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Maurice Drew measures in at 5 ft 6 3/4 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter bigreese82
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Chaos Commish
Footballguy
I said he would be under 5-7 a few months ago. Now he's going to run a slower 40 than most expect. My guess... 4.47.not good...Good news is he's taller than Sproles, bad news is he's shorter than Ryan Moats.
Dave Baker
Damn glad to meet you
Drew has interested me, somewhat. Tremendous playmaker who can do it all, but is he no better than Darren Sproles?
BoulderBob
Footballguy
Nope, Sproles was the better college back, but they both have a future in the league. Hopefully he finds himself in a good situation.
bigreese82
Footballguy
makes you wonder what Drew weighed at 5 ft 6
Dave Baker
Damn glad to meet you
Not sure I agree there. Very close.
nathanbalboa
Footballguy
I think Lendale White is going to come out of this looking like a top 10, maybe top 5 pick. His stock will shoot up like Ronnie Brown's did last year. I'm guessing his height, weight, speed and skills will be impressive.
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MLBrandow
Guest
White looks like the seconnd coming of Jim Brown
It's gonna be the LenDale and Larry Show in the NFL for the next decade
Jason Wood
Zoo York
The thing that really cemented Ronnie as the top back was his speed. People thought he was fast but no way did they think a back that big could run like he did.LenDale has the makings of a great pro [good vision, makes yards after contact, proven goalline option], but there's no way he has the 40-speed to get compared to Ronnie. LenDale is a load, but he's got a gut too. Different kind of back entirely.
offdee
Footballguy
The difference here is that Darren Sproles is 181lbs and Warrick Dunn is 180lbs....Drew is 207lbs which is right in line with many feature NFL backs.I guess I don't understand why a RB's height as anything to do with success....if nothing else, it's helpful to have a lower center of gravity as most bigger backs strive to get their pad level down that low to the ground in the first place.
The problem with most backs being that short is that it correlates directly to their weight being lower.....for Drew that's not the case at all.
offdee
Footballguy
Doesn't have the moves?I really don't want to get into a debate here about "moves", but whenever anyone describes Drew's game they refer to him as a "poor man's Reggie Bush". They describe him as "electrifying".
As a punt returner this past season he returned 3 for TD's on just 15 attempts (and had another one called back due to penalty).....you don't do that without "moves"
If anything I would think having "moves" is one of his strong suits.
