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How sad Manuel Wright...16 reps Bench Press???

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Wright's upper body strength is pathetic for defensive lineman! Only 16 reps on the Bench Press, even if he had the flu is still lousy! I'd be soo embarrassed if I were him. What is with this guy, he didn't apply himself very well in school and not much in the weight room either. If we take this guy, I hope his lower body & core strength is better, besides his upper body strength/power!? I hope his speed is real. Do dolphin fans want this guy or would you rather wait to see who is cut off other teams rosters towards the end of camp?
Go Phins!
 
When I heard this I thought the same thing. I think we may be panicking a little, going after him like we are. I don't know enough about him to say.
 
The only reason we had shown so much interest in him is because of our desperation for a DT. He was getting a lot of hype and seemed to be something really special, but he had a terrible workout and disappointed many. If we still are interested in him, it would an act of desperation to give up a first day pick. I don't think that Phily would give up a 2nd, so I think that Cincinnati will end up giving up a 3rd for him. I really hope that we don't go that high if we do even still have interest in him. I say maybe a 4th at the highest.
 
It does seem like panic on the Dolphins part. I agree, a 4th round at best.
 
It is very pathetic and I highly doubt saban and mueller are going to fall victim to there first major oops this year. In my opinion I think even if he did get to play next season he would wind up 6th round at the earliest but I think he would end up an undrafted free agent. There were undrafted free agents this year better than him. But media can hype things up beyond belief I just don't believe the hype.


J-Mo
 
Well, it sounds impressive to me...although I can only do about a dozen press ups! What time is the supplemental draft this Thursday?
 
Saban knows what he's doing so does Randy M.
 
Heck, I'm no scout but maybe these guys see something in him that can be developed?
 
How often does a DT just try to push the Olineman straight back ? Strictly using the bench press movement to get to QBs, and RBs wouldn't work. Much more goes into the mechanics of getting to the QB, and RB than just the bench press movement. I don't think the coaches will just call it quits with this guy because of his strength in one exercise in a gym. How much can the guy do with a set of dumbells? It's not like the lineman will be totally cooperative like a barbell. How much does he do on other exercises ? Or better yet, how much skill does he display ON the field ?
 
I hope someone does us a favor and takes him in the 2nd round or 3rd round of the draft and we stay away. The guy didnt do a single thing in college against their caliber of competition, has looked bad in workouts and is academically stupid. Someone please tell me why we are wasting valuable scouting time and company money scouting this fool?
 
It is certainly a concern to me. If we got him I think there's no way he'd end up playing nose tackle like we need him to. He'd probably directly replace Vickerson, who rumor has it has been disappointing us with his attitude. He'd have to get a lot stronger to play on this DL.
 
Scrap said:
How often does a DT just try to push the Olineman straight back ? Strictly using the bench press movement to get to QBs, and RBs wouldn't work. Much more goes into the mechanics of getting to the QB, and RB than just the bench press movement. I don't think the coaches will just call it quits with this guy because of his strength in one exercise in a gym. How much can the guy do with a set of dumbells? It's not like the lineman will be totally cooperative like a barbell. How much does he do on other exercises ? Or better yet, how much skill does he display ON the field ?
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I agree with ya, but the bench is just a general tool in helping to assess strength. Keeping offensive linemen off of you using hands/arms. This guy weighs 110lbs. more than me and I did that many reps last week. But as Golic says on ESPN, they don't have a benchpress on the football field and it doesn't tie into him being a good football player
 
Golic is a chump and everything that comes out of that guy's mouth is worthless... I can do 16 reps and I sit in an office all day. That's HORRIBLE... PASS and let's make due with what we've got. I'm so sick of us giving away draft picks. Grip Nick!
 
LAMiamifan said:
Golic is a chump and everything that comes out of that guy's mouth is worthless... I can do 16 reps and I sit in an office all day. That's HORRIBLE... PASS and let's make due with what we've got. I'm so sick of us giving away draft picks. Grip Nick!
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you can do 16 reps of 225?
 
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