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I don't think 31" arms are gonna hurt him. Maybe he only goes top 10 instead of top 5. He would've had to show up arms amputated to be available at 19. LOL

This is the correct answer. 99% of the game is played within 20 yards from the line of scrimmage. Defenses are just too good to allow long developing plays at this level. Short area quickness is more important than straight line speed.

Explosiveness, quick feet/agility, and short yardage speed. Makes total sense. Top end 40 speed is great but not used often in games realistically. How many 30-40 yards straight line plays are there per game? I understand where overall speed matters, but it's overvalued if the footwork and explosiveness are lacking. Straight line speed guys usually don't have long careers. Most offenses live in the 5-15 yard area which is what the drills reflect.

I almost included morgan in that group but he seemed to focus on college production over RAS in the 25 draft. We shall see in april but if we get that kid from Auburn at 19 its back where we started

I like Dungy. Yeah not very charismatic but has had pretty solid insight when I've heard him talk.

Figured I would save people the click:

RAS all day!!! You could almost perfectly predict pur picks just based off of highest RAS on the board. We weren't drafting for a football team, we were trying to build a track and field squad.

I reluctantly accept that we will have to go Bain Jr as BPA at #19.

Surprised to see the 40 as the strongest predictor by a hair but not surprised to see it as the metric that gets guys overdrafted the most. Not surprised to see shuttle and 10 second split as strong predictors. I've always thought those were undervalued. I am surprised to see the three cone as basically just a nonfactor. It's one I've always valued but the data doesn't bear it out. Maybe just drop it or find some other test that might provide better insight. That one just doesn't seem to matter at all so why bother?

I think Rodriguez will play out to be the Luke Kuechly of this draft. If we could get him in house and have Luke there to tutor him a bit more...

In fact, I had forgotten that he is still on. He proves that nice guys don't always finish last. I respect him

Rhule and fitterer laugh at this

Insightful thread. Seems like athletic testing hasn’t been much of a predictor as I thought it was.

Dungy is a good dude, but his charisma is on par with plain white toast.

I forgot about Mays, but suffice it to say Seattle invested in their OL and it paid off with 4 starters on rookie deals. Spending a 1st on a desperate need and 2 day 3 picks in 4 drafts is why we had to pay a ton and still be paper thin to injuries and potential FA loss.

They also have a stud LT and have drafted 10 OL in the past 4 drafts. We drafted Iky and Zavala. They drafted two 1st rounders, both of whom were foundational starters on the SB winning team. It doesn’t matter how much you spend if you drafted 4 starting OL on your SB winning team in 4 drafts. We had to pay a ton for our OL because instead of drafted 2.5 OL every year including half your 1st round picks, we decided Iky and Zavala in 4 drafts was enough investment.

I like Dungy but in terms of being an on air television personality he's extremely forgettable. He's probably being paid more due to his football resume than he's worth as a commentator/analyst on air. Seems like a matter of time before they conclude the same about Brady.

I don’t recall him saying that. I do recall when he was a rookie/2nd year that he said he was working to know the entire OL. That said, that was a long time ago and at this point, moving him around seems counterproductive. It’s not 2018 or 2019 when it seemed to make sense and he played well at LT when he had to do so due to injuries. This is Moton’s 10th year, no point. We need to draft multiple tackles at this point with no idea how Iky comes back in 2027.