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Published on 04/27/2008 at Sun Apr 27 09:35.
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Broncos Select C Kory Lichtensteiger in 4th Round

Posted Sun Apr 27th by

The Denver Broncos draft Center Kory Lichtensteiger out of Bowling Green with the 9th pick in the 4th round of the 2008 NFL Draft..

Lichtensteiger started his career at Bowling Green as a guard and then shifted to the middle. He has been used mostly in a shotgun formation, and will probably be shifted back to guard for at least a couple of seasons while he works on NFL-style centering. NFL Draft Reports gave him a grade of 85.45% blocking consistency, which the highest grade of all active centers. He is durable and comfortable working in unison with his other blockers.

His negatives are that he is a little stiff and is a better blocker when on the move than when he is stationary. He does not have the quickness to get to the edge and take on speed rushers.

At this time, this makes him the heir apparent to Tom Nalen, until someone else steps in, anyway.

  • REICH

    I like this pick, upgrades three positions. If he can long snap its four.

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    After being paper thin last year, the Broncos are adding depth quite well.

  • http://merlinofchaos.livejournal.com E. Halsey Miles

    From reading around, he might have been a bit of a reach; many lists have him projected as a 5th rounder, but we all know how these lists can be wrong. He does appear to be the 2nd best center in the draft, but he’s going to have a lot of work ahead of him to really follow Tom Nalen. That said…Shanny’s drafts have done very well on linemen in the past, so this is one area where it’s hard to question.

  • kerry

    i like this pick alot. another thing that some reports havent mentioned is that he is a mean and nasty type center. brings alot of attitude (in a good way) to the O-line.