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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
He's a moderatly athletic snap jumper who benefitted from a 100k screaming home crowd. He has the most off-sides penalties in college last year. He tested poorly twice because he was 'sick' at the combine and some hammy issue at his pro day. He should be slotted in the 2nd round. You can get away with being less of an athlete at EDGE in college, but not in the pros. If the guy is coachable you can teach them technique, can't teach athletism.
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Your argument doesn't hold up since he got 14 of his career sacks during away games. Timing the snap is a skill pros use. And the NFL is full of twitchy athletes that can't or won't learn technique and never progress. His 40 time wasn't very good, it's true. But there is a lot more to bring an edge rusher than running fast in a straight line. Barnett can already fight off blockers at a level plenty of pros never get to.