Might be the sleeper of the whole draft. Bench press still stands out too. That said, Donald was another species.
May 2, 2024
Might be the sleeper of the whole draft. Bench press still stands out too. That said, Donald was another species.
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Amon-Ra: 7.14 His brother: 9.84
Yea, probably not. AD had unrivaled raw power even back then. I’d love to see it but I’m not gonna get my hopes up.
Don’t worry though. We drafted Eric Ebron. I’m sure it’ll work out.
Crazy what that 7 can do in the broad.
There’s plenty of playing time to be earned behind Reader and McNeil, would not be surprised at all if he entered the season as DT3.
“Wish Aaron Donald”
Why even make this comparison
Why are we comparing these two? They aren’t even close.
That 1lb makes a huge difference.
Similar model of DT, but that’s a clean sweep by Donald
I get what you’re saying about the bench press. But these short DTs. The strength needs to be more in the legs. The arms are short n stubby. They get pressure from being quick not from being big…. That being said tho 25 is an extremely low recount for someone of this caliber and is honestly the most likely reason for his massive draft slide, the guy needs to hit the gym but also stay the same size, he can’t afford to lose any weight
Maybe compare him to anyone else besides the top 3 greatest defensive player of all time lol who is a clear outlier.
“Obviously, every short defensive tackle is gonna say they like watching Aaron Donald and things like that, but Aaron Donald, he does some things a lot of guys can’t do,” Wingo said. Instead, he made some more realistic comparisions.
“I like watching guys like Calijah Kancey, Grady Jarrett, Justin Madubuike. Those smaller d-linemen that can kick outside to the 5 (tech) and make things happen.”
From the man himself.
you see the difference in those bench numbers? A.D. was smaller but he played bigger than his body gave him credit for
Not that he can’t be good, but generally these AD comparisons are a bad sign.
AD was an outlier, every year we see under sized DT have good combines and people say oh AD comp, and then they are bad. The only one who’s even been able to be decent is Ed Oliver, and even he hasn’t had a great career.
15 comments
Amon-Ra: 7.14
His brother: 9.84
Yea, probably not. AD had unrivaled raw power even back then. I’d love to see it but I’m not gonna get my hopes up.
Don’t worry though. We drafted Eric Ebron. I’m sure it’ll work out.
Crazy what that 7 can do in the broad.
There’s plenty of playing time to be earned behind Reader and McNeil, would not be surprised at all if he entered the season as DT3.
“Wish Aaron Donald”
Why even make this comparison
Why are we comparing these two? They aren’t even close.
That 1lb makes a huge difference.
Similar model of DT, but that’s a clean sweep by Donald
I get what you’re saying about the bench press. But these short DTs. The strength needs to be more in the legs. The arms are short n stubby. They get pressure from being quick not from being big…. That being said tho 25 is an extremely low recount for someone of this caliber and is honestly the most likely reason for his massive draft slide, the guy needs to hit the gym but also stay the same size, he can’t afford to lose any weight
Maybe compare him to anyone else besides the top 3 greatest defensive player of all time lol who is a clear outlier.
“Obviously, every short defensive tackle is gonna say they like watching Aaron Donald and things like that, but Aaron Donald, he does some things a lot of guys can’t do,” Wingo said. Instead, he made some more realistic comparisions.
“I like watching guys like Calijah Kancey, Grady Jarrett, Justin Madubuike. Those smaller d-linemen that can kick outside to the 5 (tech) and make things happen.”
From the man himself.
you see the difference in those bench numbers? A.D. was smaller but he played bigger than his body gave him credit for
Not that he can’t be good, but generally these AD comparisons are a bad sign.
AD was an outlier, every year we see under sized DT have good combines and people say oh AD comp, and then they are bad. The only one who’s even been able to be decent is Ed Oliver, and even he hasn’t had a great career.