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OT Brandon Schwerff, Iowa -- Another year, another Iowa lineman. You already know all the dance steps here, don't you? A hardworking, smart, physically adequate-but-not-great, limited athleticism, near-perfect technician. Great base in his butt and legs, well coached, perfect kickslide. It's almost like we do this EVERY YEAR. Schwerff stands out, however, from Iowa lineman of years past in two ways. The first way is that Schwerff is capable of playing like a mean mother****er. He is incredibly aggressive against the run, and is downright apocalyptic when he pulls to the 2nd level. And thank goodness for that, because his passblocking film is appropriately boring -- he is cool, efficient, difficult to beat around the edge with powerful arms that guide passrushers out of harm's way. The second way Schwerff is unique amongst Iowa lineman is that he's less of a known quantity -- his tape against everybody from OSU to MSU has generally been outstanding, with one gigantic exception: he absolutely got his shit pushed in against LSU last year. LSU tortured him, primarily with large, powerful passrushers who bullrushed right through him, but he got beat everywhere. I'd like to see him play a full year at his normal level without a single relapse to that horrendous performance before I consider him a Top Ten player -- but so long as he does, he will be.
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