02-27-2019, 05:03 PM
(02-27-2019, 04:58 PM)Synric Wrote: And yet the entire football world talks about length is important at offensive tackle.
And the article you are mentioning uses an entire paragraph to explain how its analysis is limited I read it a few years back.
Yes, but the entire football world still uses the 40 yard which was developed 50 years ago because it was believed thats how far you'd have to run to cover a punt. We use a 225 bench press for rep, yet no one on the field besides CB's on the defensive side weights 225 and it does not take into account hip drive power which is how blocking and taking on blocks is really done. The NFL is horrible at using antiquated measurements to predict success which is one of the reasons drafting in general is so bad.
Sure it's limited but it is better than anecdotal evidence which is what is used to say it matters. I mean people like to pretend Joe Thomas didn't have 32 inch arms lol.
