Comments on: Bent Gets Serious: Gholston v Adams

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:57:48 +0000

So Vernon Gholston is in elite company when it comes to his measurables. Hopefully lhe lives up to the hype

By: ramble914

ramble914 — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:50:06 +0000

I didn’t realize Peppers was that big and fast. I guess his success reflects that.

By: Bent

Bent — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:45:58 +0000

I know there are similarities between BT and VG, but as Thomas came from a smaller school and was a backup for a few years, before having to change positions, I don’t see his situation as the same, so I don’t think there is as much worth in comparing his progress to VG’s.

However, they are basically the same size and BT’s combine numbers were:

* 4.47 40 Yard Dash (.11 faster than VG)
* 4.01 Short Shuttle (.39 faster than VG)
* 35 Inch Vertical (7 inches less than VG)
* 33 Bench Reps (4 less than VG)

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:53 +0000

darn typo, “comparing”

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:13 +0000

How about comapring VG to Bryan Thomas?

By: Bent

Bent — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:03:55 +0000

Re: Abe and Peppers.

Again neither compares as closely as Adams, because Peppers was much bigger and Abrahams was a bit smaller, but faster.

When drafted, Abe was 6′3 252 and ran a 4.41 at the Combine*. Peppers was 6′6 290 and apparently had 4.55 speed and did a 37.5 vertical leap prior to the start of his last year at UNC.

*Caution: I got this stat from a NYT draft report which also said Anthony Becht had good hands, so it could be horribly inaccurate!

By: Dolfini

Dolfini — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:47:01 +0000

Great comparison, all we need out of Gholston is 7 sacks and like 15 tackles. He should be a sack specialist only this year…………..

By: Dan C

Dan C — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:32:06 +0000

We should all go easy on Gholston this season. DE is the toughest position on the defense to find success. Gaines Adams is pretty good but I see Gholston as almost identical to Terrell Suggs on the Ravens. Suggs may have more weight on VG but coming out of college, I saw the same type of ‘tween’ player in Suggs that I see out of VG. If anything, we should be thankful we have a player with the tremendous potential of VG. I’m not worrying about VG, nor should any of you.

By: DSmizzle

DSmizzle — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:12:42 +0000

I don’t want to convict the guy of ‘roids before he is ever even charged with using them… but Bent, us sports fans with 20-20 hindsight mock ourselves as being blind during the Sosa-MaGuire home run race in the 1990’s (and all of pro baseball, for that matter).

I’m extremely suspicious. I guess you could say that I don’t REALLY care, as long as it doesn’t hurt the JETS. If he gets caught and doesn’t have what it takes naturally, and ends up losing strength, speed and size over the course of his career under strict “you-failed-once” testing, it’ll be really harmful.

By: ramble914

ramble914 — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:05:35 +0000

I’d like to know how VG compared to Julius Peppers, and J. Abraham?