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[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I know bench press doesn't really gauge game strength, but Beasley did have more reps than Fowler but I do understand that.

Yeah that means jack shit. You don't anchor against a run block with your pecs, you do it with your entire body, most of all your ass, thighs and core.

Squat would be a better measure.

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Yeah that means jack shit. You don't anchor against a run block with your pecs, you do it with your entire body, most of all your ass, thighs and core.

Squat would be a better measure.

I can't find it quickly but I'm fairly certain I heard McLovin talking about how he gauges the strength of a player in one of his earlier interviews after being named the GM.

He looks at how they perform against other players on film; who gets pushed around versus who does the pushing around.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

I can't find it quickly but I'm fairly certain I heard McLovin talking about how he gauges the strength of a player in one of his earlier interviews after being named the GM.

He looks at how they perform against other players on film; who gets pushed around versus who does the pushing around.

You mean actual football actions to gauge how a player will fair at the NFL level. What means of madness is this. Is the guy's name known throughout? That's the way to tell. Is somebody demanding a king's ransom to get him? Pay up and draft him now. Forget the witchcraft of film and study.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

I can't find it quickly but I'm fairly certain I heard McLovin talking about how he gauges the strength of a player in one of his earlier interviews after being named the GM.

He looks at how they perform against other players on film; who gets pushed around versus who does the pushing around.

... and, again, from the film I have seen (which isn't a lot admittedly), Fowler seems to get pushed around a lot. Maybe I am just watching the wrong film.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

... and, again, from the film I have seen (which isn't a lot admittedly), Fowler seems to get pushed around a lot. Maybe I am just watching the wrong film.

He did say himself that La'el Collins manhandled him when they played