Quote:The 40 time is only one stat, and Ameer was only slightly slower. Again, that really doesn't matter considering Ameer was #1...as in numero uno...in virtually every other drill. In other words, when it comes to RBs, he totally stole the show, and not one RB ran that much faster. Ameer ran a 4.60... Ajayi ran a 4.57...  and the fastest RB, Langford, ran a 4.42. None of the RB times compare to the times ran by Fred Taylor, Jones-Drew and Denard Robinson.

 

Now let's compare Ajayi and Abdullah in the other drills...

 

3 cone: Abdullah 6.79 (#1) ... Ajayi 7.10 (#13)

shuttle: Abdullah 3.95 (#1) ... Ajayi 4.10 (#3)

Vertical: Abdullah 42.5" (#1) ... Ajayi 39" (#5)

Broad: Abdullah 130" (#1) ... Ajayi 121" (#6 - tied with 6 players)

 

Forget what you read about these RBs and watch them. Ajayi breaks out a lot on tape, but he's consistently just gliding. He's not a one cut guy...he's a no cut guy. When he's turning a corner, he's basically running along a large radius. What scares me is that while this worked in college, I don't see it working in the NFL.

So you are saying the people that write for NFL.com have never watched Ajayi, and they just make the stuff up? LOL.  Abdullah was impressive in a lot of the combine underwear drills, but Ajayi is bigger, stronger, had a better 40 time, is better in pass protection, and a more complete back.  Both do have ball security issues, so that will be a problem for some teams. 

 

I don't have a crystal ball, but I will bet Ajayi is drafted before Abdullah and has more success.  Just a hunch. And I wouldn't be surprised if Tevin Coleman goes before Ajayi either.  Now if we have not taken a RB yet, and Abdullah was sitting there in the 3rd round, I'd have no problem with it.

 

1. Melvin Gordon

2. Todd Gurley

3. Jay Ajayi

4. Tevin Coleman

5. Ameer Abdullah

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