Quote:they are pretty close, coming out fowler is slightly bigger and slightly faster, Mack is a hair stronger, Fowler has slightly longer arms.  Mack jumps better and is slightly better in cone drills.  They are pretty freaking close


Hell the nfl combine website puts Fowlers nfl comparison as MACK.   

It's far more than "jumping better". Those jump drills are a measure of explosion and lower body strength, things that are extremely important when it comes to rushing the passer. Mack's vert was 8 inches better and his broad was a whole foot and an inch better. Mack has far more lower body strength than Fowler. Mack didn't do "slightly" better in the cone drills. Mack had a 7.08 in the 3 cone and a 5.18 in the 20 yrd shuttle. Fowler 7.40 and 5.32 respectively. You may not realize how big of a difference that is but it is a big difference. Fowler simply is not anywhere near in the same class of athlete as Mack. Mack is an elite athlete, Fowler is average at best by NFL standards.

 

Quote:So does J.J. Watt

 

Do you really expect a player to make amazing plays every single down? You're insane. This message board is filled with a bunch of clowns that barely know anything about football. 

Says the guy who cherry picks plays against scrub tackles to prove a point. It's not about him doing it every down, it's the fact he never actually showed the ability to against decent competition in the first place.

 

Quote:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH at comparing him to Von Miller, Houston, and Mack!!! You're looking at his college film and expecting to see that level of play? You're insane. Why stop at those three? Let's move on up to Lawrence Taylor and figure out why he didn't play like Lawrence Taylor in college! 

I can go back to their college tape and they are still far more explosive and powerful than Fowler. Fowler is just not in the class of athlete as those guys. The best we can hope for is that Fowler ends up developing into a Tamba Hali or Terrell Suggs type, guys who overcame their athletic limitations. But those guys have short arms which ends up helping them get their hands up quickly against tackles, while Fowler has long arms.

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