Panthers met with Miami OT Ereck Flowers

[gettlemanjack]

Seahawksdraftblog.com:

"Ereck Flowers performed poorly in drills but he’s a terrific drive blocker who plays with an edge. On tape you really see him finish blocks ... He gets a nice push at the LOS in the run game. He has experience playing both tackle spots, he has size (6-6, 324lbs) and enough foot speed to evolve into a ZBS tackle or guard.

Today’s sluggish display could cost Flowers a place in the top-25...He has 34 and a half inch arms. His official 5.31 forty time isn’t great, but it’s better than Ju’Wuan James’ last year (5.34) and he looked the part of an established NFL tackle in 2014."

http://seahawksdraftblog.com/thoughts-on-jake-fisher-and-his-fit-in-seattle

[LinvilleGorge]

I don't care one bit about 40 times for an OT.  Straight line speed simply doesn't matter for an offensive lineman.  What I want to see with an OT is that kick slide.  OTs are responsible for the width of the pocket.  They have to be able to get out and set that edge.  Drive is important for run blocking, but much less so for pass protection.  What I saw from Flowers in that kick slide drill is a guy that will get beat like a Bell by decent speed rushers.  He's just not quick enough there.  Maybe it's a technique thing that can be fixed and maybe it's not.  I'm not a coach so I don't know.  All I know is that guy would get eaten alive at LT as a rookie.

[gettlemanjack]

The two new NFL.com mocks both have Flowers available when we pick:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/mock-drafts

Daniel Jeremiah Mock 3.0

#13 La'el Collins - "Pro Bowl potential at guard."

#15 Brandon Scherff

#23 DJ Humphries

#25 TJ Clemmings

#29 Andrus Peat

#30 Ereck Flowers

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/mock-drafts/daniel-jeremiah/230601

Charles Davis Mock 2.0

#9 DJ Humphries ("the best left tackle in the draft")

#11 Brandon Scherff

#14 Andrus Peat

#29 TJ Clemmings

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/mock-drafts/charles-davis/230602

[csx]

He moves a helluva lot better than Bell could ever dream of doing. Sure, Flowers needs to clean up his footwork, but his agility tests were all very good for an OT. The difference between him and Bell is that Flowers has the athletic ability to improve, Bell doesn't. He could be a flawless technician and he's still going to get beat like a drum by good edge rushers. He just can't move those feet fast enough.

I would hope for more than just a little better than Bell with our first pick.

[WOW!!]

Peat or Flowers in the 1st and I'm happy. .

[KendrickPanther]

Bup Bup Bup

[gettlemanjack]

both Yahoo Sports Shutdown Corner Eric Edholm Feb 24 Mock and Sports Illustrated Don Banks Feb 24 Mock have us taking Flowers

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/02/23/2015-nfl-mock-draft-jameis-winston-tampa-bay-buccaneers?page=2&devicetype=phone

https://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/sports/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/post-nfl-combine-two-round-mock-draft-155706803.html?orig_host_hdr=sports.yahoo.com&.intl=us&.lang=en-US&_device=tablet

[Toker Smurf]

@eflow1906: Ereck Flowers has set up a private workout with the Carolina Panthers. http://twitter.com/eflow1906/status/571081737108762624/photo/1

[Kuech the Sneak]

@eflow1906: Ereck Flowers has set up a private workout with the Carolina Panthers. http://twitter.com/eflow1906/status/571081737108762624/photo/1

Already showing quite a bit of interest in him

[magnus]

nfldraftgeek.com Brian Johannes @ bajohans Feb 14

Ereck Flowers had been mocked in the late first by many

(including me), but the more I watch, the more he looks like a

RT.

I have a problem with this type of crap.  It suggests that

*only LT is important

*playing RT is somehow a flaw

*RT's not worth a first rounder 

and that seems kinda silly.  The greater need is at LT, absolutely, but being a competent tackle is being a competent tackle.  That would give us one player who's a definitive starter at OT, which is halfway there.   

[Jeremy Igo]

They met with Morgan Moses last season

[Ship]

We like him but we wanna know if he's really that good/smart!

[DaCityKats]

all apart of the interview process. getting to know the person better.

[Kuech the Sneak]

They met with Morgan Moses last season

They must not have liked what they heard/saw with him behind the scenes l