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NFL Scouts Like Maurice Jones-Drew's Butt
Posted Feb 23rd 2008 8:40AM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Jaguars, NFL Draft, The Word
Notes on a trip to the NFL Scouting Combine.
I've had two different men tell me this week that they admire Maurice Jones-Drew's butt.
Jones-Drew, the Jacksonville Jaguars running back, packs 208 pounds on his 5-foot-7 frame, and a whole lot of that weight is concentrated in his stocky thighs, and yes, his gluteus maximus. Jones-Drew's muscular lower body is the reason he's able to break through the tackles of much larger defenders.
And Jones-Drew's muscular lower body is now serving as the model for what NFL scouts look for when they gawk at running backs at the Indianapolis Combine. The two sources I talked to mentioned that when running backs parade in front of NFL coaches wearing nothing but skimpy shorts, the coaches are checking out their backsides and thinking, "Is this guy's butt as good as Maurice Jones-Drew's?"
Specifically, I've been told that there's a lot of concern that Arkansas running back Darren McFadden simply doesn't have enough bulk below the waist to be a tough inside runner at the next level. Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall and Oregon running back Jonathan Stewart, on the other hand, do have the stocky frames NFL coaches crave.
Scoff if you will at the idea of NFL coaches scrutinizing the physiques of these prospects, and it's true, as Michael Silver wrote at Yahoo, that the Combine meat market can get a little disturbing at times. But NFL scouts really do care what kind of butt the players have, and no one has a nicer one than Maurice Jones-Drew.
Posted Feb 23rd 2008 8:40AM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Jaguars, NFL Draft, The Word
Notes on a trip to the NFL Scouting Combine.
I've had two different men tell me this week that they admire Maurice Jones-Drew's butt.
Jones-Drew, the Jacksonville Jaguars running back, packs 208 pounds on his 5-foot-7 frame, and a whole lot of that weight is concentrated in his stocky thighs, and yes, his gluteus maximus. Jones-Drew's muscular lower body is the reason he's able to break through the tackles of much larger defenders.
And Jones-Drew's muscular lower body is now serving as the model for what NFL scouts look for when they gawk at running backs at the Indianapolis Combine. The two sources I talked to mentioned that when running backs parade in front of NFL coaches wearing nothing but skimpy shorts, the coaches are checking out their backsides and thinking, "Is this guy's butt as good as Maurice Jones-Drew's?"
Specifically, I've been told that there's a lot of concern that Arkansas running back Darren McFadden simply doesn't have enough bulk below the waist to be a tough inside runner at the next level. Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall and Oregon running back Jonathan Stewart, on the other hand, do have the stocky frames NFL coaches crave.
Scoff if you will at the idea of NFL coaches scrutinizing the physiques of these prospects, and it's true, as Michael Silver wrote at Yahoo, that the Combine meat market can get a little disturbing at times. But NFL scouts really do care what kind of butt the players have, and no one has a nicer one than Maurice Jones-Drew.
