One of the draft’s top offensive tackles will have a busy week meeting with potential suitors. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo (on Twitter), left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. was in Philadelphia today for a pre-draft visit with the Eagles.
The Ohio State product is also set to meet with the Jets tonight and tomorrow. These meetings follow a trip out west, where Johnson met with the Cardinals last week. As Garafolo points out, there are a “lot of possible fits” for the lineman in the top-15, so these surely won’t be the prospect’s only official visits.
After playing sparingly through his first two collegiate seasons, Johnson took on a larger role in 2022, appearing in 13 games for Ohio State. The 6-6, 315-pound blocker was charged with only a pair of sacks this past season, and Pro Football Focus gave him one of the highest grades (88 overall) at his position. As a result of his performance, Johnson earned a consensus All-American nod after the season.
Johnson has climbed NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah’s rankings of the top-50 draft prospects, landing at No. 16 in the latest update. Northwestern’s Peter Skoronski is still the favorite to be the first offensive tackle off the board, but a team could end up selecting Johnson and banking on his size and temperament.
Not complaining about my free stuff, but is 30 teams visiting with 30 top prospects really news? I mean, the Jets and Eagles will be interested in anyone still available at their draft slot.
There isn’t much news right now. This is the calm before the storm, and the speculation and attempts to gain insight into teams’ draft plans is about all we have until the draft finally starts.
All true, but having articles about the Raiders meeting with everyone in the top-30 prospect list is simply no news at all.
If they want an article, list which top players HAVE NOT met with certain teams. If the Raiders, for example, don’t meet with Gonzalez, but do meet with Witherspoon, it ‘might’ mean something.
The Raiders have only used 16 visits to date.
Eagles and Jets have picks within the top 13, and their choices will directly impact player selection options for 2/3 of the league, so yes this is news.
Also draft order speculation is just as fun as watching the games and the point of an NFL rumors website.
Both Eagles and Jets are holding
PARIS meetings !!
We all know what happened the last time the Jets banked on the size of an offensive lineman in the draft…