Dean Lowry Extended

[mraynrand]

How long are your arms? How
Many do you have? One, two, or more? Which animals have the strangest arms? Which animals have the longest arms (Elephant trunks don’t count!)? What is the size of your head?

[run pMc]

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uio1J2PKzLI

[Cheesehead Craig]

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uio1J2PKzLI

African or European?

[Fritz]

Who is more likely to go up and block a pass, a 6'6" guy with short arms? or a 6'0 guy with average to long arms? - just asking.

Tex, you're really . . . reaching here.

I hope you've got longer arms than Dean Lowry.

[Patler]

What is the size of your head?

Which one?

[texaspackerbacker]

Tex, you're really . . . reaching here.

I hope you've got longer arms than Dean Lowry.

I didn't have any particular agenda in asking - just that maybe the short arms thing is overrated. I seem to recall Lowry knocking down a few passes.

At my age, I only get about two inches off the ground playing tennis - as a white man, I never could jump much. But I've still got the reach to get up and snag some volleys at the net.

[mraynrand]

I didn't have any particular agenda in asking - just that maybe the short arms thing is overrated. .

“Maybe”

[run pMc]

I didn't have any particular agenda in asking - just that maybe the short arms thing is overrated. I seem to recall Lowry knocking down a few passes.

At my age, I only get about two inches off the ground playing tennis - as a white man, I never could jump much. But I've still got the reach to get up and snag some volleys at the net.

I think some players have more of a knack for it than others; longer arms certainly helps with fighting off blocks but there are so many other things that go into a pass rush. Given his height, I think the shorter arms is less of a hindrance than if he was 6'2".

[Patler]

I think some players have more of a knack for it than others; longer arms certainly helps with fighting off blocks but there are so many other things that go into a pass rush. Given his height, I think the shorter arms is less of a hindrance than if he was 6'2".

A few years back the Packers had a runt of a DT for a couple years who routinely knocked down passes. I've forgotten his name, but he had a bunch each year for the three or so years he was around. He had a knack for stepping into the throwing lane, pushing off from the lineman's block and getting his hands up at just the right time. They aren't that far from the QB, how much elevation can the ball gain after leaving the QB's hand? Timing and instinct more than height and arm length, I think.

[pbmax]

A few years back the Packers had a runt of a DT for a couple years who routinely knocked down passes. I've forgotten his name, but he had a bunch each year for the three or so years he was around. He had a knack for stepping into the throwing lane, pushing off from the lineman's block and getting his hands up at just the right time. They aren't that far from the QB, how much elevation can the ball gain after leaving the QB's hand? Timing and instinct more than height and arm length, I think.

Didn't Johnny Jolly used to excel at this? Not a runt though.

I associate this with either playing a read then react technique or being poor at pass rush. Or double teamed. Gives you time to look up and find the QB and the ball.

[Patler]

Didn't Johnny Jolly used to excel at this? Not a runt though.

I associate this with either playing a read then react technique or being poor at pass rush. Or double teamed. Gives you time to look up and find the QB and the ball.

Jolly was good at it, but the guy I am thinking of was before Jolly (I think), so more years ago than I care to remember!

[mraynrand]

Jolly was good at it, but the guy I am thinking of was before Jolly (I think), so more years ago than I care to remember!

In the 2000s, the first guy I thought of was Steve Warren. Played two years. Maybe Russell Maryland, but he only played one for the Packers and figured you'd have remembered him.

Into the 90's I thinking Jurko; There were other guys who knocked down passes, but were all over 6'4" Maybe Robert Brown?

[Patler]

In the 2000s, the first guy I thought of was Steve Warren. Played two years. Maybe Russell Maryland, but he only played one for the Packers and figured you'd have remembered him.

Into the 90's I thinking Jurko; There were other guys who knocked down passes, but were all over 6'4" Maybe Robert Brown?

I think it might have been Steve Warren I was thinking of, and maybe more preseason performances than regular season. I just remember a shortish DT who didn't do a whole lot, but seemed to get his hand on passes.

