Mavric Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Pretty interesting Deadspin Article Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Looks like an x-ray of my colon. 1 Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 That's really cool stuff Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Pretty interesting Deadspin Article Large? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Interesting that the average height of RBs has shrunk about two inches. Good news for AA. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Interesting that the average height of RBs has shrunk about two inches. Good news for AA. That's the first thing that struck me. That, and that wide receivers aren't taller than listed. It seems like there are tons of 6'4"or taller wide receivers. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looks like an x-ray of my colon. I believe you may have a tapeworm. Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I thought this thread was about weiner size. Disappointed. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm somewhat surprised at this data. First off, I'm surprised the average height of RBs has gone down while they have increased in weight. I'm also surprised that the size of LBs really hasn't changed. Honestly, from this data anyway, not much has increased other than the size of O linemen. Am I missing it or is D linemen not listed? I would assume they would have increased similar to O linemen but maybe not quite as much. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm somewhat surprised at this data. First off, I'm surprised the average height of RBs has gone down while they have increased in weight. I'm also surprised that the size of LBs really hasn't changed. Honestly, from this data anyway, not much has increased other than the size of O linemen. Am I missing it or is D linemen not listed? I would assume they would have increased similar to O linemen but maybe not quite as much. Defensive tackles have got to be even more. Hard to think that a 250 lb guard would have been normal in the Devaney era but now would be a borderline case to make the squad. Perhaps the running back flatline is because they are averaging the weight of the fullback and halfback of old, which were two very different positions until just recently? Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 So, the bigger question is, why is there an increase in injuries such as concussions? Is it just that they are paying more attention to them now? Is it that even though the players are roughly the same size they are faster and stronger? Quote Link to comment
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