JD_KaPow
jimnabby
- Messages
- 11,072
- Reaction score
- 10,836
https://theringer.com/nfl-playoffs-...wboys-patriots-chiefs-85ea73e65837#.jmaau8war
The NFL’s best teams are winning in part because they’re starting to better understand how to measure raw athletic ability. While teams still calculate explosion in their own specific ways, the bulk of this season’s playoff crop shares a tendency to home in on results from four NFL combine drills:
But Whitman says the Cowboys are the best example of a team embracing this philosophy: “All of the sudden, in 2015 they went entirely for athletes,” Whitman says. “They were the second-most athletic class [according to my data] in 2015 and followed that up with top-three [in the 2016 draft].” Whitman notes that in addition to selecting the ludicrously high-jumping Jones in the first round in 2015, the Cowboys also signed defensive end David Irving off Kansas City’s practice squad. Irving recorded a 10-foot-8 broad jump at his Iowa State pro day, putting him on par with specimens like Oakland’s Mack.
The NFL’s best teams are winning in part because they’re starting to better understand how to measure raw athletic ability. While teams still calculate explosion in their own specific ways, the bulk of this season’s playoff crop shares a tendency to home in on results from four NFL combine drills:
- The three-cone...
- The broad jump...
- The verical jump...
- The short shuttle...
But Whitman says the Cowboys are the best example of a team embracing this philosophy: “All of the sudden, in 2015 they went entirely for athletes,” Whitman says. “They were the second-most athletic class [according to my data] in 2015 and followed that up with top-three [in the 2016 draft].” Whitman notes that in addition to selecting the ludicrously high-jumping Jones in the first round in 2015, the Cowboys also signed defensive end David Irving off Kansas City’s practice squad. Irving recorded a 10-foot-8 broad jump at his Iowa State pro day, putting him on par with specimens like Oakland’s Mack.
