Content Post Why does Wingspan matter for Tackles?

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Why would [wingspan] precede arm length?

Setting the edge. Two arms. Not one handed. Central task for a tackle in pass set.

 

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To answer the question, wingspan is obsessed over because there’s a fear that smaller armed guys like Campbell could get their arms chopped down by skilled pass rushers. I think Campbell has the shortest measured arms since 2000. Edit: 2011.

We will find out very quickly whether this is a problem or not.

Have we? I think we know that WC can be a devastating run blocker. Elite pass rushers are going to give him heaps of trouble, though, if he doesn’t have help on third and long. Is that good enough for the fourth player drafted? Time will tell.