NFL Draft: The 29 players Tennessee Titans should consider in round one
By Will Lomas
27. Isaiah Wilson OT, Georgia
Man, this makes me incredibly nervous but this is the pick most commonly associated with the Tennessee Titans right now.
The problem with Wilson is that he is so big that people seem to be enamored with his power but don’t acknowledge that he has major flaws in pass protection that stem from his lower half.
His first struggles come vs EDGEs who can turn the corner because he just doesn’t seem to have the foot speed or dexterity to stay in front of these EDGEs consistently. Potentially even worse, he can get grabby in pass protection when he faces inside counter moves and that is when he isn’t oversetting to the outside and giving up a free lane immediately.
Sure, you can go look up highlights and see him doing his job correctly but all it takes is one screw up and your QB gets sacked. If that happens once per game then you have one of the worst offensive tackles in the NFL in pass protection and let me tell you, that doesn’t just happen once per game.
Would he be good in the run game? Sure, he is alright and can even get to the second level on the backside of some zone runs to the left. However, there are also times where he overextends and doesn’t have the balance to really drive someone back after a certain point.
I am at the point where I am not sure that you should even consider him a tackle, instead, he should be looked at as a backup offensive lineman that needs a year of technique work to figure out whether he is a guard or tackle in the NFL.