Revenge of the Birds
The Texas offensive tackle could be the answer to the Arizona Cardinals offensive line needs.
Happy Wednesday afternoon one and all.
The Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL are heading towards the 2025 NFL Draft and in doing that we are building our own big board for the Cardinals.
Yesterday we looked at the Consensus Big Board and their top two prospects that could be available for the Arizona Cardinals.
Starting with Will Johnson and Jalon Walker, then of course today we looked at Shemar Stewart.
Now, we look at the next offensive lineman on the board, Kelvin Banks, the 6-5 315lbs junior who started over 40 games at left tackle for one of the best programs in the country in Texas, including 13 as a freshman.
From Kyle Crabbs:
Banks Jr. is not a finished product, but his athleticism and frame are likely going to warrant opportunities to play early.
This is an impressive player with movement skills to become an impactful starter, although he would benefit early in his development from a scheme that invokes a number of the same elements as the one he plays with at Texas — a high volume of play-action reps and screens. These keep Banks Jr. aggressive in playing forward into blocks and leaning more heavily on his more appealing traits.
The scheme fit sounds ideal to what the Arizona Cardinals do. The question becomes is Banks going to the right side, and even potentially kicking into guard make sense, or is Banks even going to make it to 16?
Here is the thing, left tackles are typically the best player on any offensive line, so moving a left tackle isn’t a huge deal, but are we worried about it?
