Everyone is talking about the quarterbacks at this combine. Fine. Let them talk.

I'm looking at the offensive linemen, and what I'm seeing is more interesting than anything happening at the quarterback podiums.

The consensus top offensive tackle in this class is a player who has exceptional length and above-average athleticism, and whose pass-protection technique is a disaster waiting to happen at the NFL level. I won't name him because the tape is public and anyone willing to actually watch it already knows what I'm talking about. His kick-slide is lazy. He takes a lateral step on his first kick that is three inches shorter than it needs to be, and against a speed rusher with a good first step that three inches is the entire game. At the college level, he compensated with athleticism and good football instincts. Against NFL edge rushers, those habits will be punished in ways that no amount of athleticism can fix without a complete overhaul of his footwork.

What nobody is talking about is the center out of Iowa State who ran a 5.1 forty and is therefore invisible to the people who watch combine workouts on mute. Go watch his pass sets. Go watch how he handles a shade technique against a three-technique who tries to push him off his spot. He doesn't move. His anchor is the best I've seen at the position in this draft class and it isn't close. The footwork on his pull blocks is textbook — short lead step, shoulder square through the hole, never overextends his base. He's going to be a 10-year starter for someone. He'll go in round three because he ran a 5.1.

The guard group is deeper than usual. There are four players in this class who have the combination of hand technique and lateral quickness to play at the NFL level immediately. What separates them isn't measurables — it's the inside hand. The guards who win at the next level win with hand placement inside the frame. The ones who lose are the ones who grab outside the torso and get called for holding three times before halftime of week one. You can see which category each of these players falls into in the first two series of any game film. Nobody is paid to do that anymore, apparently.

The defensive tackle group is exceptional. Caleb Banks from Florida is the best pure pass rusher in the interior of this draft, and I'll stand behind that. His initial quickness off the snap is elite. More importantly, his counter move — a quick inside spin off the bull rush — shows he's already thinking about how to set up his second move at the NFL level. That's not something most college players have the game speed to develop. He has it.

The combine is a measurement tool, not an evaluation. The players who will define this class are already defined by their film. Go watch the film.