Originally Posted by
Kactus
Why can't a DB be big and fast? The best WR's, Jerry Rice and Randy Moss were both tall and fast. And Richard Sherman and Cam Chanceller are larger than normal for their size but the others DB's not so much. Seattle "suddenly" discovered how to think outside the box... instead of thinking a QB has to be 6'-4" they get Wilson in the 3rd round. Instead of thinking DB's have to be 5'-10", they get Sherman and Chanceller both in the 5th round.
To imply that Seattle is doping and no one else is is as ridiculous as thinking only N.O. trys to take players out of the game!
Jerry Rice was slow for a wide receiver-4.6 or so.
Randy Moss was greased lightening- combine 40 was probably 4.32 or so-really really really fast
Richard Sherman was a good college hurdler-so he is fast-his combine 40 was a slowish 4.5 or so but he was faster than that-off day maybe
Seattle's big DB aren't just tall big strong and fast-they are agile( which to some extent is a function of muscle power-since it implies change in direction)-the agility aspect is the WHY can't you make good big receivers into DBs
-answer is USUALLY big tall guys usually don't change direction as well-as somewhat shorter guys do-
and that is why NFL DBs fall into a range 5-10 6-1 or so
and when one team suddenly manages to make BIG TALL GUYS move like shorter guys-
GOTTA wonder HOW
Same way the East Germans and Chinese athletes-and Jamaican sprinters became WORLD BEATERS-
Good Drugs!