Probably a dumb idea: Move Thuney to LT and take the best guard available? Maybe a move up for a guy like Alijah Vera-Tucker, who would seem to be closer to a sure thing than the mid-to-late 1st round tackles. [Reply]
Originally Posted by AdolfOliverBush:
Probably a dumb idea: Move Thuney to LT and take the best guard available? Maybe a move up for a guy like Alijah Vera-Tucker, who would seem to be closer to a sure thing than the mid-to-late 1st round tackles.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Sewell measured short of his anticipated height and his arms are only 33".
No, he wouldn't be a top pick in most classes and in fact, there's discussion now if he's even the top LT in THIS class because people have been more impressed by Slater despite his size.
Andy prefers 34 arms but that doesn’t mean everyone does. Sewell is easily the best Tackle in this class and it’s not really a discussion. This is like criticizing Patrick Mahomes for having 9.25 size hands.
But hey if a team wants to take Slater over him then so be it. Teams do that all the time. Raiders took Ferrell over the field and that was a disaster :-)
KC native Braden Smith has 32.25 arms and he’s very good at tackle, so it doesn’t appear to be a determining factor for most teams. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
And the Virginia Tech offense that he came from doesn’t worry you?
It does not.
What concerns me is his foot speed. He needs to be quicker because he's going to have to make a lot of "vertical sets" with all the ridiculous slippery stuff Mahomes does to buy time.
Honestly, I'd prefer doing what we have to do to land Eichenberg. But that just doesn't feel like a Veach pick. [Reply]
What concerns me is his foot speed. He needs to be quicker because he's going to have to make a lot of "vertical sets" with all the ridiculous slippery stuff Mahomes does to buy time.
Honestly, I'd prefer doing what we have to do to land Eichenberg. But that just doesn't feel like a Veach pick.
Eichenberg doesn’t have the athleticism or the arm length for this offense. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Andy prefers 34 arms but that doesn’t mean everyone does. Sewell is easily the best Tackle in this class and it’s not really a discussion. This is like criticizing Patrick Mahomes for having 9.25 size hands.
But hey if a team wants to take Slater over him then so be it. Teams do that all the time. Raiders took Ferrell over the field and that was a disaster :-)
KC native Braden Smith has 32.25 arms and he’s very good at tackle, so it doesn’t appear to be a determining factor for most teams.
Oh I'm not saying taking Slater over Sewell would be a good idea. Teams make stupid moves all the time based on things like this. It has definitely sparked a discussion whether that discussion actually has merit or not. [Reply]
