Cleveland Browns: 3 Offensive tackles to watch at the NFL Combine
By Mitch Zoloty
With the NFL Combine around the corner, many NFL offensive linemen are going to face a make or break week for their draft stock. Here are five offensive tackles who have the most to gain, or lose, at the NFL Combine.
With the NFL Combine happening in the next two weeks, many draft prospects are going to have their stocks change drastically. Some will benefit immensely, having their hard work preparing for the draft pay off. Others will see their stock drop due to poor performances and concerns from bad testing. Hundreds of potential NFL players will be in the same area along with hundreds of NFL coaches, scouts, and players. It’s one of the biggest sporting events of the year for not actually having a game during it.
This will be Andrew Berry’s first time to shine as an NFL general manager, and he will be looking for most likely two offensive tackles to take in the NFL draft and potentially start for the Cleveland Browns at one point this season.
The top tier of offensive tackles is pretty much set. You have Andrew Thomas from Georgia, Jedrick Wills Jr from Alabama, Tristan Wirfs from Iowa, and Mehki Becton from Louisville. Most draft scouts have a combination of those four in their top. Expect the Browns to end up with one of these top four guys, especially with the potential run on quarterbacks, as we could potentially see three quarterbacks, maybe even four, go in the top ten.
The other offensive tackle the Browns take is a mystery. The Browns will most likely not be able to net two of these top guys, which is why the combine is so important. There is a large group of guys competing to see who falls into the second, third, and fourth-tiers of offensive tackles.
This will be their time to shine and impress teams like the Cleveland Browns to draft them on day two or day three of the NFL Draft. With that being said, let’s take a look at who some of these guys are who have the most on the line at the NFL combine.