Tight End Speed

[AsthmaField]

Alexander Wright had 4.2 speed and I bet you don't even remember him. It pays to run the correct route and catch the darn ball too.

Alexander Wright is one of the reasons that I now understand that speed isn’t everything. Also the reason that I care more about how well a WR catches the ball than how fast he runs.

Having said that... Witten had become just too damn slow in his dotage.

 

[GORICO]

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?

none so far run under 4.7...that was Witten at his fastest though in 2003...its going to be up to Sanjay and offensive coordinator to develop much better schemes than in past years

 

[GORICO]

And can get head concussed with the best of them.

all i can say is GORICO

 

[buybuydandavis]

all i can say is GORICO

Ha!
I thought GORICO was your last name.

 

[Risen Star]

I'm sure that argument would work well if you got pulled over for speeding. "Those are just random numbers, officer. They don't mean anything. My eyes and brain tell me I was only going 35!" I bet that would hold up in court, too. You should try it.

Like I said, I don't care what you believe. The NFL uses high-tech equipment to track the location, speed and acceleration for every player on every play, and I'm certain the league doesn't care whether you think it's "really, really stupid," either.

If the only evidence the cop had was a website's claim of my speed I'm thinking I'd have a pretty good case.

Have fun believing Jason Witten was pretty fast last year.

 

[Verdict]

If the only evidence the cop had was a website's claim of my speed I'm thinking I'd have a pretty good case.

Have fun believing Jason Witten was pretty fast last year.

There is no way in hell Witten ran anywhere near that fast. If he could run that fast he would have to be one slacking mother ****er.

 

[TexasBoys2288]

They are all slower than Witten And Witten is not slow

And Witten could block.

 

[Alexander]

Is there really a debate about Jason Witten being fast?

Wow.

 

[Alexander]

Some scouts have him rated as the best tight end in the draft

Not sure what "scouts" you can cite that thought that. He was not poorly regarded, but I don't recall many times he was ever sold as the top prospect by the pundits.

That said, I like Schultz a lot and I have hopes he can be one of those players that is a better pro than collegiate.

He was underutilized at Stanford partially due to necessity since K.J. Costello was pretty bad. They couldn't pass so he blocked a lot for Bryce Love, who was basically their offense.

If I am putting money on our eventual "solution", he is my bet.

 

[AdamJT13]

If the only evidence the cop had was a website's claim of my speed I'm thinking I'd have a pretty good case.

"A website's claim." As if the NFL is merely a website and everything it does is just pretend. Millions of dollars spent to get make-believe, random numbers to put on a website.

Have fun believing Jason Witten was pretty fast last year.

Again, it doesn't matter what I believe. Or what you believe. The NFL uses the technology and obviously believes in it.

 

[817Gill]

Avg NFL TE 40- 4.77

Jarwin's low- 4.69
Rico's low- 4.75
Dalton Schultz- 4.75
Swaim- 4.70

 

[Buzzbait]

Witten was fast enough, Garrett just had him stop running once he got 3 yards down the field.

Yeah but we needed 5 and couldn't get it.

 

[Cowpolk]

Not sure what "scouts" you can cite that thought that. He was not poorly regarded, but I don't recall many times he was ever sold as the top prospect by the pundits.

That said, I like Schultz a lot and I have hopes he can be one of those players that is a better pro than collegiate.

He was underutilized at Stanford partially due to necessity since K.J. Costello was pretty bad. They couldn't pass so he blocked a lot for Bryce Love, who was basically their offense.

If I am putting money on our eventual "solution", he is my bet.

I dont cite i just repeat take it or leave it

 

[Risen Star]

Check it out. Jason Witten is actually fast.

Don't let your eyes deceive you. I have the numbers to prove it.

 

[Captain-Crash]

the TE needs to get 5 to 8 yards as fast as he can because that is Dak's limit and if they can't do it fast enough, Dak will glitch out with pressure and will never find them.

 

[Risen Star]

There is no way in hell Witten ran anywhere near that fast. If he could run that fast he would have to be one slacking mother ****er.

That's the problem when you can't form a football thought of your own and rely strictly on numbers. Numbers lie. All the time. Like when they tell you Jason Witten is actually fast.

 

[AdamJT13]

"Prove that Jared Goff threw the ball harder than Carson Wentz at the 2016 combine, but don't use the official radar gun readings. Those are just random numbers and don't mean anything. Numbers lie all the time. The NFL just makes them up anyway."

 

[Cowpolk]

none so far run under 4.7...that was Witten at his fastest though in 2003...its going to be up to Sanjay and offensive coordinator to develop much better schemes than in past years

Witten 2003 4.65

 

[Cowpolk]

That's the problem when you can't form a football thought of your own and rely strictly on numbers. Numbers lie. All the time. Like when they tell you Jason Witten is actually fast.

He was never fast but he was not slow either

 

[AdamJT13]

"I can't believe that the New York Times actually fell for the NFL's made-up numbers. They must be really, really stupid."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/sports/football/nfl-speed-leonard-fournette.html