Do the numbers really matter when it comes to Linemen?
Brown is absolutely a mauler. When he gets his hands on your numbers and starts driving you back, you're going to have to be incredibly strong to overcome it. At times, you'll see him just throw outside pass-rushers aside, and if he's accurate to his targets in space and at the second level, he can be equally formidable.
Linemen - so damn hard to evaluate.
- It's not that his 40-yard dash time of 5.85 was much of a surprise;
- They care that he ran a two-second 10-yard split—frequently the yardage used when judging the explosiveness of offensive and defensive linemen—when you want something in the 1.75 range.
- Per NFL.com's Chase Goodbread, Brown finished dead last among offensive linemen in the 225-pound bench press (14 reps), the vertical jump (19.5 inches) and the broad jump (6'10").
- "So, you can watch last year's tape and see that he had zero sacks [allowed]. I'd say that's pretty important for a left tackle."
- Per Pro Football Focus, Brown also didn't allow a single bull-rush pressure all season.
- And then...there's these numbers: weighing in at nearly 6'8" and 345 pounds!
Brown is absolutely a mauler. When he gets his hands on your numbers and starts driving you back, you're going to have to be incredibly strong to overcome it. At times, you'll see him just throw outside pass-rushers aside, and if he's accurate to his targets in space and at the second level, he can be equally formidable.
Linemen - so damn hard to evaluate.
