Do taller football players outperform the shorter ones?

[ceekay84]

Shed your opinions please =D

[dwbiggs]

Uhhhh......:loser:

Dan

[we_want_56]

Santana Moss 5'10

Todd Pinkston 6'4

Clinton Portis 5'11

Brandon Jacobs 6'4"

Darrell Green 5'8"

Lenny Walls 6'4"

Therefore not nesecarilly.

[Stew]

Steve Smith and Santana Moss had great seasons for smaller guys last season. With that said, tall players like Chad Johnson and T.O. are always a hot commodity. I think chemestry between QB and WR is more important then hieghts or talent of one or the other alone.

[EnFoRcEr_uPu]

Not to sound rude, but isn't your question just a tad broad?

[FootballGuy2677]

Shed your opinions please =D

Depends what offense your running really... If your the Redskins or some other team thats loves screens the short, fast, creative recievers are better while if your a team like the Philidelphia Eagles or New York Jets the better type of recievers are the Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, the taller, tough, possession like recievers are better.

[cmorina69]

no you can make up for hight with heart

[Burgold]

No. Would you trade Santana for Keyshawn or McCants or Gardner? Smaller running backs actually have an advantage because they get lost and they have a lower center of gravity.

A four foot defensive tackle might have a difficult time, I guess. I'll give you that much.

[AllAboutSkins08]

Steve Smith and Santana Moss had great seasons for smaller guys last season. With that said, tall players like Chad Johnson and T.O. are always a hot commodity. I think chemestry between QB and WR is more important then hieghts or talent of one or the other alone.

i agree.

[N-rec37]

A 6'4 - 6'3 WR SHOULD outperform a 5'10 cornerback or safety...but look at Jacksonville....all wideouts are taller than six foot, and most of the corners they play against are mostly under 5'11....go figure...

[DButz65]

Since noone has talked about LINEMEN

I think the shorter linemen are tougher to play against, if i were a tall guy, because their center of gravity is lower, and everyone that played ball knows...

if your lower than your opponent at contact, you will win the battle most of the time, i was one of the shorter guys heh 6'1

[Beaudry]

Since noone has talked about LINEMEN

I think the shorter linemen are tougher to play against, if i were a tall guy, because their center of gravity is lower, and everyone that played ball knows...

if your lower than your opponent at contact, you will win the battle most of the time, i was one of the shorter guys heh 6'1

With height you usually get a wider wingspan. Arm length is huge for lineman on both sides of the ball.

I don't see any offensive tackles at 5'4", so I'm going say height is an advantage at most positions, but not a requirement.

[DButz65]

With height you usually get a wider wingspan. Arm length is huge for lineman on both sides of the ball.

I don't see any offensive tackles at 5'4", so I'm going say height is an advantage at most positions, but not a requirement.

Bostic was very small for a center, he was lucky if he weighed over 250 while the people he played against outweighed him by 40lbs on avr, and he did pretty good i think But everyone is different in every aspect and some know how to use their height or weight to their advantage, some dont.

[LT Smash]

gives em a boost in jump balls and such but you can make up for it with guts. plus, tall runningbacks are easier to see and hit. short guys can get low to get the leverage (DButz knows what hes talking about)

[IBleedBurgundy&Gold1369225669]

Not to sound rude, but isn't your question just a tad broad?

It's as broad as a redwood.:laugh:

[onedrop]

yeah, on the basketball court...

[terpfan]

Its a good thing there are other things that seperate players, like... skill.

[G-Town]

Yes and No

[MustangSteve]

NO they dont, the most dangerous recievers are the small ones, not the tall ones. Steve Smith, Santana Moss, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders on and on. Why fans like height I dont know, but Im sure glad Gibbs gets speed and quikness with the shorter ones.

[Blondie]

A thread about men and their size.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Blondie

[Peregrine]

Being taller is an advantage. It does not determine how a player performs. It is so with everything in life. There are certain born advantages some people have over others, but it only has bearing on who performs better if both perform equally well.

[rvan1]

i see a lot of "would you trade santana for" followed by a number of underacheiving tall wide receivers. thats not a fair assessment. would you trade santana for randy moss? TO? marvin harrison? tory holt? (all taller). maybe, maybe not. obviously, the benefits of height are debatable in the wideout position. height on defense is a big benefit, as it is on the line and at the qb position on offense.

[TheTotalPackage]

in all fairness, i think that we should compare shorter or taller players against their positional opposite. for example, i think big recievers have an advantage over smaller cornerbacks.

however, i've heard that tall cornerbacks are at a disadvantage.

[laxman06]

no look at rudy!... but seriously look at barry sanders, deangelo williams, darrel green, walter payton

[Enter Apotheosis]

If you took Santana and made him 4 inches taller without changing any of his other skills, he probably wouldn't play any better... just differently. One of the big things about guys like Steve Smith and Santana is that they are NOT easy to hit. They are very quick, very agile, and very small targets which makes them far better than most of the bigger receivers out there.

Of course, there are some things big receivers do a little better. It isn't a matter of "outperforming"... size differences just equate to different styles of play.