnetwork.com)
 
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Jipper said:
why are they saving that 17th spot to put OBJ on the practice squad?

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I'd guess this is Will Grier's landing spot in the next couple weeks, think they'll need his roster spot to bring back James Washington (or Rico, or Simi, or whoever).
 

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Doomsday101 said:
Typically when observing prospects from small schools, they have to jump off the tape. It shouldn’t take more than a few snaps before they make their presence known. In the case of Alex Taylor, that’s precisely how it goes.

For starters, Taylor would be easy to spot even on an NFL field. He stands tall at 6’9” and has been listed between 305-310 pounds. The mammoth is more than just size, however. It’s rare to see, but Taylor is a human highlight reel of an offensive lineman.

Routinely he wins reps with emphasis. At times Taylor looks like Michael Oher in The Blindside as he topples over opponents and drives them way off the ball. For such a big lineman, naturally, there would lie concerns regarding leverage. However, that comes easy for Taylor. He’s a natural knee bender and does a tremendous job of getting underneath his opponent with tons of power on engagement.

Not to sound cliche, but Taylor is the epitome of a dancing bear. The size is obvious, but where Taylor really impresses is in his movement skills. He sinks well in his hips and moves around the arch with ease. Taylor has shown progression in his pass sets with quickness and depth in his kick slide. His length is one of his best attributes which Taylor uses to his advantage time and time again.

The flashes he’s shown as a pass protector are mightily encouraging. However, he’s even more dominant as a run blocker. It all starts with leverage for Taylor in the ground game. Once he engages his opponent and gets a grip on them, the clamps are turned on. Taylor has exceptional leg drive and holds his form while pushing defenders away from the play. His combination of power and reach makes it easy to open running lanes.

2020 NFL Draft: Alex Taylor is the top offensive tackle sleeper (profootballnetwork.com)
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Kind of reminds me of the very tall tackle the raiders drafted about 10 years ago. Going to need to put on some weight lower down and probably a fair amount of strength work but certainly appears the raw material is there
 
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Doomsday101 said:
Alex Taylor....As it currently stands, I have a fourth-round grade on Taylor with a lot of room to grow.
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Adding more practice squad linemen makes sense. They only have two call ups apiece left for Alec Lindstrom and Dakota Shepley. By then they hope Matt Farniok is off IR since there are only seven active OL right now.
 

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Doomsday101 said:
Typically when observing prospects from small schools, they have to jump off the tape. It shouldn’t take more than a few snaps before they make their presence known. In the case of Alex Taylor, that’s precisely how it goes.

For starters, Taylor would be easy to spot even on an NFL field. He stands tall at 6’9” and has been listed between 305-310 pounds. The mammoth is more than just size, however. It’s rare to see, but Taylor is a human highlight reel of an offensive lineman.

Routinely he wins reps with emphasis. At times Taylor looks like Michael Oher in The Blindside as he topples over opponents and drives them way off the ball. For such a big lineman, naturally, there would lie concerns regarding leverage. However, that comes easy for Taylor. He’s a natural knee bender and does a tremendous job of getting underneath his opponent with tons of power on engagement.

Not to sound cliche, but Taylor is the epitome of a dancing bear. The size is obvious, but where Taylor really impresses is in his movement skills. He sinks well in his hips and moves around the arch with ease. Taylor has shown progression in his pass sets with quickness and depth in his kick slide. His length is one of his best attributes which Taylor uses to his advantage time and time again.

The flashes he’s shown as a pass protector are mightily encouraging. However, he’s even more dominant as a run blocker. It all starts with leverage for Taylor in the ground game. Once he engages his opponent and gets a grip on them, the clamps are turned on. Taylor has exceptional leg drive and holds his form while pushing defenders away from the play. His combination of power and reach makes it easy to open running lanes.

2020 NFL Draft: Alex Taylor is the top offensive tackle sleeper (profootballnetwork.com)
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6-9 basketball player who can block! My new pet cat for my dream of the OT short yardage TE!

How hard can it be to run 3 yard patterns, turn around, puts your hands up and block out a defender? And for a decent basketball player?

Blocking is hard. I just don't believe 3 yard pass routes should be beyond any decent athlete.

Get on the jugs machine, fella!
 
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Sounds good
I'd like to see his lateral movement against nfl pass rushers though.
 
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