Bob Magaw
Footballguy
aside from whether scouts or the casual fan have an opinion about whether tatupu will turn out to be a player or not (i happen to think so, based on little film i have seen and trying to weigh sometimes conflicting scouting reports)... i have heard some say he is too small... maybe they are referring to when he supposedly played about 225 at UDC... i thought at combine & during pro day he was listed at about 240... since vilma was supposedly undersized at 230 but thrived (DROY), this would seem to ease that concern... peterson plays at about 235... of course vilma hasn't strung together many seasons, so it remains to be seen if he can hold up... it didn't prevent us from taking him high in one league last season... arguably a 240 or 250 lb player might hold up better... don't have stats at hand on whether big LBs don't suffer catatstrophic injuries as much as not so big ones... intuitively it might seem so, but smaller guys might be quicker & could avoid kill shots better?so if anybody else doesn't think he will make it, just wondering if size was one of the reasons.this could lead to general question... what is a good size for a MLB... conversely when is a guy too big to be WLB?not as empty, abstract exercise, but it might help us suss out rookie LBs better for dynasty purposes.