[pbmax]

Here is a list of passes defended by people on defense not labeled DBs or LBs.

                                                                        
                                                     Game           Def 
Rk                 Player From   To Draft  Tm  Lg   G  GS  Int Yds TD PD
1         Vonnie Holliday 1998 2002  1-19 GNB NFL  66  63    2   6  0 20
2            Johnny Jolly 2006 2013 6-183 GNB NFL  61  47    1   2  0 18
3            Ryan Pickett 2006 2013  1-29 GNB NFL 119 113    0   0  0 18
4          Cullen Jenkins 2004       2010 GNB NFL  93  66    1   4  0 16
5           Cletidus Hunt 1999 2004  3-94 GNB NFL  85  60    0   0  0 15
6    Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 2000 2008 5-149 GNB NFL 124  74    1  72  1 11
7               B.J. Raji 2009 2015   1-9 GNB NFL  91  78    0   0  0 10
8           Aaron Kampman 2002 2009 5-156 GNB NFL 112 104    0   0  0  9
9            Datone Jones 2013 2016  1-26 GNB NFL  59   7    1  18  0  7
10            Kenny Clark 2016 2018  1-27 GNB NFL  44  30    0   0  0  6
11             Colin Cole 2004       2008 GNB NFL  57   8    0   0  0  6
12          Grady Jackson 2003 2005 6-193 GNB NFL  34  27    0   0  0  6
13             Dean Lowry 2016 2018 4-137 GNB NFL  47  19    0   0  0  6
14           Mike Daniels 2012 2018 4-132 GNB NFL 102  72    1   6  0  5
15         Santana Dotson 1996 2001 5-132 GNB NFL  88  83    0   0  0  4
16         Kenny Peterson 2003 2005  3-79 GNB NFL  34   0    0   0  0  4
17           Steve Warren 2000 2002  3-74 GNB NFL  25   0    0   0  0  4
18         Corey Williams 2004 2007 6-179 GNB NFL  56  20    1   9  0  4
19             Billy Lyon 1998       2002 GNB NFL  59   7    1   0  0  3
20           John Thierry 2000 2001  1-11 GNB NFL  28  28    0   0  0  3
21          Vaughn Booker 1998       1999 GNB NFL  30  18    0   0  0  2
22           Jim Flanigan 2001 2001  3-74 GNB NFL  16   8    0   0  0  2
23           Letroy Guion 2014 2016 5-152 GNB NFL  44  35    0   0  0  2
24       Russell Maryland 2000 2000   1-1 GNB NFL  16  16    0   0  0  2
25        Mike Montgomery 2005 2010 6-180 GNB NFL  58   8    0   0  0  2
26         Jermaine Smith 1997 1999 4-126 GNB NFL  19   0    1   2  0  2
27              Josh Boyd 2013 2015 5-167 GNB NFL  26   4    0   0  0  1
28          Gilbert Brown 1993 2003  3-79 GNB NFL 125 103    0   0  0  1
29           Quinton Dial 2017 2017 5-157 GNB NFL  13   2    0   0  0  1
30            Joe Johnson 2002 2003  1-13 GNB NFL  11  11    0   0  0  1
31         Keith McKenzie 1996 2002 7-252 GNB NFL  62   2    1  33  1  1
32              Mike Neal 2010 2015  2-56 GNB NFL  68  29    1   5  0  1
33            Mike Pennel 2014       2016 GNB NFL  37   5    0   0  0  1
34         Jamal Reynolds 2001 2003  1-10 GNB NFL  18   0    0   0  0  1
35            Larry Smith 2003 2004  2-56 GNB NFL  13   0    0   0  0  1
36             Rod Walker 2001       2003 GNB NFL  31   6    0   0  0  1
37            C.J. Wilson 2010 2013 7-230 GNB NFL  50  11    0   0  0  1

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/29/2019.

[texaspackerbacker]

It says zero interceptions for Raji. Didn't he have a pick 6?