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Every year people get all upset about Height, Weight, Size, Arm Length, Speed and so on. They say it means nothing.
Whether or not YOU think it means nothing, it does something to the teams drafting.
Many teams have a parameter of size, height, weight, body type, speed, strength and so on that they look at and want their players to meet those parameters.
So we can all poo poo about someone's arms are or are not short...what we think ultimately does not matter to the scouts and coaches of the teams who look for specific type of players.
Just look at the current coaching staff on D.
There are specific weight guys they like at DT. They want them around the 300 or less and have that fast twitch ability instead of the big 320+ run stuffing NT in a 34 type DTs.
Now there are exceptions to the rules. You might have a guy 320+ but is extremely fast twitch and rare for a player his size and they might like that.
Look at the type of WR this team has seemed to like over the years. Mostly taller guys vs the smaller jitterbug guys. Again there can be exceptions to the rules (they had tavon austin rated very high even though he is short).
So for the most part many need to understand that their own personal feelings about what this team should draft concerning a players measureables does not matter...it is what the team looks at that matters.
Keep that in mind. It's not a personal thing. It is just looking at what the team normally would like in it's players or the type of player that fits a coaches desires or a scheme. Again there can be exceptions to the rules but for the most part it is what it is and the cowboys are hardly the only team that likes certain measurables from players. That is why many good players can fall in the draft for the sole reason of having short arms, short height, a little slow in the 40 and so on. It does not mean that player(s) won't wind up being a great player down the road but it is something that teams, coaches and scouts look at. There is a reason they do all the measurables in the Senior Bowls and combines...there is a reason many Colleges will list their players being bigger, stronger and faster and it changes when they are officially measured and timed and other places. It is because that is what teams look for.
Whether or not YOU think it means nothing, it does something to the teams drafting.
Many teams have a parameter of size, height, weight, body type, speed, strength and so on that they look at and want their players to meet those parameters.
So we can all poo poo about someone's arms are or are not short...what we think ultimately does not matter to the scouts and coaches of the teams who look for specific type of players.
Just look at the current coaching staff on D.
There are specific weight guys they like at DT. They want them around the 300 or less and have that fast twitch ability instead of the big 320+ run stuffing NT in a 34 type DTs.
Now there are exceptions to the rules. You might have a guy 320+ but is extremely fast twitch and rare for a player his size and they might like that.
Look at the type of WR this team has seemed to like over the years. Mostly taller guys vs the smaller jitterbug guys. Again there can be exceptions to the rules (they had tavon austin rated very high even though he is short).
So for the most part many need to understand that their own personal feelings about what this team should draft concerning a players measureables does not matter...it is what the team looks at that matters.
Keep that in mind. It's not a personal thing. It is just looking at what the team normally would like in it's players or the type of player that fits a coaches desires or a scheme. Again there can be exceptions to the rules but for the most part it is what it is and the cowboys are hardly the only team that likes certain measurables from players. That is why many good players can fall in the draft for the sole reason of having short arms, short height, a little slow in the 40 and so on. It does not mean that player(s) won't wind up being a great player down the road but it is something that teams, coaches and scouts look at. There is a reason they do all the measurables in the Senior Bowls and combines...there is a reason many Colleges will list their players being bigger, stronger and faster and it changes when they are officially measured and timed and other places. It is because that is what teams look for.
