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Which would you prefer - speed or skill?

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In college, speed. Skill isn't as importent because there are so many matchups and often a few athletes who don't deserve to be on the same field.
In the NFL everyone has enough skill, you can't bully them with your speed.

Edit: Obviously though, you can't rely on every speed freak to get caught up with skill. Thus, teams need to take both types of players to even each other out.
 
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OSU 34-ND 20. Nuff' said. No doubt the Domers were supremely skilled, but AJ, Troy, Santonio, Youboty,Pittman, Kudla and Teddy amply displayed that speed kills. Troy and Teddy are still evolving their skills, but their speed is what give DCs fits. Is there going to be a more electrifying duo in college football next year?
 
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Great Question... I chose Skill thinking of a good Reciever. I would rather have a guy who could run great routes and had awesome hands than a guy that would drop a third and long every once in a while. We are pretty blessed at :osu: not to have to choose. :):osu: :osu:

At QB i would want Skills more than speed but i'll still take the Troy Smith option. :)
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
You can't teach instincts or vision, which are part of the skills "package". I think the poll question should have been more specific and said "natural" speed or skills.
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"Instincts" is simply a deeper, quicker understanding of the game that allows a player to "see" what will happen before it does. It makes it seem like their reactions are quicker. Obviously Spielman comes to mind in football, and I think of Larry Bird in basketball. Players talk all the time about the game "slowing down" for them once they've gotten alot of game experience. I think some guys definitely are on a different level in their ability to "read" what's happening on the field, just as some are obvioulsy on another level in regards to speed.
The guy with higher skill level does not need as much speed due to his quicker reaction time, see Larry Bird. And the guy with more speed can make up for a lower skill level with physicality - see Chris Gamble.

There are plenty of guys like Spielman and Bird and Magic Johnson whose skill level is so far off the charts that they are still best even without being the best athlete out there.

I just think it's easier to Darrell Green into Lester Hayes than it is to turn Fred Puguc into Katzenmoyer. (OK - that wasn't fair!)

It's when the guy has BOTH - like Michael Jordan or AJ Hawk - that they are that truly special once in a generation player.
 
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Who would you rather have had play as our 3rd corner this past year? Malcolm Jenkins or Michael Roberts?

Skill. Speed is great, but if you don't have the football skills to go with it, you might as well transfer back to the track team.
 
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I don't think you can go one way here. If you can take 10 players and all of the players that you are looking at fit into either of these categories I think you need to take 5 of each. Mixing and matching speed and skill players will make your team better. Skill players are usually smarter than the pure speed players and can make sure everyone is on the right page especially on defense.
 
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I say speed, b/c if you have a kid that runs a 4.4 you can't teach that, even if you have Butch.

Much like Teddy. He was an average at best recieve coming out of high school, but he had that speed, now with the mentoring of the staff he is becoming a very good reciever.

I thik this question could go either way, but he has to be on the borderline of being able to get over the hump.
 
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I guess it boils down to position...most linebackers aren't running a 4.4 anyways, so give me a kid who runs a 4.8 with good instincts and tackling ability and turn him over to Butch and get him down to a 4.6 or so. But when it comes to WRs or DBs, give me the speed and let the coaches work with him on technique.
 
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