WR's than run 4.5 or slower

[panther4life]

Plaxico 6'5 232 33 inch vertical 4.56 40

KB       6'5 240  32 inch vertical 4.61 40

 

Thats as close to a pro comparison as youre going to get.....Granted I hate pro comparison's as every player is a unique individual and the teams they join are even more unique. But anyway here's some tidbits about Burress coming out that were also similar to things being said about Benjamin.. BTW Burress went 8th overall to the Steelers in 00.

 

The Giants picked him up in 05 while Gettleman was the pro personnel director.

 

 

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/2000/nfldraft/news/2000/04/15/steelers_burress_ap/

 

 

 The Pittsburgh Steelers know Plaxico Burress has a reputation for occasionally being as much trouble to his own team as he is to opposing cornerbacks.

For not running disciplined routes.

For missing appointments.

 

Even if Burress passed up his first scheduled interview with the Steelers. He later apologized to Cowher and visited with the Steelers in Pittsburgh.

Burress also failed to show up for a similar meeting with Philadelphia, and the Eagles reportedly took him off their draft board because of it.

 

 

Burress lacks the speed of a Peter Warrick, running a relatively slow 4.56 40-yard dash on Michigan State's fast track, but his size should present problems to undersized cornerbacks.

 

 

Burress' assets are his size, athletic ability, good hands, balance and body control. The downsides are his reputedly poor practice habits, occasional dropped passes and a penchant for free-lancing.

 

[Mr. Scot]

If I remember correctly, Muhsin Muhammad ran about a 4.6, and he wasn't as big as Benjamin.

 

Didn't stop him from being productive for us.

[Mojo]

Did anyone notice KB drag his toe on his 40 run?  His form out of the blocks looked pretty poor so that hurt his time.  He's no burner but once he gets up to top gear he's pretty fast.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UvGY-WWar8

 

He did run a 4.53 as well.  

[PantherWake]

Ahh, more pictures from people calling a big, physical receiver "fat". Reminds me of this...

 

Yes I was just gonna post this! Gamecocks know.

[Mr. Scot]

Did anyone notice KB drag his toe on his 40 run?  His form out of the blocks looked pretty poor so that hurt his time.  He's no burner but once he gets up to top gear he's pretty fast.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UvGY-WWar8

 

He did run a 4.53 as well.  

 

Worth remembering he won't be starting his routes from a track stance.

 

 

[Ja Rhule]

He is massive. Massive. I'm ok with this.

That's what she said.

[panther4life]

If I remember correctly, Muhsin Muhammad ran about a 4.6, and he wasn't as big as Benjamin.

 

Didn't stop him from being productive for us.

 

You are correct. He ran for 4.56 and was 6'2

[teeray]

Remember when everyone said Cam Newton couldn't be and effective runner in the NFL because he was too slow at 4.59?  40 time is pretty much overrated in every sense.  Moving in football has less to do with top end speed and more to do with physicality, breaking tackles, and shiftiness. 

 

The good thing about size, he doesn't have to blow by you to beat you.  Smaller faster guys have to get open and then have a perfectly thrown ball to them for the most part.  Big guys you just have to get it to them and let their size do the work.

 

 

[PantherWake]

It is Jimmy Graham big and I think the Panthers can do a lot of similar things with Benjamin that the Saints do with Graham. Graham is only one inch taller and about 15 pounds heavier. You could even line up Benjamin at TE to get a real mismatch with a LB or safety.

 

I like you.

[csx]

Did anyone notice KB drag his toe on his 40 run?  His form out of the blocks looked pretty poor so that hurt his time.  He's no burner but once he gets up to top gear he's pretty fast.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UvGY-WWar8

 

He did run a 4.53 as well.  

 

Notice him not looking overweight at all.

[KendrickPanther]

Physically Benjamin is everything you want in a player. We as fans didn't vet Dwayne Jarret. We didn't interview him, we didn't talk to his coaches. We can guess, but we don't know if there was signs of his weak character.

 

Likewise we have little to no information on Kelvin as a person. Gettleman does, we do not. Gettleman loves this guy, Gettleman targeted this guy. This wasn't a "wow hes on the board guess we should take him". They were hoping he would fall and they wasted no time picking him.

 

But this happens every year. We draft a guy and certain people refuse to be happy. Sometimes they end up being right, sometimes they are completely wrong, but in both cases they form their opinion without knowledge of the situation.

[Mr. Scot]

That's what she said.

 

In this case, yes she actually did.

[rmoneyg35]

Physically Benjamin is everything you want in a player. We as fans didn't vet Dwayne Jarret. We didn't interview him, we didn't talk to his coaches. We can guess, but we don't know if there was signs of his weak character.

Likewise we have little to no information on Kelvin as a person. Gettleman does, we do not. Gettleman loves this guy, Gettleman targeted this guy. This wasn't a "wow hes on the board guess we should take him". They were hoping he would fall and they wasted no time picking him.

But this happens every year. We draft a guy and certain people refuse to be happy. Sometimes they end up being right, sometimes they are completely wrong, but in both cases they form their opinion without knowledge of the situation.

That's because we have people on the Huddle that think they are actual GMs that know everything about the NFL because they listen to Mel Kiper Jr and play franchise mode on Madden.

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[KaseKlosed]

kb.jpg

 

Dude seriously needs to get in shape.

Bro...at the combine he had 4% body fat