I was discussing this in another thread, but Fieldgulls.com compared the average times for all the current Seahawk receivers vs. the 2014 WR draft class:
http://www.fieldgulls.com/nfl-draft/201 ... e-receiver
Order of importance of measureables for WRs (highest to least importance, based on their differential z-score from the current draft class):
1. 10-yard split (most significant)
2. 40-yard dash
3. Vertical jump
4. 3-cone
5. Broad jump
6. Short shuttle
7. Bench press (least significant)
When they looked at the best testing times for all 110 receivers in this class, Jarvis Landry ranked 109th in SPARQ score.
Landry's 10-yard split (1.73s) was nearly .2 seconds slower than the average Seahawk receiver, meaning Landry is extremely slow off the line.
Landry's 40-yard dash time (4.77s) was .22 seconds lower than the average Seahawk receiver, with most of that differential accounted for by his unusually slow 10-yard split.
Landry's vertical jump (28.5in) was nearly nine inches less than the average Seahawk receiver.
In the three most significant measurables for Seahawk receivers, Landry is not in the same league. Granted, measurables can only take you so far. Even though Landry has a chance to be a solid player, I don't believe the Seahawks will value him as much as some other teams will because he does not fit the identity of the receiving corps that the front office continues to build.