Prospect Profile: Roger Rosengarten, OT, Washington

Pass Protection

He’s quick out of his stance with some explosion but this results in the first challenge with his pass protection. In vertical sets when he needs to explode from the line to get depth quickly while in his kick-slide, he can over-set and give up his inside to pass-rushers who set up an inside move well, or have good lateral quickness or who can work an inside power move. His main strategy is to 45 set and work a two-handed strike. In this circumstance and on the whole his hand placement is good but his hand timing is not at all consistent. Once he’s engaged in 45 sets he will mirror well and has good latch strength to stay engaged against rushers with active hands. Once he is engaged he can pitch his feet up and down a little and can leave him susceptible to power moves. What he normally likes to do is get an initial pop on the defender to send him wide and then get his hands on after this. He does this to play into his strength with his speed and allows him to run the arc with the defender if he needs to. When he does this though his technique goes awry, it isn’t controlled mirroring but is chaotic chasing, and more savvy rushers will be able to take advantage of this. With this being his main strategy he is far too one-dimensional and needs to mix up his approach. If he does work with independent hands, it’s usually an outside strike but this can leave him open to an attack using a cross chop from defenders with better moves and a good rush plan.

He can also get in trouble with longer-rushers where he doesn’t have the reach advantage or even parity. It’s this reason why you’d like to see him develop more of an inside strike to help him when he doesn’t have the length to compete. When he jump sets, his hands are still well placed but they aren’t well-timed and that is a problem against Defensive Linemen with good hand usage, he won’t get his hands on first and can get into trouble quickly. Finally on the technique deficiencies, when rushers bring speed to power against his vertical sets, his hands can just crumple and the DL is able to get close into his pads and work moves off this. He will work to re-fit his hands and this is a strength of his and he’s able to reset and re-anchor when the DL tries to work to a bull rush counter. He’s tough, has good power and has some things to work with given his hand placement and athletic ability but needs to work on a lot of smaller areas of his game. Mixing up his approach from down to down will help him a lot. Good processing, sees stunts, passes off and overtakes well.

Run Blocking

He comes under control well in space and then positions and fits the block expertly when working at the second level. This is true when he’s climbing to the second level, out on screen passes or as a puller. He doesn’t spend himself getting to his man and leaves enough to bring his feet with him and get latched onto smaller, nimbler defenders. He’s often looking to drive people off the ball and off their feet. He doesn’t fit Drive or Down blocks as well as he doesn’t fit the block by getting his hands on first and can lose at the point of attack as a result. He is powerful though and when he’s fan blocking, he can turn the defender to his will. On Reach blocks for Outside Zone either back-side or play-side, his Slide step is good but his footwork after that is a mess and he can’t get his hips square to finish.

SUMMARY
Right Tackle prospect with a number of deficiencies in pass pro that need attention, specifically his strategy and mixing up his approach. Good space blocker.

PRODUCTION
SO: 984 snaps at RT
FR: 981 snaps at RT
INJURY: None

RAVENS FIT
Toughness 5
Intelligence 3
Versatility 2
Grit 4
Scheme 3