re: How does dj pickett compare to Derek Stingley?

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I’m genuinely curious, but why would this be the case? Stingley looks like what you would build in a lab to play CB. Height, at some point, just becomes a disadvantage. It’s why there are very few people who can play certain positions once they get a certain height.

Stingley was as close to a perfect prospect as you can get. To say any prospect is clearly better than him is unrealistic.

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Prototype size does not mean ideal size. Certainly, there is a bell curve for the heights of elite football players for each position. But the fact that most players are a particular height for a particular position does not mean that the prototype height is the ideal height.

If a player can meet the parameters for elite play but can do it at a greater height, particularly at CB, that greater height will allow that player to play at a higher level.

In short, while it's difficult for taller players to have elite speed, quickness, body control, and flexibility, if a player has elite speed, quickness, body control, and flexibility and has an additional 4" in height, that player will be a better CB, even if they don't have prototype height.