Tight End Speed

[Billyd]

YEAH he has all of the records for a tightend, but novacheck and billy joe dupree were damn good ones..

 

[Cowpolk]

BAHAHAHA. his production was pretty pedestrian just like swaim and Jarwin in colllege!

Great blocker never targeted much but he did catch what was thrown his way

 

[DFWJC]

In 2016 during training camp he was timed at 4.66 in the 40

link?

I know as a rookie has was a 4.65 guy. But I'd be shocked if he could break 4.8 later in his career

 

[Billyd]

Naw...TO clocked him.

TO..right..Witten was a smart tight end who was sneaky and learned to trick coverage..wheh he was two to three years into the league he made corners look stupid by watching their hips, he would turn the opposite way as soon as he saw them break their hips
. HE never was fast!

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

I agree that both Novacek and Billy Joe Dupree were damn good. Just not as good as Witten.

 

[Billyd]

Great blocker never targeted much but he did catch what was thrown his way

Yep, swaim and him alot alike in that way.. Dallas took swaim because his blocking skills are topshelf..and he caught balls when they through em..

 

[Billyd]

link?

I know as a rookie has was a 4.65 guy. But I'd be shocked if he could break 4.8 later in his career

You bums are on the pot! SWAIM may have been!

 

[Billyd]

I agree that both Novacheck and Billy Joe Dupree were damn good. Just not as good as Witten.

Agreed..Novacheck was faster than i thought!

 

[Cowpolk]

link?

I know as a rookie has was a 4.65 guy. But I'd be shocked if he could break 4.8 later in his career

Dont need a link it was reported during training camp Witten stays in shape year round he is still in shape

 

[Billyd]

WITTENS knees were shot...I was amazed to see him moving as well as he was last year in training camp..

 

[DFWJC]

You bums are on the pot! SWAIM may have been!

Like I said, he slowed down later in his career
...as they all do.
Are you saying that when Witten came into the league, it couldn't run a 4.65?


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Jason Witten NFL Combine Scores
TE [] Tennessee [] Southeastern Conference [] Division I-FBS

Player Info
First Name: Jason
Last Name: Witten
Nickname:
Position: TE
College: Tennessee
Draft Class: 2003
Draft Age: 20.11
Player Dimensions
Height: 77.80 inches
Weight: 264 pounds
BMI: 31.4
Arm Length: 32.50 inches
Hand Size: 9.88 inches
Front Shoulder: 11.0 inches
Back Shoulder: 18.5 inches
Measurables
40 Yard Dash: 4.65 seconds
40 Yard (MPH): (MPH)
20 Yard Dash: (N/A) seconds
10 Yard Dash: (N/A) seconds
Bench Press: 25 reps (225 lb)
Wonderlic: (N/A) (0-50)
QB Ball Velocity: (N/A) (MPH)
Vertical Leap: 31.0 inches
Broad Jump: (N/A) inches
20 Yd Shuttle: (N/A) seconds
Shuttle Split: (N/A) seconds
Three Cone: (N/A) seconds
60 Yd Shuttle: (N/A) seconds
Four Square: (N/A) seconds

 

[Billyd]

Dont need a link it was reported during training camp Witten stays in shape year round he is still in shape

He does not run a 4.66 now..like i said you dont have to be that fast to put your hands up higher than A 6-62 corner!

 

[buybuydandavis]

I know that pretty much anyone other than a paraplegic could outrun Witten, so I am sure we upped our tight end speed over Witten. But does anyone know if any of these guys has any significant speed. Hanna did, but that ship sailed. Anything close to the 4.5 that's Hanna ran?

I think someone was claiming last year that Witten still ran a 4.65. I was skeptical.

Swaim, Schultz, and Jarwin all around 4.7. Rico is slower. We're not getting speed out of our TEs. And I can live with that.

What I'd like to see out of our TEs is more physicality. When you're slow but have 50 pounds on a DB trying to tackle you, you should hit him, not be a target for him to hit. I don't remember Witten ever really hitting a tackler.

It's a game of attrition. Let's have Rico at 290 go looking for some DBs to run over.

 

[Billyd]

Like I said, he slowed down later in his career
...as they all do.
Are you saying that when Witten came into the league, it couldn't run a 4.65?


NFL Combine Results
Historical NFL Scouting Combine Data

Jason Witten NFL Combine Scores
TE [] Tennessee [] Southeastern Conference [] Division I-FBS

Player Info
First Name: Jason
Last Name: Witten
Nickname:
Position: TE
College: Tennessee
Draft Class: 2003
Draft Age: 20.11
Player Dimensions
Height: 77.80 inches
Weight: 264 pounds
BMI: 31.4
Arm Length: 32.50 inches
Hand Size: 9.88 inches
Front Shoulder: 11.0 inches
Back Shoulder: 18.5 inches
Measurables
40 Yard Dash: 4.65 seconds
40 Yard (MPH): (MPH)
20 Yard Dash: (N/A) seconds
10 Yard Dash: (N/A) seconds
Bench Press: 25 reps (225 lb)
Wonderlic: (N/A) (0-50)
QB Ball Velocity: (N/A) (MPH)
Vertical Leap: 31.0 inches
Broad Jump: (N/A) inches
20 Yd Shuttle: (N/A) seconds
Shuttle Split: (N/A) seconds
Three Cone: (N/A) seconds
60 Yd Shuttle: (N/A) seconds

No i said when he came in he did..not now!
Four Square: (N/A) seconds

 

[Cowpolk]

WITTENS knees were shot...I was amazed to see him moving as well as he was last year in training camp..

Nothing wrong with his knees he retired probably because he just got tired of it or because all of his buddies were gone

 

[Cowpolk]

He is still not slow

 

[Cowpolk]

He does not run a 4.66 now..like i said you dont have to be that fast to put your hands up higher than A 6-62 corner!

he is that fast still

 

[Billyd]

No sir, i said for another time whitten aint running a 466 now..he did when he came in..he had bad knees..he was better than some wr when he first came into the league!

 

[Billyd]

he is that fast still

Staup it..lolol

 

[xwalker]

I know that pretty much anyone other than a paraplegic could outrun Witten, so I am sure we upped our tight end speed over Witten. But does anyone know if any of these guys has any significant speed. Hanna did, but that ship sailed. Anything close to the 4.5 that's Hanna ran?

Witten was slow but would have been fine if the Cowboys WRs had a lot more speed.

Dez was very slow in 2017.

Beasley is very quick but his speed didn't threaten defenses either after the catch or deep.

TWill was faster than Dez but has very average speed for an NFL WR.

Replace Dez with Randy Moss in his prime and replace Beasley with Tyreek Hill and Witten would have been good enough to play a few more years.