The Official draft Marcus Monk thread.

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I say that the only guys that get a pass on bench press are the tall guys with the huge wingspan. Hardy is around 6'7 so his wingspan is probably 6'7. Kevin Durant is the ultimate poster boy for this. With a 7'1 wingspan he couldn't even bench 185 pounds.

Calias Campbell might get a pass as well because he's 6'7 like Hardy.

It's a well known fact that being barrell chested gives you a huge advantage in the bench press.

Monk is 6'6 so that gives him a huge disadvantage going into the bench press.

No pass on height or wing-span. Height is not a huge disadvantage in bench press when you are comparing among WRs & DBs with similar body types. Not too many barrell chested NFL WRs & DBs out there. If you are comparing RBs / LBs / Lineman to WRs/DBs then fine.

Obviously a guy at 6' 210 will probably knock out 2-3 more reps than a guy at 6' 3" 210 if they are both similarly jacked-up. But Monk's 9 reps is the worst of the WRs. Hardy did 18, Bowman did 14, Hubbard did 15, Sam did 23, Smith did 20 and Urruita did 16. Monk is just flat out weak.

C. Campbell fell off my radar when he put up only 16 reps and looked very soft in the upper body. He's not a case of "wing-span" he's a case of weak. He will get man-handled by NFL O-Lineman, and so will Monk by NFL DBs.