That sounds like Aaron Gibson.
Proctor is an explosive athlete linearly, which is why you see him getting carries sometimes, but can’t move laterally to save his life. He really is very similar to Manu, who I think has some of the same issues. In fact based on watching both, I think Manu actually moves a little better laterally, and that should be pretty scary.
For me Proctor is guard only. As a guard and emergency depth/swing tackle he’d be OK, but that’s a guy we should be able to find much cheaper than Proctor will go. IF it’s at 51 I guess I could stomach it, but before that and yeah, I wouldn’t love it.
There are not moving Sewell, all the times Decker has been out they have never switched Sewell, that right side is a strength do not weaken it that is your gravy.
I’m not a fan for this guy! He’s too big and slow. Indiana really exposed him
Lol dude has faired pretty good for cement feet at LT. And is a consensus 1st rd pic at that position. Has pretty good pass blocking grade also.
Not consensus, PFF has him ranked 43rd like 3 posts above yours. I’d say about 60% of the experts still see him as a first rounder, but it’s hardly consensus.
I personally believe he ends up in the 1st, but I also believe it will be as a guard. Dane said on his pod about half the teams see him as a guard.
But I DO think we will see a thousand mock drafts mock him to us over this process. The whole world sees Alabama + giant guy and thinks “the Lions will like him.” And they may be right. I hope not, at least not as a tackle. He can’t stay in front of an edge rusher to save his life.
He not my favorite prospect either but I reckonize that he is always in the first on all the mock boards I see.
I have never picked him myself, I take Teirnin or Freeing over him and Lomu. My favorite and hope is for Fano but I don’t think you like him also.
Excuse me, but that was a very cute blond administrative assistant that Moore flushed his career down the toilet over. The man has standards!
A lot of that is residual to his pedigree. He’s been a “future high NFL draft pick” since his senior year of high school, went to Alabama, showed plenty of flashes, etc… To the lay fan who doesn’t watch him every play, they see the natural progression to high NFL draft pick. But if you dive into the minutiae it’s just not who he is.
We see it every year around this time. Will Johnson, Kool-Aid McKinstry, Timmy Jernigan, Luther Burden, Jer’Zhan Newton, Myles Murphy, Bryan Bresee, Matt Corral, Faalela… all of those pedigreed guys ended up going much later than they were being mocked in January of their draft years.
Faalele is really instructive imo, everyone loved him cause he was a giant with some movement skills and was regularly mocked top ten coming into the season. By January he had fallen to late 1st (29th in DJ’s first mock that year) and by draft day went in the fourth. And now he plays guard. I think Proctor is insulated from falling that far by his school and straight-line explosiveness, but I also think he will end up a guard long-term.
We’ll see what the teams actually think about him come draft day.
They also see his high school ranking. That’s half of it in my opinion.
A former top 10 national recruit who plays a premium position for Alabama and was a three years starter? First rounder.
And that’s how you know they don’t watch the tape.
Technically they did play Sewell at LT when he was a rookie and when Decker was hurt.
Also, that’s not a switch you want to make week to week. That’s a switch you make in the offseason, and allow a guy to get an offseason’s worth of reps at the new spot.
Also, when you hear guys talk who can’t do it talk about why, it’s always about moving your feet in reverse is too difficult. Well Sewell wouldn’t have to worry about that part. He already proved he could do it his entire career in college and half of his rookie season. I think the switch would be smooth as silk.
The Bucs sure don’t regret shifting Wirfs to the left side, and he had A LOT less experience there than Sewell did.
It’s a lot harder than it looks. I know from relatively recent (four years ago) experience.
The thing you also need to consider, is you could move him and the transition could take time, and its also possible that you new right side also needs time. You could end with no dominant side. I don’t think they do that.
Tatter and Sewell with Tater in his second year should take a another good step forward this year , gives you something to lean on.
Sure, that’s a possible outcome and a bet you’d have to make.
On the flip side, it could work out like it did for Tampa. Wirfs is a stud LT and Goedeke is a great RT.
Also, and the main reason for doing it, is it’s just easier to find quality RTs than it is LTs. Just look at the depth charts across the league. The supply element for starting RTs is often FA or cheaper draft picks, but LTs very heavily lean towards 1st round investment only.
I can’t wait to see how they approach some of these things. Lot of questions right now Does Tater go to C does Sewell go to LT ? Hard to no what they might do.
Of course he is, he would have been a stud LT in college where IOWA wanted to play him but Alaric Jackson couldn’t learn RT. So, they both end up first team Big 10 and Wirfs goes in the first round and Jackson goes undrafted. That wasn’t the end of the story for Jackson. he finally gets a chance with the Rams and is now their starting LT and it cost them nothing. Proctor has gotten all sorts of bad mouthing here from sources I could give 2 shits about. The one’s I DO care about mention the obvious. He’s 20 years old and growing as a man and a player. Charlie has him currently as the #3 pick in the draft. You guys know Charlie, right. Does anybody have a better record than Charlie in picking the draft in the last how many years? It appears that he will be gone before we pick so it’s moot.
We’re never gonna see eye to eye on Proctor and that’s fine, but I’m gonna base my evaluations on watching him as opposed to what someone else says. There will be some people who like him, but I can counter with plenty of respected voices who don’t. In the end what would be the point of that? I am going to watch him play and judge how good I think he will be based upon that.
And what I see are guys beating him across his face over and over again. Then, later in the year when he tried to compensate by staying tighter to the formation, he started to get beat over and over again to the outside (both Oklahoma games were really bad). He just doesn’t have the lateral foot speed, IMO, to hold up at tackle against NFL edge rushers.
And this is why I respect you, and your draft opinions, so much.