Unnamed NFL source blasts Dalvin Cook for on and off-field shortcomings

Even Fournette said he was surprised he weighed that much. We’re a long way from that – almost two months away, anyway – and Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell as expected gave nothing away in that area when he appeared on Jaguars.com LIVE from the Combine Thursday.

“At the end of the day, it speaks for itself”. Perhaps not the most explosive athlete available, he is still a top-tier pass rusher – to say nothing of his ability to stop the run. “It’s not my decision. And to be honest with you, I can’t remember a year where the draft class at running back is this deep”.

The Gauntlet – Run a straight route towards the end zone catching balls from JUGS machines on your left and right, and dive into the end zone for a touchdown.

“I really never dreamed about being in the NFL”, Fournette said. I’m having a lot of fun around these guys. We’re here now embracing the moment.

We’ll also see if defensive front-seven players have been eating right and exercising from their weigh-ins. In 2015, Todd Gurley (St. Louis Rams) and Melvin Gordon (San Diego Chargers) were top-15 picks.

Then Ezekiel Elliott blew the doors wide open.

That list includes cornerback Marlon Humphrey, a surprise early departure for the National Football League after just two seasons as a starter, and receiver ArDarius Stewart, another surprise after pulling in 1,564 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns the last two seasons combined.

“It helps us completely”, he said. “If I move out to X or Z, I become a receiver and not just a running back”. When he came back in the lineup, I moved to guard and started at guard for eight weeks.

Nov 19, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook (4) carries the ball during the first quarter of a game against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. If a player looks like he is fighting his way through a drill, bad footwork is part of the reason.

“No, it was surprising”, Fournette said, via Jim Kleinpeter of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

As for his weight, Conner said he feels most comfortable between 230 and 235 pounds. That’s when an ankle injury sidelined him for the rest of his junior season.

“Big running backs are nice”, Dave Gettleman, the general manager of the Carolina Panthers, the team that holds the No. 8 pick, said on Wednesday.

Regardless of which round they go with a tailback, the Jaguars need to fix a running game that has ranked 30th, 31st, 21st, 27th and 22nd the last five years.

Fournette said the debate is a moot point.

Here’s a list of running back combine participants, their weight, and the average 40-yard dash time a running back has run since the 2005 combine given that specific weight. Smith-Schuster caught 70 passes for over 900 yards for the Trojans in 2016, including one of his best games on the national level coming in the Rose Bowl against Penn State.

Dalvin Cook just got done w interviews here.

“I think someone might Hendrickson him in the fourth round – it all depends on what kind of numbers he puts up while he’s here at the Combine – but if he’s there in the fifth round, he’s more than worth a look”. Cheetahs are of course much faster than humans – they can get to a top speed of 60 miles per hour in between three and four seconds, a speed the fastest humans can’t even touch – but over a short 40-yard burst, Johnson was so fast that he can keep relatively close. “Tomorrow will show it all”.

“No, there’s not a rivalry”, Fournette said. The football-related drills are a great way to see the differences in players. “He’s going to do great things, too”. However, there are some questions about his actual size and whether he will be quick enough to be a starting edge player in the pro.