DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2013 NFL Season NFL Draft (2013) Browns 3rd Round Pick II: Shawn Lauvao (OT)

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Positives: Has a massive, thick frame with a thick chest and arms, thighs and calves … Shows good short area quickness and balance for a player his size, displaying the agility to quickly adjust to counter moves … More of a position-&-wall off type of players, using his size effectively to gain movement off the snap … Has developed a strong hand punch to stall the bull rush and uses his hands with great effectiveness to control and sustain … Gets good leg drive and movement, staying low in his pads on run blocks … Is a bit heavy-legged, but has the functional burst to pull and impact on the edge, doing a very good job of sealing up inside … Has enough short area quickness to come out and attack the linebackers in the second level … Has the ability to adjust on the move and shows adequate lateral slide … Flashes a very good hand set and punch to stop the pass rush charge and demonstrates the foot agility to kick and adjust with his lateral slide … Uses his lower-body strength well to drive defenders off the ball and simply engulfs defenders at the point of attack.

Negatives: Lacks explosion coming off the snap and is more of a position/wall-off type of blocker … Lacks the sustained speed to get out quickly to make plays in the second level … Will come out and attack the linebackers, but will fall off some blocks working in space … Better playing inside, where his feet are not exposed to the edge rush (struggled as a tackle to mirror the speed rush moves and could not control and finish as well as he does when working in-line) … Has a good short-area straight-line charge, but struggles to redirect his massive frame due to hip stiffness … Needs to get in better shape, as his excess body fat causes him to labor when moving up field and will wear down as the game progresses … For a player of his size and strength, he should be generating more power at the point of attack (uses his body to lean into the defender rather than explode through his blocks) … Weight room strength fails to translate to the field at times, especially in his pass set … Needs to take better angles as a drive blocker.

--Dave-Te' Thomas

Lauvao is a powerful offensive lineman who works best at the point of attack. When he played offensive tackle, he was effective working in-line, but did not have the foot movement to counter moves on the edge rush. He looks sluggish when asked to pull into the second level and needs to tone down his midsection, as he is naturally strong, but plays too high to be an explosive blocker.

He has enough functional quickness and good body lean to get inside the defender coming off the snap, but will sometimes get too high in his stance, causing him to stop his feet and falls off too many blocks. He is sometimes slow to cut off inside, but does scoop to the outside with better success. He has a high pull with poor explosion on contact, but gets in the way. Still, he has to have a good path to get to the level-2 block.

Lauvao is blessed with good body mass to anchor, but struggles when having to take on defenders along the edge. He generates good hand punch and uses his hands effectively to lock on and drive defenders off the ball. He plays with very good inside leverage and rarely loses the fight once he gets his hands on his man.

He has decent lateral movement on the short pull and can anchor and sit effectively vs. the bull rush. His best asset is his ability to mirror and slide in his pass set. For a player of his size, he is very nimble with his feet.

Compares To … KYNAN FORNEY-ex Jacksonville … Lauvao's immediate value to an NFL team is his versatility. He is one of the strongest drive blockers in this draft class and while he does not have the size to play out on the edge, his power base and trap blocking sills are more likely to see him push for a starting job at left guard within a few years.

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saw action at both guard and tackle...made 17 starts at left guard, 12 at left tackle and four at right tackle.

good versatility

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That's what NFL.com's page is telling me. He's not "graded" very high ... and he doesn't even have a breakdown listed. Might be a bit of a reach (Bruce Cambell was still on the board) ... but maybe the FO knows something we don't?

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I guess the experts don't like this pick...

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we got Lauvao b/c of the Ravens... Cody AND Ngata?? are u serious!!!?/

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Yeah, that's going to be a nightmare for years. Ugh.

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we got Lauvao b/c of the Ravens... Cody AND Ngata?? are u serious!!!?/

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If this guy ever gets on the field,we're in trouble.
This cat has cement shoes that would make even thw most hardcore mafioso proud.
Forget about traps,pulls,screens,zones when this guy is playing.

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in retrospect where was he taken in terms of number of OL taken?

i saw a few sites rank him as 5-6 bst G

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Enough to spot a slow footed linemen when I see one.
He comes from a program where i know some people.I'm happy he was drafted,but he's not an impressive o-linemen.

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Unless you have a different opinion of a late 3rd rounder?

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Exactly! If he didn't have some deficiencies he would be rated a higher round.

Someone said he had cement feet. Slow feet is not "cement feet" BIG difference.

Thats the one thing that makes him a Guard. Maybe a little slow with his feet to be a Tackle but he fits in at the guard position.

He played LT his senior year. Played well....so his feet might be slow but not cement.