- Connor Barwin ran a 4.66, jumped a 10'8" broad, a 40.5" vertical, a 6.87 3-cone, and a 4.18 second shuttle. At 6'4", 253 lbs, this Cincinnati DE/TE/Basketball player kicked ass today.
- The other impressive guys were Aaron Curry and Clay Matthews, who bested Brian Cushing in nearly every drill with the exception of the 3-cone drill.
- Vontae Davis put up 25 reps in the bench press. Pretty impressive for a cornerback.
- Connor Barwin, David Veikune, and Aaron Curry were among the standouts in the 'front seven' workouts today. Barwin was strong, athletic and showed he will be a defensive player, not a tight-end as over-exaggerating NFL network analysts have been saying since day one. Veikune interests me. He's a bit smaller and will likely end up as a 4-3 end. I believe the Bills are VERY interested in Barwin so we might see Pennington running away from him next season. Curry is considered by some to be the top player in the draft. He did nothing to hurt that standing today including the top 40 time of 4.56. Clint Sintim on the other hand was a bit of a disappointment.
- Lawrence Sidbury, not exactly a household name, had a huge Senior Bowl week and at 6'3", 257lbs and running a 4.64, is making a strong case for a first day pick.
- Rey Maualuga pulled a hamstring and is done for the combine. He apparently has been nursing a hamstring injury leading up to the combine. He ran a 4.83 in the 40 drill before he felt a "snap" in his left leg.
- Brian Orakpo pulled a hamstring as well but had completed most of the drills already.
- Brian Cushing ran an unofficial 4.64. He ran a 4.74 officially. So if you've wondered what the difference between unofficial and official are, no you know. 1/10th of a second.
- Clay Matthews ran a 4.67 officially.
- Update on the official/unofficial times. I've looked at all the times from the linebackers today, and in an uncanny pattern, all the fast times went up and all the slow times went down. So, to put it into music terminology, the 'official' aspect of the 40 is like compression on a recording. I have not checked this pattern on the WR/RBs, etc. but would not be surprised if it held up there as well.
Conner Barwin has been my sleeper 3rd round pick and now he's probably jumping into the 2nd round. He's got 1st round athletic ability but his game is a bit raw and converting to 3-4 OLB will take some time so I don't think he'll go 1st round.
ReplyDeleteNo, me either but I had him pegged in that 3rd to 4th range, possibly lower.s Now I believe he has elevated himself to middle 2nd round.s The way 1st rounders are getting injured or slacking off, though, anything's possible.s He was number one in 5 of the 6 drills, second in the 40, and he did not bench yesterday.s He absolutely cleaned up the competition today.
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Speaking of linebackers, I watched a portion of the LB drills, and my guy McKenzie was really fluid in that portion, especially compared to similar LBs like McKillop, Sintim, etc.s I haven't seen Larry English anywhere...is he not at the combine?ss Hopefully my tivo is working and I can watch the full workout tonight.
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Lately I've been thinking we could clean up if we had four 2nd round picks.