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Bruce Johnson -> RE: General Vikes Talk (5/29/2019 6:10:46 PM)
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I did a little diving here when I saw this Denver Broncos rookie (Lindsay) had the best average yardage before contact in the league. (3.05 yards) Interestingly, he was an undrafted player in his rookie season. He tested fast in the 40 for a running back. (4.39) That is really fast and it seems he did really well with his yards per carry last season, but if you took away his 10+ yardage carries, his average was very low according to this article.
https://www.milehighreport.com/2019/5/28/18527264/phillip-lindsay-third-most-valuable-bronco
I thought I would compare Alexander Mattison with his combine numbers and I was surprised to see that the numbers were almost exactly the same outside of the 40 times. We know that Mattison can jump and they had the same scores and also, to my surprise, Mattison had nearly the same scores in the 20 yard shuttle and 3 cone drills even though he is a bigger player. Mattison will get more yards after getting hit. That I am sure of. Lindsay weighs in at 190 lbs. to Mattison's 221 lbs.
Then out of curiosity I checked out Dalvin Cook's combine results. Actually, Cook reportedly didn't do so great in the combine and his coach (Jimbo Fisher) advocated for him saying to the league to pay more attention to the film. Anyway, it was interesting to me to see that Mattison did significantly better in the 20 yard dash and the 3 cone drill. Cook did better in the 40- no surprise. Cooks listed weight, by the way is 209 lbs.
Anyway, I do believe the 40 yard dash is overrated, but some of these other numbers might be more indicative of how athletic a player is. I find it interesting to see that his agility scores and jumping are similar to a player 31 lbs lighter. Of course that player was not drafted, (but he is a good Pro) but Cook was a "steal" in the second round. Another one of the reasons Cook may have slipped was that he did fumble at Florida State, but again Mattison was remarkable with his low fumble numbers, especially considering how many times he carried the ball.
I'm not saying that Mattison will be better than Cook. Clearly Cook is more explosive and is a threat to score anywhere on the field, but Mattison may be a load that gets to the line quickly and manages to make more forward progress before getting hit and then does well after getting hit. That would mean a very consistent runner who gets good yardage, but not great, on almost every play. Am I making sense?
Here is Mattison's combine results: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/alexander-mattison?id=32194d41-5459-9622-25bb-238938a4f96b
And Cook's: http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/dalvin-cook?id=2557991
I didn't mention that Cook did not do as well in the broad jump and the vertical jump.
You see Lindsay's combine numbers in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Lindsay
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