Fant has the sixth-best Speed Score for a tight end at the combine this century.

It’s a strange time in Broncos Country. Heading into a Week 4 matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars https://www.broncoslockerroom.com/authentic-drew-lock-jersey , at 0-3 the Denver Broncos are in unfamiliar territory. It is such a different place compared to the last two seasons. As Ian St. Clair mentioned on the MHR Radio Podcast (Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify), the Broncos started each of the last two seasons 2-0. After those hot starts, Broncos Country could only shake their heads as both seasons ended without a playoff run. Now, at 0-3, it isn’t hard to find fans so frustrated that they are already calling for Vic Fangio to be fired. Let’s pump the brakes on that for a moment. It’s easy to point fingers, and play the blame game when things aren’t going well. Frankly, it hasn’t been a very smooth ride for the Broncos for awhile, and asking for patience might be too big a request for some. However, even Broncos players understand that fault lies with the players.We started the podcast discussing Chris Harris Jr.’s quote about the defense. Essentially, Harris said blame for the issues on defense lie with the players. Fangio has been calling plays, and mixing it up. It is just time for the players to make their mark on the game.So what is the problem? After 3 games, the defense has failed to generate a turnover or get a sack. It’s the first time that has happened in 50 years in the NFL. But is it really as bad as it sounds? The Raider game was the only game that the defense couldn’t seem to get off the field. The Broncos held the Bears to 16 points. They held Aaron Rodgers in check, and lost because of offensive turnovers.So ask yourself, how different would things be if Von Miller or Bradley Chubb were able to generate just one sack? We wouldn’t be talking about some stupid record, but we would still probably be talking about 0-3. As the Broncos prepare to play the Jaguars, you can bet that the defense is gearing up to get to Garder Minshew. If they don’t it’s possible that the entire city of Denver could collapse into the center of the Earth. But if the Broncos win, and fail to generate a turnover or get a sack Dalton Risner Jersey , what then? Will it still be time to panic?MHR Radio is now on ApplePodcasts, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher,TuneIn and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Please subscribe to the one that fits your fancy, and also rate and review what you hear. His Speed Score and Quix Score combine to make Fant one of the best athletes as tight end to come out of college this century."The NFL combine CAN BE useful to differentiate between players who are elite athletes (even when compared to other elite athletes) and players who are good athletes with elite football skills. This article will not try to speak to Noah Fant’s football skills, but it will show you that he is one of the best athletes at tight end to come out of college this century. About 20 years ago one of my fellow draft/combine nerds came up with Speed Score, which basically grades a player on how fast they are for their mass. The underlying assumption is that smaller players SHOULD be fast. Big players who are also fast (using 40 yard dash as measure of fast) get huge speed scores. A value above 120 is elite. A value of 100 is “average” and a value over 130 is other-wordly. Calvin Johnson was 233 pounds at the NFL combine and ran a 4.33 40. That worked out to a speed score of 132.6. Here are the top 20 speed scores from the 2019 combine. You’ll notice that three of the players in the top 20 went undrafted. You should also notice that both Fant and Justin Hollins show up on this list. The Broncos got two guys with elite straight-line speed, but I’ve never really liked using 40 yard dash (in underwear) times to evaluate players since 40 times rarely correlate to NFL success. I think that there is more value in looking at the quickness (and change of direction ability) of players as measured by the three-cone drill and the 20-yard short shuttle. A few years ago I came up with a way to get a quickness score similar to the Speed Score. Here are the top 20 players from the 2019 combine in terms of Quix Score.I should mention that players who did not participate in one of the two drills used for Quix Score, obviously were not given a quickness score, and I did not want to use Pro Day values. A score of 120 is elite. You should note that every player in the top 20 was drafted. You should also note that Noah Fant is on this list as well. So he is not only fast, but also quick. How does his combination of speed and quickness compare to other tight ends this century? Let’s take a look. Our old friend, Virgil Green, is on this list as well. Fant has the eighth best Quix Score for a tight end this century. If you average the Quix and the Speed Score, you get a new value I am calling QuiSp. Noah Fant has the eighth best QuiSp for a tight end this century. Fant’s combination of size, speed and quickness is elite for a tight end. The comparisons to Jared Cook and George Kittle make sense given that both players are also in the top 10 in QuiSp for TEs at the combine this century.If you look at the 10 most productive NFL TEs to be drafted this century, you’ll find that most of them did not show on that list of the top 20 Speed Score and Quix Scores for TEs this century. So I guess the comparison to Jared Cook is good since he is one of the TEs who performed both well at the combine and well once he got into the NFL.