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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 241109" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I wonder if people actually do research before commenting. It's not sacreligious to compare certain players to what we perceive as "great players". NFL is full of guys who are physically equal, it's just their football ability and ability to process that separates them. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://optimumscouting.com/draft/nfl-draft-failed-stephen-hill-wide-receiver.html" target="_blank">http://optimumscouting.com/draft/nfl-draft-failed-stephen-hill-wide-receiver.html</a></p><p></p><p><em>The legend only grew when Hill traveled to the annual Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Evaluators knew Hill was a high level athlete, but there is always something about seeing it in a quantifiable form. <strong><u>Hill absolutely blew up the event. His 40-yard dash time (4.34) and broad jump distance (11’1”) were in the 96th and 98th percentile amongst wide receivers drafted since 1999, <a href="http://mockdraftable.com/player/121/position/11/" target="_blank">per MockDraftable</a>. Most of his other tests were not far off, and he did all of this after measuring in at 6’4 and 215 pounds. Hill proved he was one of the more physically gifted wideouts to enter the NFL.</u></strong> It was that promise that prompted the playmaker needy Jets to trade up, and select Stephen Hill in the second round of the draft.</em></p><p></p><p>You don't get drafted as high as Hill did with the production he had in college without being a physically elite prospect that coaches feel they can mold. Physically, Hill checks all the boxes Megatron and DT did. Football wise, that's another story...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 241109, member: 360"] I wonder if people actually do research before commenting. It's not sacreligious to compare certain players to what we perceive as "great players". NFL is full of guys who are physically equal, it's just their football ability and ability to process that separates them. [URL]http://optimumscouting.com/draft/nfl-draft-failed-stephen-hill-wide-receiver.html[/URL] [I]The legend only grew when Hill traveled to the annual Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Evaluators knew Hill was a high level athlete, but there is always something about seeing it in a quantifiable form. [B][U]Hill absolutely blew up the event. His 40-yard dash time (4.34) and broad jump distance (11’1”) were in the 96th and 98th percentile amongst wide receivers drafted since 1999, [URL='http://mockdraftable.com/player/121/position/11/']per MockDraftable[/URL]. Most of his other tests were not far off, and he did all of this after measuring in at 6’4 and 215 pounds. Hill proved he was one of the more physically gifted wideouts to enter the NFL.[/U][/B] It was that promise that prompted the playmaker needy Jets to trade up, and select Stephen Hill in the second round of the draft.[/I] [I][/I] You don't get drafted as high as Hill did with the production he had in college without being a physically elite prospect that coaches feel they can mold. Physically, Hill checks all the boxes Megatron and DT did. Football wise, that's another story... [/QUOTE]
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