Jonah Williams Will Upgrade LT

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(03-29-2020, 10:45 AM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: Williams - Short stubby arms for a tackle.  Probably shouldn't have passed a physical prior to being drafted.
Price - Short stubby arms for an IOL. 

A study was performed, and found to show almost no correlation between arm length and an OL's ability to perform effectively.

https://www.pff.com/news/does-arm-length-affect-ot-play

Quote:In this figure, I’ve included the PFF data of every offensive tackle that played over 25% of his team’s snaps in any season from 2010-2012 whose arm length I could find online. I’ve also plotted the data as PFF grade per 500 snaps so that guys with different amounts of snaps are directly comparable. With a linear fit, we actually see a negative correlation, where guys with longer arms perform worse in general. But as you can see from the R-squared value on the chart (1.00 is perfect, 0 means there is no correlation), the fit is pretty terrible, so there’s essentially no direct correlation between arm length and performance. Another interesting thing that you'll note is that about half of qualified tackles in the NFL have arms that are 34 inches or shorter. So not only are “short” arms not necessarily a disadvantage, but they're also not uncommon.