Kirk Ferentz was never concerned with Logan Jones' arm length
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What highlights did Kirk Ferentz share about Logan Jones?
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You know, being a center, I think the most important thing you can do is, you know, be a leader and communicate right. I think getting everybody on the same page is very important. And then just having those guys trust you. And, you know, even if I make the wrong call, as long as we're doing it together, that's the most important thing. So just communication for sure.
I definitely say my explosiveness. You know, I feel like that's something I pride myself in, being able to be strong at point of attack, like with my goal jump and my vert. That's something I really take pride in. Every day I'm training, I'm trying to go as fast as I can.
That is Logan Jones and Jordan Vanderberg. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score. Jones and Vanderberg, two of the seven new Bears at the conclusion of the NFL draft. And we are learning all about them this week as we are the rest of the Bears draft picks. Some of the quotes we can't say on the air. I'm looking to you, Malik Muhammad. That was good stuff.
Jordan Vanderberg, I heard you're athletic. That's the word on the street. So much so that teams are willing to trade not one, but two draft picks to move up one round to get you.
But the Bears got Jordan Vanderberg instead. They got Logan Jones at pick number 57 in the second round. And the Bears got Vanderberg via a trade with Buffalo. That was the pick swap at pick 213 in round six out of Georgia Tech. And... I feel like there have been some truths when it comes to Bears drafting over the years prior to Ben Johnson and now and relative athletic score we've talked about a lot. But one thing that appears to have changed, Marshall, is how Ryan Poles or at least how the Bears front office may feel about arm length when it comes to offensive line because Logan Jones doesn't fall into that traditional category of having an arm length that is known for being particularly long.
The only time I really care that much about arm length is when the check comes. I want to see, are you going to short arm me? Are you going to actually reach out and grab that thing?
So metaphorical arm length you're into, but real arm length you're not necessarily passionate about.
I just don't think, and I think this has been proven over the last few years, that it is maybe as much of a factor depending on the position. Now, that's the big thing, depending on the position.
Right, and I think when it came to... So Braxton Jones is in somewhere along the lines I've read of the 90th percentile when it comes to his arm length. And that's what you want. The longer the arms, theoretically, which you can't coach, they come with your player that you draft, that that's going to help you when it comes to what moves a defensive lineman is doing. A lot of times you see a defensive lineman looking like they have go-go gadget arms. They're super long and powerful against somebody else. kind of like in boxing, the wingspan matters. You have more arm to work with and more ways to get past the person on the other side of you at the line of scrimmage.
Is the can't coach arm length, is that the same as can't coach height? Is it in that same vein?
Can't coach height is the OG.
Okay, that's like the standard bearer of the can't coach, things you cannot coach.
Yeah, like that's the coach default. Can't coach height, can't coach arm length, you know, speed and vertical jump, maybe a little bit.
Yeah, you can get a little bit more out of this.
speed now 428 is an outlier there's i will not take away from xavion thomas's speed he did that on his own and earns all the credit for it but when it comes to arm length logan jones has a reported one of 30 and three quarters inches so that's lower for an offensive lineman reportedly the bottom 10th percentile for a prospect so that's not good that's a change in philosophy though
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