12-21-2018, 12:14 PM
(12-21-2018, 11:55 AM)Au165 Wrote: Not worried about the speed. They let him play coverage in camp and he ran with Joe Mixon down the sideline 30 yards. I said this in a draft thread, 40 times on linebackers aren't as important as people pretend they are. If a guy diagnoses a play a half second faster then it allows them to be in the right place. It's why Burfict used to be serviceable even with his horrible 40 time.
As for coming back form an ACL, Lawson came back from one in college just fine.
I agree with you to an extent on the LB 40 times. Certainly an intelligent player who sniffs out plays quicker than others will allow the straight line speed to play up on the field some, BUT 4.95 is VERY slow for that spot in a 3-4.
Lawson did come back from the ACL tear in college, but his numbers dropped way off as he only played in 7 games the season following his surgery. That's an injury that can take some time to get back to pre-injury production.
