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All I'm saying is Saban has produced tons of Oline prospects since he's been at Bama and all have been avg or below avg. Your run game is about angles and levels. Go find the best running teams in nfl and watch how they do it. Just rewatched Dallas v 49ers and 49ers use ZBS to create creases. When Dalvin was out for Minny, they plugged a no name dude in and he ran for almost 200. King Henry has been out for 10 weeks and the Titans pulled 2 ex Texans off the couch and can still run the ball."Per Pro Football Focus, he allowed two sacks over 1,073 snaps last year, and over his last two seasons at tackle, only 22 quarterback pressures -- fewer than one per game on average."
"Neal’s status as the top blocker in this year’s class may be challenged by NC State’s Ikem Ekwonu, but he is generally seen as the No.1 option, and rarely projected to be picked later than third overall."
That's the only article I can find ranking his blocking with others in the class, and it still stats that if he is 2nd it is close, and he's still projected top 3"
Alabama OT Evan Neal Declares For Draft
Another one of the projected top picks in the 2022 NFL draft has turned pro. Alabama offensive tackle Evan Neal, arguably …
The dude is 6-foot-7 and 360 pounds, and moves into the 2nd level on run blocks. He struggled some games, but "struggles" doesn't mean he was giving up a bunch of QB pressures/sacks and he looked very good in the national championship and Cincinnati (how don't know how good you view that team as a whole, though they did beat ND and wasn't as bad as some people frame them)
On top of his size he also runs very well, lots of people saying he moves like someone "50 pounds lighter"
Texans are in a big roster overhaul. I like Tunsil and if we were in the colts situation (barley missing the playoffs) I would say focus on another problem, but we aren't. I'm all for the idea of making a run first team that's gritty, which would help Mills or our next QB a ton, and I think moving from Tunsil who would give us a good return on the trade market for Neal would be a good move.
I've seen other people say Neal could play Guard until Tunsil contract is out (not sure I agree), but I do think a team with Howard and Neal would be able to run the ball much better than one with Tunsil.
I say build in the Trenchs and get "skill players" in future drafts and Neal is a very good pick to start.
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I get what you're saying and agree with your points. However, how long have been a team who runs among the most in the NFL, but is amongst the least efficient.
Alot of why Texans can't run is scheme,tells,and rb talent. How can lil shanny run the ball consistently? Its not like they're loaded with high picks and on the oline and rb. How was Foster able to be so awesome with a late 1st rd pick, a 5th rd, 3rd rd, undrafted and cheap free agent Manning the oline? Your plays and angles in pass game/run game has to marry up? The lack of rb talent combined with pronounced run formations by Kelly gave this team little chance to be good at running the ball.
Ive always been of the mindset that a Good Oline has more to do with a good run game than a RB. Also always saw Kelley "pronounced run formations" was more due to the Texans poor run blocking.
There are no such things as safe when you're speaking about a college prospect. Remember Robert Gallery and Aaron Curry? What about Luke Joekel?
Well the 49ers do have Williams/Tomlinson/Mack/ OT out of Notre Dame that were all 1st Rd picks.
Who did they draft?
Via free agency correct, not the draft. They draft and trade players who are scheme fit. If you don't have a scheme yet, you cant find players who fit. That goes on both sides of the ball. Thats why throwing out these potential draft picks makes 0 sense. If you hire a west coast guy, he's probably not going to want Neal. I mean look at their history.
A good ZBS and running game coach. Alex Gibbs was able to be #1 or #2 in the league in rushing for several years. And he did this drafting most of his OL on day 3 of the draft and finding RBs who most had written off as JAG; Davis in Denver, Dunn in Atlanta and Foster in Houston. Gibbs was OL and running games coach in Denver under Mike Shanahan and Asst coach, OL and running game coach in Houston when Kyle Shanahan was in Houston. SF has some strong offense coaches who have been well versed in the run game McDaniel and Foerster.
Look at the tape. The top guys (Neal, Linderbaum, Ekwonu) all were in zone blocking schemes in college.
I think he just needs to be a good player. Look at the past 5 #3 picks:
When you draft any player that high, you're expecting a perennial pro bowler/ all pro type. When they're not, they're busts and replaced.
Depends on the talent in the draft. These guys are graded on that curve.
Not really because there may be things that don't fit. When they drafted Brown, he had what all those other guys had, ex dl/te needs coaching. Those 1st 3 yrs were up and down, but that coaching turned that athlete into a top shelf LT. One of the big reasons Reggie Bush was passed was because he was an undisciplined runner. Later in his career he began disciplined, but taking a guy who doesn't fit with what you're doing is waste of talent.
They were calling Solomon Thomas a Sapp type like Donald and they passed Mahomes and Watson for him. People like to point to the Trubisky draft, but Thomas has been just as poor and he's on another team.
All I’m saying is the quality of the draft makes a difference. Neither Mahomes or Watson were considered a top 5 prospect in that draft.
Listen, I'm not arguing, just having discussions, right? How can you watch the 2017 cfb season and championship game and not determine Watson as a top 5 pick vs Trubisky? I do know qbs get pushed up, but Watson shouldn't have needed pushed up based on his resume. Its an imperfect science, but c'mon, Trubisky over Watson? SF missed and had to get Lance and give up picks.
I wasn’t stating my personal opinions. Neither do I believe Trubisky was a top 5 prospect. Just relating the consensus opinion of the time plus their actual draft slots.
Qbs are always elevated because its probably the most important position in sports. Josh Allen wasn't anywhere close to a top 10 pick coming into the season, but he had incredible size, strength, arm talent, and overall physical ability. He's made progressions every season and thats why qbs are elevated in the draft. If you draft a raw guy, you want good coaching to unlock that potential.
Please pull that thread up, but coming from you, it doesn't sound out of the way especially with your disdain for Watson. Buffalo traded for Diggs and got a 1st. Signed Beasley, signed Sanders, drafted Davis and Knox and fielded the #1 defense in the NFL. Please tell me what the Texans did? I know. Traded a top 5 wr, had bums designing and calling plays.
Everybody wants to trade and move around for this player and that player, which is cool when its you and someone else talking about it,but you've done the 32 team mock on this site before. Did you get every player you wanted? Its easy when try to rank players on a board, but when you try to actually get them, its different. One of my absolute best friends was a 1st rd draft pick in 1990. He thought all the way until draft day he was going to Dallas. They passed and he still went top 15, but the team that drafted him never even talked to him.
Ekwonu is the best run blocker since Quenton Nelson. Even more violent. But, he's raw as a pass blocker. Waist bender that can easily get off balance. Needs a lot of coaching, even to play at Guard. No way can he play LT as a rookie.
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