Talk:Ben Watson (American football)
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Incorrect Predraft Measurements
[edit]"He was the fastest at the pro-day combine with a 4.03 40 yard dash and has a vertical leap of 71". These are both current records held at the pro-day workout"
this statement is not at all correct, no matter how you shake it:
1) There is no "pro day combine." Rather, these measures are either taken from the UGA Pro Day where NFL scouts visited Georgia to see their senior class NFL prospects, or the times are taken from the annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis 2) No one can run a 4.03 40-yard dash. Either this is his 20-yard shuttle time-- which was 4.15 at the NFL combine-- or it's a typo. The following are his publicized 40-times from the combine: 4.37, 4.38, 4.42, 4.44. 4.57 (there were probably more taken; each team has their own stopwatch & keeps their own times-- there is no "official NFL combine time" contrary to popular belief) These 5 times are from NFLDraftScout.com (formerly Bill Walsh's college scouting service). You typically need to pay for a login & password to see player profiles, but a free teaser snapshot of Watson should show these times: http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=58568&draftyear=2004&genpos=TE
citation needed
[edit]Benjamin Watson scores 48 on wonderlic http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1130834-nfl-draft-2012-the-5-best-and-the-5-worst-wonderlic-scores-in-nfl-history/page/4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.22.168.115 (talk) 00:10, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
The Champ Bailey Hit
[edit]In 2005, Ben Watson hit Champ Bailey on the 1-yard line after Bailey had returned an interception 100 yards. This is a somewhat famous play because it was in the playoffs, Ben was on the other side of the field, and it saved a touchdown. The NFL films segment on this play includes a player estimating that Ben ran about "120 yards."
NFL players aren't there because they know geometry. Ben was on the 9 yard line, just inside the numbers. Middle school geometry tells us that he was 100 yards away from the corner where he hit Champ. I'm not sure if that play is notable enough to be on his page, but if it's here it needs to be sourced and it needs to be factual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.169.217.69 (talk) 15:48, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Orphaned references in Benjamin Watson
[edit]I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Benjamin Watson's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "career":
- From Craig Robertson (American football): "NFL Player stats: Craig Robertson (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- From Sean Taylor: "NFL Player stats: Sean Taylor (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2004.
- From Kurt Coleman: "NFL Player stats: Kurt Coleman (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- From Vonn Bell: "NFL Player stats: Vonn Bell (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- From Marcus Williams (safety): "NFL Player stats: Marcus Williams (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- From Cameron Jordan: "NFL Player stats: Cameron Jordan (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- From Devin McCourty: "NFL Player stats: Devin McCourty (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- From Demario Davis: "NFL Player stats: Demario Davis (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:48, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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