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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58 (Post 6574894)

No man, he's ****ing slow. This play, where he runs with a guy that ran a 4.35 at the combine to the sideline, shows how slow he plays.

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Look at that Linebacker run! Oh thats Taylor Mays :p

I do want to post this on here before I get blasted: I like Taylor Mays. He's a great, great 2nd round pick for pure upside. But I just don't think he's someone you draft in the top 15 based on Safety ability.

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6574951)

Mecca is a douche!!111!

Water is wet.

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Originally Posted by doomy3 (Post 6574977)

Water is wet.

Ah, come on, dude...

In that clip, though, the RB isn't going full speed upfield. He's just running sideways, pointed kinda forward. Not saying Mays is slow, but that was a bit deceiving considering the RB wasn't running in a straight line while Mays was.

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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 6574997)

Not to math-dork out here, but if you have two guys who measure similar 40 times, and both are running towards one point.. if one starts 15 feet behind that point (5 yards-- J.Best as HB), and the other starts 5 feet behind that point (1.6yd --TMays).. and they meet one yard before the LOS.. how does that really prove anything? It's straight-line speed, and it's about what you'd expect.. nothing a safety's expected to do is displayed there. I just don't understand how that's a compliment to Mays as a safety.

Correction: it's 8 behind LOS for Best and 4 above LOS for Mays.. They meet nearly at LOS. How does that flatter Mays?

Mays is always pretty much running straight ahead with his hips pointed forward, while Best has to move laterally at the beginning and at the end, when Mays closes on him. Again, I'm not saying Mays is slow, but that clip isn't really impressive to me. The 40 vid from NFL Network was way more impressive. But they don't just run 40 yard dashes in the NFL.

It's impressive because Best is a guy basically no one ever closed on, on outside runs.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 6574869)

Mays plays fast as balls during every USC game I've watched during his years on the team.

4.4 speed with killer instincts (Thomas) > 4.3 speed with questionable instincts (Mays)

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 6574897)

It's pretty clear that all of the Mays hate is nothing more than Mecca hate. Otherwise people just really don't know what they're watching. That play with Jahvid Best says it best.

Maybe. I know I would be equally happy with Berry or Mays.

I like how Mays almost gets stiff armed by Best.

Really good play by Mays though...unfortunately he doesn't make many of those.

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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 6574997)

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Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels (Post 6575008)

Cause the clips below is what we currently have.... I'll let you compare the angle of attack by our esteemed Mr. Brown, to that of Mays....

Watch these, and tell me that a competent speedy safety like Berry or Mays wouldn't make a considerable difference in the defense.

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Originally Posted by Saccopoo (Post 6575120)

Everybody needs to watch this. Mays missing tackles all over the place, getting beat in coverage, taking bad angles...he's not good at football, folks.