Ja'Tavion Sanders--the Offense's Agent Zero

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[Bozo_Casanova 26,510]

32 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

I weighed about 150 lbs.  How the hell can a guy who outweighs that by almost 100 lbs not get more than 8 reps.  It's stunning really.

Bench press (either max or for reps) really isn’t a test of functional strength and you don’t need to train bench to be football strong. I could do 225 X 15 on my 49th birthday because I trained for that very specific goal for six months and I’m pretty sure JS is a better NFL prospect than I am.

If he doesn’t have the right geometry, a program with a ton of other speed/agility components will only do so much. 
You trained bench. He’s a football player. He’ll be fine. 

[Not a Sock 2,313]

On 4/27/2024 at 3:22 PM, Bozo_Casanova said:

Bench press (either max or for reps) really isn’t a test of functional strength and you don’t need to train bench to be football strong. I could do 225 X 15 on my 49th birthday because I trained for that very specific goal for six months and I’m pretty sure JS is a better NFL prospect than I am.

If he doesn’t have the right geometry, a program with a ton of other speed/agility components will only do so much. 
You trained bench. He’s a football player. He’ll be fine. 

This actually makes Sanders look worse in the eyes of the NFL. He knew that the bench press would be part of his draft process which means one of two things, he is either weak or he put basically no effort into preparing for the draft which is the ultimate red flag for scouts.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,510]

18 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

He knew that the bench press would be part of his draft process which means one of two things, he is either weak or he put basically no effort into preparing for the draft which is the ultimate red flag for scouts.

Or he was doing a program with multiple components that have optimization protocols in competition with each other, and few of which translate directly of football outside of the crudest sort of way. 
A lot of people don’t respond well to that sort of training, and his trainer may not have found a recipe that works for him in time to clean it up. Or the trainer wasn’t great. Or maybe he had an off day, etc.  

Look- it’s impossible to be a bad athlete and do well at the combine. It’s very possible to have poor or mediocre grades at the combine and be a good athlete and a good football player- ie Terrell Suggs, Orlando Brown, etc.

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Someone up thread said if Sanders knew his max BP was 10 or less going into the combine, he should’ve said he had some kind of nagging chest/shoulder injury that need rest and skip that portion of the combine. He might’ve got drafted way higher just based on his “game tape” and not let the combine drop him like it did. A month ago, most talking heads had him 2nd behind Bowers.

Hook’em !!!

[Bozo_Casanova 26,510]

29 minutes ago, msucolt45 said:

Someone up thread said if Sanders knew his max BP was 10 or less going into the combine, he should’ve said he had some kind of nagging chest/shoulder injury that need rest and skip that portion of the combine. He might’ve got drafted way higher just based on his “game tape” and not let the combine drop him like it did. A month ago, most talking heads had him 2nd behind Bowers.

Hook’em !!!

Agree. The combine is only good for marginal guys and elite strength/agility athletes. I don’t see the upside for anybody who already has a high projection coming in to do any event at the combine they aren’t great at. 

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6 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Good to see JT throwing some meaningful blocks downfield. He was also open more often than not. 

[LTtxfan 49,320]

Nice !!! 🤘

 

[kingkoopa6 8,376]

🙏 

Hopefully nada big

Landed on head awkwardly

[Derka 6,290]

yeah that looked bad. got knocked off his feet and landed on/bounced off of his head, wrenching his neck in the process. hope he’s alright. 

[Derka 6,290]

damn it, they’re bringing out the cart. prayers up for JT. 🙏🏼 

[Stunns38 3,538]

Prayers. That was an ugly landing

[Derka 6,290]

 

[Nicole44 22,072]

Prayers up for JT! 🙏🏼

 

3 minutes ago, Derka said:

 

 hope he will be ok! 🙏🏼

[Nope 3,121]

Gave a thumbs up on his way out

[Nicole44 22,072]

🙏🏼🙏🏼 

[LTtxfan 49,320]

Damn... prayers 🙏🙏🙏

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Panthers rookie Ja'Tavion Sanders discharged from hospital after suffering neck injury vs. Chiefs

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/panthers-rookie-jatavion-sanders-discharged-from-hospital-after-suffering-neck-injury-vs-chiefs/

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The first half of Sunday's game between the Carolina Panthers and Kansas City Chiefs included a scary moment when Carolina tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders was carted off after suffering a injury. Sanders was taken to a Charlotte hospital for further evaluation after suffering a neck injury. He has since been discharged and has movement, according to Panthers coach David Canales.

 

[Lhorn 4,929]

Thank goodness.