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Anthony Barr Runs A 4.44 (Unofficial Though Electronic Timed) At Ucla Pro Day


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I don't like him in the 3-4. The assumption is that he is an ideal 3-4 OLB because of his size, which he does have great size for the position. That said, watch real tape on him. When he is in that postiion he had real trouble getting to the outside on running plays.

I personally think he is a liability on running plays. I also wasn't overly impressed with his explosion numbers at the combine. (Broad jump and vertical) They weren't terrible, but in comparision to Mack, they were pretty far off.

  • Reminds me off Aaron Maybin, fair or unfair.

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I don't like him in the 3-4. The assumption is that he is an ideal 3-4 OLB because of his size, which he does have great size for the position. That said, watch real tape on him. When he is in that postiion he had real trouble getting to the outside on running plays.

I personally think he is a liability on running plays. I also wasn't overly impressed with his explosion numbers at the combine. (Broad jump and vertical) They weren't terrible, but in comparision to Mack, they were pretty far off.

  • Reminds me off Aaron Maybin, fair or unfair.

Emphatically false. Barr sets the edge VERY well, his issue is disengaging to make the tackle.

All Barr's issues are as a result of being inexperienced at the position and needing to get stronger.

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I am not a big Barr fan. And honestly I dont care if he ran a 4.4 at his pro day. Dont understand how a person could run .2 sec faster in a matter of weeks when players train so much for the combine. Then suddenly when they do it for their own team their faster? Combine is a level playing field. BUT Its not like these numbers really matter anyway

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I am not a big Barr fan. And honestly I dont care if he ran a 4.4 at his pro day. Dont understand how a person could run .2 sec faster in a matter of weeks when players train so much for the combine. Then suddenly when they do it for their own team their faster? Combine is a level playing field. BUT Its not like these numbers really matter anyway

His speed was just fine at the combine with a 6.82 3-Cone drill. For comparison, Justin Gilbert ran a 4.37 40 and a 6.92 3-Cone. To beat out a blazing fast corner is pretty impressive.

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UCLA head coach Jim Mora acknowledged that scouts might not trust UCLA's pro day testing numbers.

Evaluators specifically scoffed at edge rusher Anthony Barr's 4.45 time, a ridiculous .22-second improvement over Barr's time at the combine in February. "People are going to hear that and go, 'That's insane. You don't have that many fast guys,'" Mora said. "Again, these are electronic times. If I was out there scouting and I heard that, I'd say, 'I don't know about that.' But once again, they're pretty true times." UCLA claims six players at its pro day ran 40 times under 4.4 seconds. Color us skeptical

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If he is drafted, Atlanta has a choice of either putting him @ RB or keeping him @ LB. He is more built like a RB. If Atlanta drafts Barr, Atlanta can make him compete against S. Jax and he'll be one of 2 starting RB's and they can draft Shazier or Van Noy which fills 2 needs RB and OLB. Why not use the speed he has to our advantage? BTW, if he doesn't make the cut @ LB, then Atlanta have a expensive 1st round RB.

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If he is drafted, Atlanta has a choice of either putting him @ RB or keeping him @ LB. He is more built like a RB. If Atlanta drafts Barr, Atlanta can make him compete against S. Jax and he'll be one of 2 starting RB's and they can draft Shazier or Van Noy which fills 2 needs RB and OLB. Why not use the speed he has to our advantage? BTW, if he doesn't make the cut @ LB, then Atlanta have a expensive 1st round RB.

Didn't he move to LB because he wasn't good enough at RB?

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UCLA head coach Jim Mora acknowledged that scouts might not trust UCLA's pro day testing numbers.

Evaluators specifically scoffed at edge rusher Anthony Barr's 4.45 time, a ridiculous .22-second improvement over Barr's time at the combine in February. "People are going to hear that and go, 'That's insane. You don't have that many fast guys,'" Mora said. "Again, these are electronic times. If I was out there scouting and I heard that, I'd say, 'I don't know about that.' But once again, they're pretty true times." UCLA claims six players at its pro day ran 40 times under 4.4 seconds. Color us skeptical

Barr also improved his bench & broad jump. Guess that shouldn't be counted either???

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If he is drafted, Atlanta has a choice of either putting him @ RB or keeping him @ LB. He is more built like a RB. If Atlanta drafts Barr, Atlanta can make him compete against S. Jax and he'll be one of 2 starting RB's and they can draft Shazier or Van Noy which fills 2 needs RB and OLB. Why not use the speed he has to our advantage? BTW, if he doesn't make the cut @ LB, then Atlanta have a expensive 1st round RB.

Barr is built nothing like a RB.

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