Rob Sims started at left tackle his sophomore and junior year, missing one game with a groin injury. His senior year he moved to left guard and started all the games there.
Scouting Report from NFL Draft Countdown
Height: 6-2 3/4 | Weight: 307 | 40-Time: 5.24
Strengths:
A pretty good athlete...Has excellent strength...Smart and a good technician who displays great footwork...Has the tools and can dominate at times...Versatile and has played both guard and tackle...Experienced and was a three-year starter.
Weaknesses:
Does not have the height you look for...Is not very mobile or agile and struggles in space...May lacks a nasty streak...Needs to be more consistent...Needs to get in better shape and his stamina is a question mark...A bit of an underachiever.
Notes:
His father, Mickey, played for the Cleveland Browns from 1977 to 1979...Played guard for most of his career but started 11 games at left tackle in 2004...Has the ability to start at the next level and most of his weaknesses can be corrected.
Sounds like a guy with some good upsides and good athletic ability, but is a couple years from making any sort of impact. Which is good considering the depth on the offensive line. This is a guy that might be able to step in to a starting role or a primary backup role in a year or two and fill a hole that the Seahawks might have on the line.
Scouting Reports from:
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Just read the scouting report on him. He's a sound player. he isn't a mauler or physically dominating guy but he can do his job at guard. They said he should be able to compete for a job at the next level but hey who knows.
ReplyDeleteGee, what a surprise, yet another guy whose only knock against him, is his size! *Sarcasm on*
ReplyDeleteRuskell drafts guys who produce, and ignores the single most overhyped and ridiculous indicator, size.
*monkey is standing up and applauding Ruskell* finally we have a guy in the FO who gets it! We are stealing player after player, who other teams ignore, just because of the one thing that matters the least, size.
Combine numbers and measureables do not and never ever have meant ANYTHING! The only thing that really matters, that really shows what a player will do at the next level, is production. I now have a man crush on Tim Ruskell!
What intrigues me about Sims is that he has played multiple positions, everything except center from the sound of it.
ReplyDeleteCertain teams appear very good at finding quality offensive linemen, particularly on the interior, in the late rounds. Sando reports that Sims is drafted at the exact same spot as Floyd Womack. Add to that, certain schools appear to be quite good at producing quality players at certain positions. Ohio State offensive linemen generally transition quite well to the NFL, and that's even going back to the John Cooper administration.