Friday, May 17, 2019

2.12 Dallas Golden Tornadoes - RB Devin Singletary

Singletary, from Florida Atlantic University, had been compared to Maurice Jones-Drew, especially where size was concerned, but then came the Combine, when Singletary’s numbers didn’t measure up.  Singletary could only must a 4.66 40 and a 7.32 3-cone drill. For comparison, MJD had a 4.39 40 and a 7.08 3-cone.  His hands are rather small (8.5”), so ball security could be a concern.  He only fumbled once last year, which is way better than 2017 (when he fumbled four times), but we’ll see how those hands hold up against the best the NFL has to offer, rather than Conference USA.  He joins a backfield in Buffalo that is initially crowded (LeSean McCoy, Frank Gore, and TJ Yeldon), but McCoy is in the final year of his contract and is coming off the worst season of his career, and Gore's got to be thinking about hanging up the spikes.  The Bills could save more than $6M against the salary cap by moving him before Week 1.  There's a chance the Bills may just treat him with kid gloves and sit him while McCoy, Gore and Yeldon get the bulk of the work; still, this is a very good pick considering the potential job situation.

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