Fans of grown men being measured by older grown men are getting everything they could possibly want from the 2018 NFL Combine Thursday morning.
Lamar Jackson is the same size as Andy Dalton, and Sam Darnold does NOT have Trump hands.
We’ve learned some very important information from the NFL Combine measurement results.
Measurements are just numbers, but occasionally they can help an NFL team’s personnel department or the small army of social media draft experts answer some questions about a player.
On Thursday, the unofficial department of weights and measures for young men gave us some enlightening information about two of the top quarterback prospects available in the NFL draft this year.
Lamar Jackson looks suspiciously like a quarterback.
And not just any quarterback.
The tale of the tape from Indy revealed the Louisville signal caller stands 6’2 1/4 and weighs 216 pounds. Jackson is almost identical in size to none other than Andy Dalton, a certified NFL quarterback and NOT a wide receiver.
Piece by piece, the evidence mounts that Bill Polian’s incredibly dumb take that Jackson should convert to wide receiver in the NFL is just that, an incredibly dumb take which deserves nothing but our scorn (and not whatever ungodly amount of money ESPN pays him to dole out such stupidity).
Jackson also checked in with an official wingspan of 77 5/8 inches and 33 1/8-inch arms. His hands are 9 1⁄2 inches.
Speaking of hand size ...
Sam Darnold does not have Donald Trump hands.
The question of whether or not the USC quarterback has tiny hands like the USA’s chief executive has been answered. He does not. Darnold has perfectly normal-size hands for a quarterback.
His hands measured 9 3/8 inches.
The reason this was a question is Darnold had 20 fumbles during two seasons with the USC Trojans, prompting some to wonder if his hands were small enough to be a problem for him.
Darnold clocked in at 6’3 3/8 tall and 221 pounds ... bigger than Dalton.
If you’re interested in all the weights and measurements from the combine ... what the hell is wrong with you?!? Just kidding. It’s science! And folks in Indianapolis are tracking all that data right here in this spreadsheet.
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