Packerrats Big Board Draft Project

[RashanGary]

Short players have a tough time carrying weight. Much of the time, 6'2" to 6'3" is about premium but every human body is a little different. Levers are not the same on everyone.

One guy can have a big, wide frame with natural power in his build. One guy can a narrow frame and barely be able to pack on 200 lbs. If you're 6'1" and you have the widest of wide frames, you can get pretty damn big and have the natural leverage advantage to play football.

If you're 6'3" and have a really huge frame you can get pretty damn big and learn to play with better leverage and have the advantage of longer arms (usually) that helps keep pass protection puches from getting to you and helps for batting down passes.

If I'm looking for an all around DT, I'm all about a little more height. If he's just going to be an anchor, 6'1" to 6'3" is ideal or normal at least.

[RashanGary]

Also, I'm built a little thicker than my brother who's skinny as a bean pole and he never lifts a weight while I moderately work out. He can outlift me with his legs just getting off the couch from a video game and has been able to since he was 12 and I was 15. I wondered why.


He has a different build. His legs and body have a different relationship to each other than mine, and I think now that, that is the reason he can easily lift weight with his legs.


Little quirks like that are reasons height and weight are very deceptive. Every body is different. See how the body performs, not how it measures with height/weight.

[Joemailman]

Updated List:

1) Andre Smith OT Alabama

2) Brian Orakpo DE Texas

3) Michael Oher OT Ole Miss

4) Jason Smith OT Baylor

5) Aaron Curry LB Wake Forest

6) Michael Johnson DE Georgia Tech

7) Eugene Monroe OT Virginia

8) Ray Maualuga LB USC

9) Tyson jackson DE LSU

10) Malcolm Jenkins CB OSU