5 stats to know about Chicago Bears OL Larry Borom
1. Zone vs Gap
Matt Nagy has typically been a zone man, but over the last few weeks of the regular season, he moved to a more gap-heavy run blocking scheme. For what it is worth, Missouri ran about 65% zone blocking and was less of a gap blocking team.
However, Brandon Thorn, an excellent line expert notes that he believes that Borom would be better off in a power gap scheme. That comes down to his power and ability to square his man being a better trait than his foot speed and ability to pick up blockers at the next level.
That is fair, so it will be interesting to see which way Nagy goes. According to PFF, Borom had an 85 grade on zone blocking but had a 71 grade on gap blocking. This is with him at right tackle of course. So his projection may be at guard and it may be with him being better off in gap.
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Still, the reality is that zone and gap, guard and tackle, Borom has a lot of versatility here. He has experience in each. He went in a similar tier as his peers, even if it was a bit higher than them.
Overall, Bears fans should not expect instant starter but should expect depth at guard and tackle with the upside to clean up his body and get better overall.