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I swear I’ve read this exact discussion before. I can’t quite put my finger on where though...
It wasn't in college..agreed.If people are worried about his weight, I’d have to seriously question whether they watched Smith’s game footage. And of course they will say “I watched every snap of Smith”, but I’ll call BS on that too. No reasonable person could have watched him play at Alabama and thought his weight is a problem.
except Jackson also had multiple injuries in collegeThat example highlighted is why you don't draft Smith high---always hurt----can't hold up!
Of course it's a serious statistic.This isn’t a serious statistic. Very few NFL players play all 16 games on an annual basis. That has nothing to do with size.
Devante Parker is prototype size and has played all 16 games in 1 out of 6 seasons. Preston Williams is prototype size and is 0/2 so far. Julio Jones, huge receiver. He’s played all 16 games 4 times in 10 seasons. Mike Evans, huge receiver, has played all 16 games 3 times in 7 seasons. Keenan Allen, prototype size, has played all 16 games 3 times in 8 seasons.
Etc., etc., I could do this with 90% of the receivers in the league. Size has no correlation with durability at the WR position, and I’d love to see any actual, objective statistic showing otherwise.
Exactly.Its pretty hard to draw comparisons,
- Ginn missed at least 1 game due to injury in 7 out of 14 seasons
- Jackson missed at least one game (and generally more than one) in 11 out of 13 seasons due to injury
- Clayton missed at least 1 game due to injury in 7 out of 11 seasons
What's impossible to tell is if their weight had anything to do with the amount of games they couldn't play.
Thats kind of funny to me.If Smith puts on 15-20lbs he's not gonna be the same player.
I just wonder why with the great Institution that is Alabama Crimson Tide Football..why is he still only 166lbs? Weird. Bad strength and conditioning program, maybe? Did the kid ever lift a weight or eat a PB&J sandwich?Thats kind of funny to me.
Tua goes to the gym and gets shredded easily putting on 15-20 pounds and everyone says he'll be WAY better. If Smith puts on 15-20 pounds he won't be the same player? Can he put on ANY weight and become better?
Those are all rhetorical questions....
Still waiting to hear how it changes in the NFL.It wasn't in college..agreed.
Still waiting to hear how it changes in the NFL.
If a corner can't press him despite being able to put up 225 18-19 times, how does that change in the NFL? Is there a magical cutoff where press starts working relative to a strength metric?
Blah blah blah...what’s he going to say? He’s hoping somebody drafts him before 18.Flores in his interviews doesn't care about his size because he says he a playmaker..........something we desperately need.
Some people can not put on weight after they grow into there body. After I turned 20 my weight would go 170 to 178 tell I hit 40. I could eat 6 times a day anything I wanted and not put on weight. Half the time I’d workout hard other times work made it to where I couldn’t workout. No matter what I did my weight would stay the same. Some people just cant put on weight no matter what they do.I just wonder why with the great Institution that is Alabama Crimson Tide Football..why is he still only 166lbs? Weird. Bad strength and conditioning program, maybe? Did the kid ever lift a weight or eat a PB&J sandwich?