The S&C discussion aside, Motta has really hurt his stock.
by LondonDomer (2013-02-26 12:31:32)
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He's ran the slowest (4.75) 40 out of all the defensive backs and safeties, and was 40th/49 for bench press. Those 40 times are unofficial, but a bad time tends to stay a bad time, and if anything will be slower once it's official.

He was drawing a lot of comparisons to being a "poor mans Harrison Smith" (aka, a white safety from ND), but his measurables aren't stacking up. He was predicted as a top 100 pick, but that stock is dropping fast right now.

the bench press number is misleading
by jt  (2013-02-26 12:35:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

as it lumps all dbs in together which would be like lumping DL and OLB together.

I wonder how he tested compared to the other safeties.
Dead last. 18th of 18.
by LondonDomer  (2013-02-26 12:42:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The leader is Shamarko Thomas from Syracuse - he benched 28 times (and also ran a 4.38 unofficial). He's also short - 5'9.

There were 7 safeties who didn't bench. So he has that going for him.

Edit: was curious about Shamarko Thomas's arm length, if significantly shorter than Motta's (considering Motta is 5 inches taller than Thomas). However, Thomas's arms are 31.5" and Motta's are 31.375". So there goes that theory.

I have to say, Thomas beats him in the name department
by jt  (2013-02-26 12:59:09)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

as well.

How did he end up at Syracuse and not FSU? Bobby Bowden must be disappointed.
And Motta's official is 4.83. Yikes. *
by LondonDomer  (2013-02-26 14:41:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Did Carlo Calabrese make him put on cement shoes? *
by humbaba  (2013-02-26 18:13:10)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

man, that's too bad for him
by jt  (2013-02-26 15:21:01)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I hope he's ready for his pro day; this is a pretty deep draft at his position I believe and that position is usually not valued very high by the NFL in terms of draft selection (likely behind QB, OT, CB, WR, OLB/DE, DT/NG at least).
That's too slow even for a pizza delivery man
by Jvan  (2013-02-26 15:25:51)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Good thing Motta did not go to Michigan.
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