{"id":785036,"date":"2026-03-01T19:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785036\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:49:14","slug":"browns-2026-nfl-draft-clemson-ot-blake-miller-has-what-it-takes-to-be-a-rookie-starter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785036\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns 2026 NFL draft: Clemson OT Blake Miller has what it takes to be a rookie starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cleveland Browns will have the opportunity to draft multiple starting-quality offensive tackles in the 2026 NFL Draft, and Clemson\u2019s Blake Miller has a real chance to be one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Strongsville, OH, native just weighed in at 317 lbs. at the NFL Combine, which is incredibly helpful, as his biggest concern was bodyweight. A lot of teams believed that he was much lighter than that, as rumors were swirling that he played at around the 290-pound mark in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Miller is one of the most technically sound offensive tackles in this year\u2019s class, and his overall skill set fits what Todd Monken\u2019s offense needs at offensive tackle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He\u2019s an excellent second-level mover and is consistently able to reach defenders both inside and out in order to wall off backside 3-techniques or seal the edge on outside zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">His pass sets are beautiful as well when it comes to his kickslide and contact balance at the point of attack. Miller is very patient and times his punches very well, which consistently puts him in advantageous positions against speed rushers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If he puts up some good testing numbers today at the combine, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see Miller skyrocket up NFL Draft boards, as there are already rumblings going around that some teams have him rated higher than Monroe Freeling right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Blake Miller would be an excellent selection for Cleveland at No.24 or No.39 if they decide to select a wide receiver like Carnell Tate at No.6 next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns will have the opportunity to draft multiple starting-quality offensive tackles in the 2026 NFL Draft,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,4397,1696,2337,7,781,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-785036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-draft","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-roster","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-general","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116155657026754518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}