Jaylon Moore Film Review

The Chiefs' added Left Tackle Jaylon Moore in free agency so let's take a look at the tape!

Almost the instant the tampering period began, the Kansas City Chiefs’ kicked off the action by announcing their intentions to sign ex-San Francisco 49er offensive tackle Jaylon Moore. The Chiefs being aggressive adding an OT wasn’t a surprise given how the position played out last season but getting the move done that quickly says it’s one they were likely very high on. The “surprise” element was that a back-up OT was being signed for a 2 year, $30M deal with $21M guaranteed.

I’m not here to talk about and quibble over the contract amount, instead let’s look into Moore’s film and see what we can find. As mentioned, he’s essentially been Trent Williams’ back-up over the past four seasons. He hasn’t made a push for the starting right tackle job in San Francisco and has seen only limited action when Williams has been hurt leading to a small sample size.

We have to keep that in mind because there could be vastly more to Jaylon Moore’s game than we’ve seen so far. That isn’t a certainty but in a sample size this limited we have to remember that. Alright, enough talk and time to get to the tape.

For those interested, at the bottom of the article I will include a link to the KCSN Film Room I did covering Jaylon Moore in video form. It’s about 35 minutes talking about most of what is going to be written here just while watching his film. For those unaware, in the KCSN Discord we do Live Film Rooms in which all subscribers can watch along, chat, and ask questions while do it.

Jaylon Moore Film Breakdown

Just to rip the band-aid off, almost nothing that Moore was asked to do on a very regular basis in San Francisco will be what he is often asked to do in Kansas City. The schemes for the offensive line of these two teams could not be more different from how they ask players to pass set, to the pocket depth they emphasize, or to the run schemes they major in. We will continue to touch on these things but it’s worth noting it makes a direct 1:1 correlation relatively difficult.

Pass Protection

Before we dive too fare into the film, it has to be stated that Jaylon Moore simply doesn’t get beat very quickly very often. He doesn’t make fatal mistakes that allows rushers to get “easy” wins; rather he makes them earn everything which typically leads to longer paths. I want to start with that and get it out of the way because the rest is going to emphasize specific skills or traits and it needs to be stated that his pass protection efficiency has been quite good.

The Good

In pass protection Moore doesn’t necessarily stand out as spectacular in any fashion but he also doesn’t stand out in terms of showcasing significant flaws. He’s extremely consistent with his pass sets working with quality explosion out of his stance and good pacing on his follow-up slides. The 49ers heavily utilize angled sets - often very flat ones - in their pass protection scheme and Moore does a great job closing distance laterally out to rushers.