Most important qualities for NFL offensive linemen

ATVZ400 · May 22, 2008

I bring that up now because the eight offensive tackles taken in the first round of last month's draft are finally able to hit NFL practice fields for some extended hands-on training as they attempt to hone their craft. Though most of them wetted their appetite with a post-draft minicamp, the organized team activities, or OTA's as they are known in league lexicon, are the first real opportunity for these players to take what they were taught in the classroom onto the field on a daily basis.

As one would expect, not every offensive line coach trumpets the same characteristics when determining the likelihood of success for a given player. The Indianapolis Colts Howard Mudd looks primarily for quickness and arm length because of the way he teaches his offensive linemen to jump set in pass protection. Alex Gibbs, now of the Houston Texans, has had success for years by finding lean athletes with great lateral speed to run his one-cut zone blocking scheme. Others, like the New England Patriots Dante Scarnecchia, emphasize mental and physical toughness, believing those players will come through in the clutch.
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