Argument...Devin Thomas Vs. Rock Cartwright

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1) Devin Thomas- 4.31 fast time at the combine 4.47 slow time

i don't know Rock's 40 time but i'm pretty sure its not as fast as Devin

Rock had a 4.4 when he was drafted.

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I don't know that he gets 10 more yards on those two returns, though. There was a reason Thomas was going laterally...he would have hit a wall of defenders.

Thomas is the Randel El of Kickoff Returns, he just runs side to side hoping to find wide open space. He got dropped behind the 20 twice last game, Rock hasn't been dropped behind the the 20 that much this whole season.

Players run laterally because they are afraid that a possible head on hit would be too devastating. Rock runs strait ahead and gets the guaranteed yardage, then works to to break one open. Thomas looks to break it open as soon as he sees the ball, and gets dropped early because of it.

I rather have Rock back there any day.

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I don't know that he gets 10 more yards on those two returns, though. There was a reason Thomas was going laterally...he would have hit a wall of defenders.

i don't have a concrete reason as to why rock would have got the 10 yards, but i do know that rock consistently gets around the 25, give or take a yard or two, even when he runs into a wall of defenders.

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It is pretty obvious the difference between the two. Rock tries to run through people while Thomas tries to run around them. I don't know if Thomas will be all that explosive unless he stops trying to dance around people. You don't see the good returners doing that much.