(03-04-2023, 02:42 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-04-2023, 02:35 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Ok, let me say this.  Every GM is different.  Even though i know you all think they draft the same.  There might be a few that take a guy off their board completely.  There is likely a few that will over react to every little thing.  I bet there are a lot more GMs that don't move a DT up and down the board on arm length than ones that do.

You said:

"Arm length doesn't matter for DTs"

Then you said:

"No one is going to move him up or down their boards because of his arm measurement." 

I think both of those things are very, very inaccurate. 

He's going to have a 3 inch reach disadvantage going against guys every week whose sole mission is to keep him at arm's length. Don't you think the longer arms have the upper hand in that endeavor?

You can keep calling it a "little thing" all you want. 
But - the reality is - even though many GMs may see this player as a "little thing" they don't consider this measurement in linemen a "little thing."

John Randle wasn't even drafted.  My hope is every team passes on him in the first and he falls to our 2nd round pick and Doug talks Baalke into drafting him because the biggest guy isn't always the best guy.  Hell, he might be a bust but I think he's gonna be hell to block on the interior.  Torrence in the first and Kancey in the 2nd would be a dream first 2 picks for me.

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