How Many Are Content With Bengals LBs As Is Going Into Draft

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(04-24-2017, 11:27 PM)PDub80 Wrote: It was an incomplete point.

See my post #47 in respinse to his.

Vigil had the by far (like, blew them away) fastest 3 cone and fastest 20 yard shuttle out of all LBs at his combine.

LBs rarely run a straight 40 yards unless it's on special teams. A 40 yard dash is one thing to consider, as are the cone and 20 yard shuttles.

20 yard is more quickness than speed. Vigil may be quick, but he is not fast. Much like Giovani Bernard in that aspect. He was really good at the shuttles, but ran a 4.53. We see that when he is shifty with a burst, but then later gets caught from behind.

As we saw with Maualuga in that playoff game where they just did crossing route after crossing route, LBs still need straight line speed. Vigil will never be Maualuga slow (unless he has a leg or two amputated), but straight away speed is still used quite a bit.

A football field is 160ft wide. That's 53.3 yards. Say they're playing 10 yards off the LOS. How far do you think they need to run to catch a RB who goes wide outside? They run 40 yards straight a lot more than you think.