Post by legendsofthenorth on Apr 21, 2022 22:10:21 GMT -6
From that article (you'll have to click on the article to see the table he's referencing):
These are the top Combine testers from 2010 to 2020. In that span, over 300 OL prospects completed a 20-yard shuttle. The top 24 are listed above. As you can see, 21 of the 24 were drafted, and those drafted players went on to start 84% (!!!!) of their career games. Taking it one step further, the eight Day 3 OL started 85% of their career games and includes gems like Jason Kelce, Chase Roullier, Matt Paradis and Charles Leno.
It is not a leap to say that if an offensive lineman at this year’s Combine hits that 4.47 short shuttle, he should be a target player. This type of success is extremely impressive. Again, that result places them in the top percentiles of their position, but it also results in success.
It is not a leap to say that if an offensive lineman at this year’s Combine hits that 4.47 short shuttle, he should be a target player. This type of success is extremely impressive. Again, that result places them in the top percentiles of their position, but it also results in success.
Here are the 20-yard Short Shuttle times for the current Vikings OL on their roster:
Darrisaw: did not test
Cleveland: 4.46
Bradbury: 4.53
J Davis: 4.85
O'Neil: 4.50
Udoh: 4.78
C Reed: 5.08
W Davis: did not test
Brandel: 4.96
Hinton: 4.66
Parris: 5.07
Schlottmann: 4.76
The only Vikings to meet that 4.47 threshold was Ezra Cleveland, with the next best being O'Neill, arguably 2 of the 3 best players on our OL at the moment. Bradbury wasn't too far behind at 4.53.
Here are the 2022 IOL Draft prospects that hit a 4.50 20-yd shuttle time or lower:
Zion Johnson, Boston College (4.46)
Zach Tom, Wake Forest (4.47)
Dawson Deaton, Texas Tech (4.49)
Cole Strange, Tennessee-Chattanooga (4.50)
Outside of Jesse Davis and Darrisaw (because he didn't test), Linderbaum's 4.57 Short Shuttle time would be the slowest of the starters on the Vikes OL. Linderbaum's benching #'s of only 24 reps is also concerning given that the main complaint for him is his size/power and ability to handle NFL-level DT's in pass-protection (same concern we had w/ Bradbury that manifested over his first 3 seasons) and Bradbury had 34 reps on the bench in 2019. I know people point to Linderbaum's wrestling background and knowledge of leverage to counter that size/power argument, but given his 4.57 Short Shuttle time and his 24 bench rep number, there is concern from NFL teams (probably including the Vikings) that taking Linderbaum in the 1st Rd could result in Bradbury 2.0, and they'd rather invest a 1st Rd pick somewhere else.
Good stuff. One thing that I have to disagree with is that you said Minnesota is a wide zone. That was last year. Under KOC you are more likely to see an inside zone and dare I say power. Agility is still going to be needed in KOCs offense but with more focus on vertical blocking it won't be as important. And looking at there FA signings it points to this.
Just something to keep in mind for next week's draft.
Keep the detailed info coming it's great stuff
... and neither is this Chris guy.
