| Other Tackles | Baker, Sam
Barton, Kirk
Cherilus, Gosder
Clady, Ryan
Cousins, O'Neil
Dunlap, King
Hills, Tony
Long, Jake
Nicks, Carl
Otah, Jeff
Williams, Chris
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| | Player Profile | Ryan Clady - Tackle
College: Boise State
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| Strengths | He's a very naturally graceful tackle with awesome power. Think a combo of Willie Roaf's agility and odd-but-effective technique paired with the "I'm gonna kick your momma's butt" attitude of a Tony Pashos or Jon Jansen. He's very big, very coordinated, very light on his feet for such a big hombre.
I think he's going to be a better pro than Jake Long. Long is a better run blocker and he's faced lots of NFLers in his 4 years, so he's probably more ready to start right away adn make an impact. But Clady should be a much better pass blocker and grow into his run blocking. From what I'm told he's a pretty bright guy too; says next to nothing but it's not for lack of intelligence.
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| Weaknesses | The two knocks I've heard:
1. He doesn't always bring it when he's not facing better competition. And that happened to him a lot at Boise, where they play a non-BCS schedule and 8 games at home every year
2. Has trouble maintaining and finishing his run blocks when he's on an island or out in space. Which is a fairly common problem for taller guys--Jon Ogden has been terrible at that for years but he's still a HOFer.
- Jeff Risdon
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