Film Rewind: Getting on Board With Peter Skoronski

One man's story of rewinding the film to re-evaluate Peter Skoronski's tape to try and get on board with the Tennessee Titans pick

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I have had mixed feelings about Peter Skoronski. I fluctuate somewhere between absolutely loving the pick and being a tad apprehensive at any given moment. And, I know Zach is going to be thrilled that I’m writing my first article for him under this new arrangement about Skoronski literally two days after he sent me a text to say that Will Levis moves the needle in terms of article hits, whereas Skoronski doesn’t. But, I can’t help what’s in my heart.

It’s gotta come out, folks. What’s in my heart this week is that I still don’t quite know why I can’t get fully as ‘on board’ as the rest of the draft community on Skoronski. There is something I can’t quite place holding me back.

Is he the safe pick? Absolutely. I make no bones about that. I didn’t rank ‘overall offensive linemen’ on my big board. Things were broken down between tackle, guard, and center. But, he would’ve absolutely been OL2 on my board. Zach wrote extensively about what Skoronski’s addition to this roster means for the franchise, and I hope you’ve read it. Otherwise, what are you even doing here?

I get the vision for it, and it makes a ton of sense. This offensive line was absolute gutter trash in 2022, and this regime made it the focal point of the offseason so that doesn’t happen again.

I’ve been asking people what Skoronski’s presence would’ve done for the 2022 offensive line all week to try and put into perspective how the tiniest of improvements could’ve drastically altered the outcome of the season. The margin by which this Titans team ended up losing the final seven games of the season was thin. An extra second’s worth of protection could’ve kept Ryan Tannehill healthy, could’ve allowed Treylon Burks to get open, or could’ve allowed Derrick Henry to at least get back to the line of scrimmage and find a hole. All they needed was one play to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. Not to mention, the poor offensive line play makes it incredibly difficult to evaluate the rest of the offense because nothing works as it’s intended. It turned the offense into a hot mess.

So, presumably, this unit is going to be better in 2023, and that should have a ripple effect on the rest of the unit. I mean, how much worse can it really get? Don’t answer that question - it was rhetorical, and I don’t want to think about the implications of this shift in offensive line philosophy not working out. Was Skoronski a sexy pick? I’d say no, and it’s not about the value of drafting a guy who projects to be a guard at the next level. It’s solely about the prospect for me - there’s an element of ‘sexy’ that I thought was missing from his game when I first evaluated him. There’s some juice lacking. But, I’ve been thinking about it, and seeing all of the reactions to his drafting made me want to revisit my thoughts on him.

Skoronski isn’t a sexy player. But, you know what else isn’t sexy? Eating an entire meatloaf and spending the rest of the night burping and farting on the couch. You know what makes me feel satisfied to my core? Dipping my feet in an epsom salt bath, smoking a cigar, and enjoying a cocktail because I just ate an entire meatloaf and plan to spend the rest of the night burping and farting on the couch. That is pure soul satisfaction on a basic human need level.

Drafting Skoronski is burping and farting on the couch after eating an entire meatloaf. My brain has made that association - I’m going to feel pretty good and pretty content for quite a long time, but nothing about my appearance is going to make the cover of GQ.

“So, why so ‘bleh’ on this pick, Stoney?” You might ask. Well, let’s revisit my initial evaluation of Skoronski from when I first started piecing my big board together last November: