Post by bearsinhouston on Apr 27, 2024 11:39:44 GMT -6
Here is a summary on him. Honestly does not make me drool.
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Draft Projection
Rounds 4-5
Overview
Taylor’s leg strength matches his impressive size. No punter was allowed to ply their craft more in recent years than Taylor thanks to Iowa’s struggling offense. He has proven to possess the power of an NFL punter and his hang-time is fairly solid when the rugby-style punts are removed from the evaluation process. The directional punting and touch will need sharpening, but Taylor could come off the board in the middle rounds and find work in the league.
Strengths
Highly decorated All-American punter and FBS record-holder with 4,479 punt yards.
Outstanding size with hand-eye coordination to rescue off-frame snaps as punter/holder.
Planted nearly half of his 162 punts inside the 20-yard line from 2021 to 2022.
Displayed power to dig his unit out from deep in its own side of the field.
Weaknesses
Slower approach pace, contributing to three career blocked punts (per PFF).
Fails to squarely hit punts more often than expected.
Has the leg strength of an NFL punter (isn't that the minimum requirement?). Directional punting needs work, slower approach that gets blocked more than often. 4th rounder? Did get inside the 20 in half his punts though. I have to be missing something, but like I said before, whatever we get in the last two rounds are bonuses.
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Draft Projection
Rounds 4-5
Overview
Taylor’s leg strength matches his impressive size. No punter was allowed to ply their craft more in recent years than Taylor thanks to Iowa’s struggling offense. He has proven to possess the power of an NFL punter and his hang-time is fairly solid when the rugby-style punts are removed from the evaluation process. The directional punting and touch will need sharpening, but Taylor could come off the board in the middle rounds and find work in the league.
Strengths
Highly decorated All-American punter and FBS record-holder with 4,479 punt yards.
Outstanding size with hand-eye coordination to rescue off-frame snaps as punter/holder.
Planted nearly half of his 162 punts inside the 20-yard line from 2021 to 2022.
Displayed power to dig his unit out from deep in its own side of the field.
Weaknesses
Slower approach pace, contributing to three career blocked punts (per PFF).
Fails to squarely hit punts more often than expected.
Has the leg strength of an NFL punter (isn't that the minimum requirement?). Directional punting needs work, slower approach that gets blocked more than often. 4th rounder? Did get inside the 20 in half his punts though. I have to be missing something, but like I said before, whatever we get in the last two rounds are bonuses.
