2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Armand Membou

Strengths:

• TRAITS: Membou is a powerful, explosive player with a broad build, natural leverage, and impressive length.
• Dancing Bear: His quick feet and flexible hips provide him with outstanding range and the ability to recover in pass protection.
• Plays Long: He has a knack for playing long in pass protection, maximizing his arm length to keep defenders at bay and under control.
• Stout Anchor: He has a strong anchor, making it hard to move once he roots his feet.
• Twitched-up: Membou employs an explosive kick step to cover ground swiftly in pass sets. He also displays a quick, precise inside punch.
• Downhill: Displays excellent power to be a drive blocker and overpower opponents in the run game. He has a good feel for combo blocks, prying rush lanes open, and moving fluidly in space.

Weaknesses:

• Variety: His footwork and hand technique sometimes appear robotic, particularly as a run blocker.
• Inconsistent: Membou is still developing as a player. His punch timing and hand placement can be overly predictable, enabling defenders to anticipate his intentions.
• Run Blocking: In horizontal run concepts, he often seems too passive, letting defenders gain leverage over him and control the point of attack.
• Drive Blocking: He has a bad habit of bending at the waist and overshooting his targets, which throws off his weight distribution and affects his ability to sustain and drive in space.
• Inside Shoulder: He often swings his hips too early in pass protection, softening his inside shoulder and leaving him vulnerable to inside moves.
• Too Patient: Membou is overly patient with his punch against power rushers, allowing defenders to use speed-to-power techniques to push him into the pocket. Furthermore, he is slow to replicate his hands after his initial punch.
• Versatility: Can he play on the left side? Almost all of his evidenced snaps going back to high school are at right tackle.

Final Thoughts and Bears Fit for Armand Membou:

An NFL team will likely select Armand Membou within the top 20 picks, and with good reason. His potential is that of a Pro Bowl-caliber offensive tackle, with his floor being a borderline starter at guard. He should enter the league ready to contribute immediately, thanks to his explosive athleticism and raw power.

There are few questions about his pass protection ability. He needs to improve his consistency with depth setting and expand his hand-fighting techniques, but his strong anchor, good length, and quick feet will benefit him greatly.

The questions about Membou relate more to his tape as a run blocker. It will be an uphill battle to improve his footwork, weight distribution, and hand placement. However, the bigger question for me is whether he can adopt a more aggressive mindset as a run-blocker. There are instances where he reminds me of Darnell Wright, driving defensive linemen off the football with tremendous power. Nevertheless, there are more instances where I wonder what he is waiting for.

In my opinion, without additional insight from interviews and coaches, Membou would be a risky choice for the Bears at pick 10. While his potential is greater than other offensive linemen available at that selection, he also has a lower floor. Given the Bears' urgent need to add NFL-ready talent to the offensive line, selecting Membou so early is a gamble. The Bears' offense will heavily emphasize running the ball through various concepts, which Membou might struggle to grasp and execute.

If I were the Bears, I could feel confident about taking Membou at 10 if the interviews went well and the offensive line coach believed he could bring him up to speed. However, without that information, I'm more skeptical.

High-End Pro Comp: Darnell Wright

Low-End Pro Comp: Germain Ifedi