I think I'm convincing myself that we need to trade up for Rapp. Yup, just did.
Haven't dug too much into his poor 40 time besides one article that mentioned he was recovering from a hip injury. But he still tested REALLY well in the three cone and short shuttle, so not sure if I buy that.
But I came across a Rapp interview where he addresses the poor 40 time and he sold me. I believe him.
"I was more surprised, confused than anything, because I don’t think I’ve run a 4.7 since I was in high school,” he said.
“I’m never one to make an excuse, but I’ll just say turn on the tape and the tape speaks for itself. I play fast, I’m never out of position.”
Rapp said that during the training he has done in the past three months at the EXOS Athletes’ Performance Institute in Phoenix – including preparation for the NFL Scouting Combine – he was “tracking 4.5, slowest 4.6, even on a laser time, not even hand time like at the pro day.”
“Anybody can go talk to the trainers out there, and they’ll tell you the same thing,” Rapp said. “And then even after the combine, pre-pro day, I was tracking 4.5, the slowest was low 4.6s. I don’t know. It is what it is, I ran what I ran. There’s nothing I can do about it now.
“I’m never one to make an excuse, but I’ll just say turn on the tape and the tape speaks for itself. I play fast, I’m never out of position. I’m always making tackles, never missing a tackle, never getting beat, never out of position. So I would just say look at the tape … I think that’s all that matters.”
From what I see on tape I believe him. Let's be thankful the 4.7 made him drop out of the first round and make our move.