What am I missing with darian kinnard? I think he looks like dog shit, I don’t want him anywhere near my team, he’s stiff, lead footed, uncoordinated as hell, he has a long windup motion before he lands his hands, he misses blocks because he’s so clumsy and uncoordinated, when he tries to block in space guys sidestep tf out of him and leave him lumbering around like an asshole.
he looks like a less athletic tyre phillips at best.
hahaha tyre phillips was genuinely the first name that came to mind for me too - but im with you, a bit like when i was watching petit-frere i was watching him having seen some day 1/day 2 hype around him and all i had was questions about my sanity
i saw violence and some upper body power and he created some movement in the running game and generally has some physical and athletic tools and traits but his pass sets are a mess and despite being 350lbs he somehow can't ever access his anchor so consistently got pushed back to compress the pocket, his hand placement was consistently awful and then didn't fight to refit the hands inside and despite some flashes of good run blocking he spent so much time on the ground falling off blocks
im 100% with you - im not touching him until day 3 and only as a project who's probably best suited inside if anywhere
tyre had miles better technique in pass pro and much better balance in his pass sets
kinnard would be basically a pointless pick for the ravens because he'd be a just another version of the last 2 guards we picked but even more of a project - i cannot see why he's so high on so many people's radars right now
after watching kinnard i cleansed my pallet with jamaree salyer who's everything that lots of people seemed to suggest kinnard was (a violent mauling guard who survived at tackle in college with good technique and hands)