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Have you witnessed our inability and inconsistency in the passing game the last few years?
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Well yes. Have you noticed that our line cant pass block a lot of years. And we still put olinemen in the pros. Why is that ?
Just watched it. Not a stumble, but he came out of the blocks immediately upright... UGH.
better than 4.59 tho , at least improved but he just became a late rd guy unless he kills the shuttles and other drills.
As a developmental program, I feel that a lot of years, we have two great NFL prospects starting, a good player, and two guys who haven't quite developed. This year, our tackles were super young and super raw. Two great lineman in Welsh and Daniels couldn't make up for that.
He will still have an opportunity to get that under 4.5 at Iowa's pro day. More controlled environment and Iowa guys have performed well during the pro day in the past.
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I concur that sounds like solid reasoning. Darn it. Hayden spoiled me with better line play.
His time is right in line with Chubb, Freeman, Michel and Scarborough. Don't really think that's too bad.
What were those guys weights?
Edit: Chubb was the lightest at 225. That's 30 more pounds of mass moving at that speed.
Edit: Chubb was the lightest at 225. That's 30 more pounds of mass moving at that speed.
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Yawn. Wake me up when they do the drills that truly translate. Three cone, 20 yrd shuttle, 60 yrd shuttle.
I guess the sarcasm didn't come through as well as I hoped, even with the "seriously though" following it.
Most comparable 195 pound running backs I could find from recent years. Trey williams ran a 4.49... prince tyson gulley ran 4.54 was labelled undersized and lacking quickness, Dee Hart 4.8 double acl didn't get a look. Hopefully the on the field production outweighs a clipboard number for AW.
That's the thing about football. You have to catch them, then tackle them. Wadley has an innate ability to make people miss, something that can't be evaluated in a drill.
he has been tackled before.
seriously though, this time WILL matter. A smallish RB who is not in the 4.46 range or better? eh.
Tarik Cohen went in the 4th round w a 4.42.For smaller backs, 40 time is a pretty big deal.
Bad 40 time from AW may mean he slides to a team that really wants him and uses him efficiently, a la Desmond King.
This exactly. I'm not saying that speed isn't important, but have you ever seen anyone catch Wadley from behind? You have to look at it like this. If the RB breaks through the hole and runs past a DB, unless that DB is running in that same direction, even if he runs a 4.4 compared to the RB running a 4.54, he still will not catch this guy in 60 or 70 yards. He'll catch him if they both start from a stop at the same point, otherwise its not relevant. Everything I read about Wadley's evaluation was that he does not have elite speed, so they know this already. Its his ability to cut, and stop and restart, at almost top speed that makes him unusual.
I doubt it. Way, way too much good film on him.
His biggest limitation is overcoming the concept of his size making him a "3rd down/special teams back only". I'd be stunned if he's not drafted. I bet he clears the 5th round...to me a 6th or 7th rounder.
