2013 NFL Season
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Burnem Wizfyre
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Honestly I'm surprised any coach puts up with that shit. Nothing may happen on 99 out of 100 shitty little somersaults...but that one time could cost you an injury, for absolutely nothing. Just can't believe more coaches don't push the Barry Sanders hand the ball to the official and jog to the bench method.
I'm not even going No Fun League...let these guys dance or whatever after a score. But jumping into the air and doing a somersault really does seem excessively pointless given the injury risk.
Xevy
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Because you have to be fast. For every 6'2 + 4.5 WR on a team there's also that 5'11 4.2 WR. 6'0 + and a sub 4.4 time is a rarity.
Genjiro
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Most kids with height speed very early on in their careers end up playing wr and get recruited to college for that position and so on. On defense you can always go away from a guy like that, on offense you can form your gameplan around a kid with those measurables and force the defense to deal with him. Just a better use of those kinds of skills, imo.
I cant even think of very many corners with that kind of freakish size other than the Steelers HoFer Mel Blount. Maybe if the kid just cant catch he could end up there I guess.
I cant even think of very many corners with that kind of freakish size other than the Steelers HoFer Mel Blount. Maybe if the kid just cant catch he could end up there I guess.
Gravel
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I understand that, for guys in high school/college.
Genj's point is more what I was going for. With the amount of money DB's were making, it seems like a lot of guys would make the switch from WR to DB. You'd also find DB's who can finally catch for once. But I guess it makes sense to just use the abilities of a player like that on offense. It makes me wonder if there aren't a bunch of talented college WR's that don't make it in the NFL (e.g. were just on the cusp, but they were the x+1 WR that year) but could be used on the other side of the ball.
Grimmlokk
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Probably a few but not a bunch. Even shitty 6'3"+ WRs with speed manage to stay on rosters for a long time(Limas Sweed!). Kid comes out of college as a WR teams will try to make that work. Surprised we don't see more teams working guys like that as projects, but once a player has been at the same position for 6-8 years in high school/college they tend to want to stay there. Tim Tebow/Eric Crouch anyone?
Really just don't see guys change position much after college, they've had so much coaching at that one specific position that they're at a big deficit at any other. Occasionally a DE will jump to OLB and vice-versa, especially if his team is switching from 3-4 to 4-3 or 4-3 to 3-4. I remember what a big deal they were making about Carnell Lakeswitched to CB from SS for a season or twofor the Steelers back in the late 90's because they were so thin. Think he even made the Pro Bowl at CB after being an elite SS.
BrutulTM
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Bad news guys. Most of the NFL is "morbidly obese" on the BMI chart. Better get Michelle Obama on this immediately.
Grimmlokk
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3-4 and 4-3 DE are barely the same position so it makes sense. 3-4 DE is more of a tackle really. Bigger guys there to eat up blockers and stop the run, these guys will be 280+ usually. 4-3 DE is in many cases a slightly bigger OLB. More of a play disruptor and QB rusher, these guys tend to be closer to 260ish. So it makes sense
Ambiturner
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High school and college are actually more forgiving on speed than the NFL.
There also just aren't that many people 6'4 and up that have the speed necessary for a CB. Being tall by itself will usually hinder your speed as well. Football's mostly about acceleration and changing directions so being lighter helps.
Grimmlokk
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Grimmlokk
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Famm
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Talking heads can call them athletic all they want (and they are relatively speaking) but most linemen are obese I'd agree. Those guys aren't doing themselves any favors healthwise. I don't care how you're built, your body is going to break down eventually from carrying all that weight. I saw a pic of Matt Birk post retirement the other day and he's dropped a ton of weight, looked like the pic was taken at a running event. Seems like a smart move, going through your 40's and into your 50's at 300+ pounds is probably going to shorten your lifespan significantly. Of course all their brains are halfway to mush by then anyway so whatever.