Quote:4.69 is decent for a LB....

Yes some great LB's ran a 4.7, no argument. However it seems most upcoming good prospects at LB are doing 4.5-4.6 40's now routinely.Jaime collins, Von Miller,Jalani Jenkins,ect., the new norm is under 4.6 for linebackers. It's getting faster. While the 40 yard grade isn't everything, it's just one measurement,I doubt JT would come near 5 seconds at his present weight. He was listed at school at 225 when his time was taken. He looks much heavier and he did not grow taller. So that scouting report saying he lacks explosion is just as true now as then. He still has short arms,that fail to wrap up runners, and he still can jump as high as Luke Joekel.That was not a joke. He can jump barely higher than Luke. I am sorry to offend anyone who really likes JT but playing over the middle and being short, with short arms, he isn't getting in the way of many pass attempts. He will never bat down a pass, and if trailing a wide body tight end across the middle, how is he going to get his short little arms around to break up a pass without holding?  He is just too slow and short to block the sight lines and also not strong enough to stop bruising runners.

Now is this too much analysis for a backup? Maybe. But it's a roster spot, and this year linebacker has been a position of weakness.

The Jags can do better, I hope. Even with their backups. Poz maybe has two more years. We need speed and depth. The last 1st round linebacker we picked was Kevin Hardy. Maybe it's time.for another.

With the 4th pick in the 2015 draft the Jacksonville Jaguars select Linebacker REGGIE RAGLAND from the University of Alabama.

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