Chiefs listing McCluster as a WR

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Actually, his 4.44 40 in the pro day are lower than Sproles'. And his 4.58 time in the combine could be blamed on poor combine coaching. I believe he stumbled out of the gate on one of those and ran a slightly crooked path on another. Again, you can't watch him outrun secondaries in the college level and say the guy is 4.58 slow. There's no way. You can't even outrun a LB with that speed, let alone the entire secondary.

Secondly, 40 time isn't everything. He dominated the short shuttle and was phenomenal at making cuts because he's short and stays low to the ground. We saw with LJ how speed doesn't translate into changing direction or making sudden cuts, two things McCluster does outstandingly well.

It's not a smart pick.

Period.

Lets go ahead and say he is Dante Hall (and that is a high bar to set) he's still a long shot to last 4 years at that size getting consistently pounded by guys 3x his size.

Dominating at the college level and surviving at the pro level are completely different things...

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Rausch

It's not a smart pick.

Period.

Lets go ahead and say he is Dante Hall (and that is a high bar to set) he's still a long shot to last 4 years at that size getting consistently pounded by guys 3x his size.

Dominating at the college level and surviving at the pro level are completely different things...

I'm not setting the bar at Dante Hall. I'm setting it at Sproles.

And if he's Sproles, I'm more than comfortable with this pick. And I think he very well could be. Unlike Hall, McCluster is built like a brick house. He may be tiny, but he's not skinny by any stretch. And if he can take 25-30 carries in the SEC, he can handle 8-10 on the pro level, especially given that a lot of his touches will probably occur on the second level of the passing game.