Originally Posted by Direckshun
(Post 12209780)
Alright, I've watched some tape on Ehinger (DUN DUN DUNNNNN), and I'm not terribly excited about him.
He's got good size, but needs some more sand in the pants.
He's more quick than he is fast, according to his 10 yard split and his 40 time.
The Bearcats virtually never asked him to pull out or to get into space. Every time he did, he looked a bit uncomfortable.
His biggest strength, clearly, is working well in tandem with his teammates. Absolutely critical in offensive line play. He played three different positions in four years, including anchoring the line at LT his senior year, where they allowed a fantastic 12 sacks on the year.
Very dependable, played 40+ games.
I don't see the nasty attitude. He seems workmanlike.
His kickslide is okay, he almost never gets beat on the edge. Not that this is going to matter since the Chiefs will likely slide him inside, but he does have tackle flexibility.
His passblocking is boring to watch, which is great. He's not overpowering, nor is he a special athlete. He's a technician who locks his guy down and plainly goes about his work. Never fooled by stunts. Eats up edge rushes, bullrushes go absolutely nowhere on him. But I'm only talking about DEs here, not DTs, since all his senior tape was at LT.
His biggest weakness, and this is going to be a significant problem, is runblocking. He is an extremely underwhelming runblocker. He is not an overpowering blocker, not a roadgrader, just tries to seal off his lane, which only works for him sporatically.
He gets little push, and is worthless cutting down on DTs, which could prove really vexing for him at guard.
Long story short: this guy is not unseating Jah Reid or Zach Fulton at LG in 2016, and is going to have to dramatically work on his runblocking if he ever hopes to start. He does seem to legitimately have tackle flexibility, as his 33" arms are on the short side but don't automatically disqualify him.
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