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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.On the contrary, I can see the importance of the Bench Press in the trenches, especially if you're trying to overpower or direct a linemen (either OL or DL) in a specific direction.So apparently he blew up at the combine, except for the benchpress, which is the least useful activity they perform when there. And, some have come to the conclusion that he is out of shape? Is there something else indicating this? He looked pretty fit for a big DT in the video above.
On the contrary, I can see the importance of the Bench Press in the trenches, especially if you're trying to overpower or direct a linemen (either OL or DL) in a specific direction.
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Seems like NE drafted a few players whose tape doesn't jump out at you or maybe whose stats don't tell a promising tale, but they think have a lot of undiscovered potential. Valentine kind of epitomizes that... He hasn't done much, but that doesn't mean he won't grow to do a whole lot. You may as well roll the dice on high ceilings when you have a stacked roster.
I mean, they unearthed some kid named Malcolm Butler who no one had ever heard of, he became a super bowl hero as a rookie and then the #1 CB as a sophomore. It can certainly happen for Valentine.
Cousin, I have no problem that they Drafted him. It is the Draft Value asset that they wasted. It is a crap shoot on any of these kids but he was maybe a 5th Round value by not just the Mel Kipers of the world, but experienced GMs, Coaches and Scouts. They panicked. They took a kid they obviously wanted way before talent value and like Tavon Wilson, Jordan Richards and more, it will bite them. Bill panics and that I do not get. But IMO he is just average in the Draft. Not bad, not good, but always interesting.
He is better at FA and Trades. So I am not surprised at the game he plays. He went into FA and Trades this year with a vengeance which should have been our tip that this years Draft Class was poopy according to him.
Notable picks they could have had between Valentine and Mitchell include ILB Joe Shubert (perfect BB guy),Tapper a pass rush DE, DT Sheldon Day with solid tape NOT iffy like Valentine.Miles Killebrew SS/OLB a much respected hybrid that someone in the Pats Draft room who used to be a used car salesman for sure, talked BB into Grugler-Hill instead......yikes.
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This was the Pats Drafting for Special Teams. They already got their talent in FA and Trades for 2016.
I don't know how we can say that VV is the kind of D-lineman that does fit well yet.
745 pound squat ... for comparison Vince Wilfork 505 Lb squat.
Joe andruzzi has(d) the previous record at 725lbs ...
Ethan Kelley had the DL record 685lbs.
Could be the strongest Patriot lineman ever.
He's better suited to a 2-gap team and was not utilized to his strengths in college.
2016 NFL Draft: Rookie DT Vincent Valentine Might Be the Strongest Player in Patriots History
I think it's more to do with having bigger, stouter guys in the middle in nickel.Fits well if Belichick is going to a style of defense were his DL take up space and let the LBs clean up.