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Time to get this party started.
Pick the Bolt's first two draft picks, regardless of where there are chosen.
I estimate it is about 1 chance in 8 to get the 1st rounder right and 1 chance in 50 to get the second pick right. That's 1 chance in 400 to get them both. In the last 8-10 years, nobody has ever gotten both picks right. Let's see how many unique choices we get for the 1st pick.
Good luck.
My choices:
Trent McDuffie, CB
Sean Rhyan, OG
Pick one comes down to McDuffie or Olave. The tackles are long gone. And the Bolt's run a short offense. McDuffie it is, you can't have enough good CBs.
Pick two has to be an OL starter this year. I'm moving Rhyan from LT to LG and Feiler to RG. That puts proven experience at RT with a younger quality guy at OG for the future. A big time player from a big time school with 3 years starting experience. Rebuild this OL.
Sean Rhyan
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Draft Projection
Round 4
Overview
Three-year starter with the potential to offer team options at either tackle or guard. Rhyan has good size and plays with fairly explosive short-area movements, helping him establish early success getting into run-blocking fits. He's fundamentally sound as a run blocker but a fear of getting beat by speed might play into issues over-setting and giving away too many pressures from inside moves and counters. He has the hand usage, bend and build to transition to guard. Plus, his pass protection experience at tackle combined with dual-position roster flexibility should add to his draft standing and improve his chances of becoming an eventual starter.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Sources Tell Us
"I would let him work at tackle and then fail him inside if he couldn't do it, but I see him as a right tackle early in his career." -- Scout for AFC team
The Athletic
SUMMARY: A three-year starter at UCLA, Rhyan anchored the left tackle position in head coach Chip Kelly’s zone read scheme. A rugby player growing up, he started
playing football in high school and continued to blossom for the Bruins, showing steady improvement each season and growing into one of the best left tackles on the
West Coast. Rhyan is a powerful blocker who understands blocking leverage and how to anchor. However, he looked like a guard playing tackle on tape because of his
lack of range, fluidity and recovery skills in space. Overall, Rhyan is strong and balanced in both the run game and passing game, but he must play with quicker
hands/feet and more efficient weight distribution for him to make it. He does his best work in short areas, projecting as a guard with NFL starting potential in
either a power or zone scheme.
GRADE: 3rd Round (No. 90 overall)
Pick the Bolt's first two draft picks, regardless of where there are chosen.
I estimate it is about 1 chance in 8 to get the 1st rounder right and 1 chance in 50 to get the second pick right. That's 1 chance in 400 to get them both. In the last 8-10 years, nobody has ever gotten both picks right. Let's see how many unique choices we get for the 1st pick.
Good luck.
My choices:
Trent McDuffie, CB
Sean Rhyan, OG
Pick one comes down to McDuffie or Olave. The tackles are long gone. And the Bolt's run a short offense. McDuffie it is, you can't have enough good CBs.
Pick two has to be an OL starter this year. I'm moving Rhyan from LT to LG and Feiler to RG. That puts proven experience at RT with a younger quality guy at OG for the future. A big time player from a big time school with 3 years starting experience. Rebuild this OL.
Sean Rhyan
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Draft Projection
Round 4
Overview
Three-year starter with the potential to offer team options at either tackle or guard. Rhyan has good size and plays with fairly explosive short-area movements, helping him establish early success getting into run-blocking fits. He's fundamentally sound as a run blocker but a fear of getting beat by speed might play into issues over-setting and giving away too many pressures from inside moves and counters. He has the hand usage, bend and build to transition to guard. Plus, his pass protection experience at tackle combined with dual-position roster flexibility should add to his draft standing and improve his chances of becoming an eventual starter.
Strengths
- Has three years of left tackle experience.
- Offers guard talent with tackle potential in a pinch.
- Proportional mass with good wingspan and enormous hands.
- Adequate knee bend in his pass sets.
- Able to stay square and pop with his punch.
- Footwork for short or long pull blocking.
- Operates with good hand accuracy and pop.
- Accelerates through the down block with force.
- Hand placement allows for better push and block-steering.
- Adjusts assignments quickly to moving fronts.
Weaknesses
- Too many false start penalties.
- Narrows his drive-blocking base.
- Needs to stay under his pads for better balance.
- Below-average recovery talent.
- Punch is a little monotonous and can be timed.
- Over-setting gets him countered by inside moves.
- Average arm extension to redirect his edge.
Sources Tell Us
"I would let him work at tackle and then fail him inside if he couldn't do it, but I see him as a right tackle early in his career." -- Scout for AFC team
The Athletic
SUMMARY: A three-year starter at UCLA, Rhyan anchored the left tackle position in head coach Chip Kelly’s zone read scheme. A rugby player growing up, he started
playing football in high school and continued to blossom for the Bruins, showing steady improvement each season and growing into one of the best left tackles on the
West Coast. Rhyan is a powerful blocker who understands blocking leverage and how to anchor. However, he looked like a guard playing tackle on tape because of his
lack of range, fluidity and recovery skills in space. Overall, Rhyan is strong and balanced in both the run game and passing game, but he must play with quicker
hands/feet and more efficient weight distribution for him to make it. He does his best work in short areas, projecting as a guard with NFL starting potential in
either a power or zone scheme.
GRADE: 3rd Round (No. 90 overall)
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