Should Bengals have fired strenngth coaches?

[SunsetBengal]

(01-24-2025, 12:38 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: It was squat, not leg press. The difference is important because a 700 pound squat is significantly harder than a 700 pound leg press.

To answer your question, Hurts mostly developed the ability in high school. As a senior Hurts squatted 570 pounds at a powerlifting meet. He then squatted 600 pounds in college. Here is an article with a video of him squatting 500 pounds in high school that mentions he maxed at 570. 

This is kind of what I mean when I say that these guys are about as strong as they will ever be by the time they hit the pros. 

The ability to squat over 3X ones own bodyweight is an elite level of strength. To put that in perspective, if he were doing that in a sanctioned powerlifting meet he would hold the raw record for the 242# class. I mean that is freakishly strong, great genetics.