Big Blue Huddle

When looking at his RAS score, he has elite speed, and scores "elite" in the vertical jump, broad jump, and strength categories. His overall score gets hurt because of his height, weight, and 3-cone. However, he has long arms that sorta makes up for being 3 inches shorter than "ideal prototype DT", but that doesn't get taken into consideration for RAS scores. Basically, he is exceptionally strong, and very fast, athletic, and has a football player's mentality and heart (can't be measured)

Quote from: umassgrad on August 19, 2024, 11:45:52 AMHis last PFF score doesn't seem to match our enthusiasm?

Shows how useless PFF is. A play like that could save a game!

Once in a while a rare player without the so called measurables makes a name for himself.  It looks like the only measurable he doesn't have is height. Maybe we found our Sam Mills.  Not saying we have a future HOF player but maybe a productive starter at least, time will tell. 

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on August 21, 2024, 10:34:00 AMWhen looking at his RAS score, he has elite speed, and scores "elite" in the vertical jump, broad jump, and strength categories. His overall score gets hurt because of his height, weight, and 3-cone. However, he has long arms that sorta makes up for being 3 inches shorter than "ideal prototype DT", but that doesn't get taken into consideration for RAS scores. Basically, he is exceptionally strong, and very fast, athletic, and has a football player's mentality and heart (can't be measured)

I'll take what he has versus what he does not have.  Height/weight mean nothing without strength and speed.

Quote from: Philosophers on August 21, 2024, 12:08:56 PMI'll take what he has versus what he does not have.  Height/weight mean nothing without strength and speed.

His weight is actually good when compared to his height. He's built like a fire hydrant, short but thick and very strong, and runs like a scared deer

I think in scoring on the RAS calculator, the weight should be relative to height, rather than show that among 90 other DTs (who were 6'3"+ and averaging 306 lbs), his weight is perfect as a ratio to his height. Like Andre Patterson said in an interview, "he's short, but he's not small"