Quote:The biggest thing that I think goes missed by a lot of these armchair talent evaluators is that the draft is, always has been, and most likely will continue to be about measureables. Teams want big, fast, athletic guys who can run fast, lift heavy things, and jump really high. It's that way because teams know that you increase your odds of getting a good football player if you start with a good athlete.

 

It's why the media world was shocked when Bortles went early, but none of the football people were. It's why Dante Fowler, despite producing fewer sacks than Beasley, was rated higher almost universally. It also seems to be the impetus for coming up with all kinds of weird statistics and metrics that pump up a player with lesser physical attributes.

 

They, the armchair scouts, watch and breakdown technique and hone in on little details and quirks but it seems like they miss the big picture that by and large you have to be an amazing athlete to survive on an NFL field, much less be productive out there. It's not a game for little guys with big hearts; it's a game for big guys with emotional issues.

What? Everything you just said was exactly why you didn't want to draft Fowler. Dante has good size, but he is not fast, does not lift heavy things, and does not jump really high...Beasley destroys Fowler across the board athletically. 

 

EDIT: I will say that if you put stock into DE sprint times then Fowler runs fast. Almost everyone agrees 40 yard is useless and 10 yard splits are better, but not nearly as good as 3 cone to determine DE "speed"...which Fowler was unfortunately horrible at.

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