Pete Werner: An extensive breakdown.

I mean TRUSaint nailed it. It is quite amusing listening to everyone write off a pick, saying the guy is a Scott Shanle 2.0, but yet fail to acknowledge his ridiculous RAS score. Straight line speed mean absolutely nothing for most positions. Werner was exceptional with quick twitch and short distance movements. That is precisely what you want in a linebacker. I have no dog in the fight and reserve judgement until he sees the field. Think most on here should as well. You don’t know more than the guys paid to scout and make these picks. If he had a 1st rd grade everyone would be celebrating. Darius Leonard running a 4.71 a few years back. Guess what... every team in the NFL would kill to have him. The Anthony reference is spot on. Speed don’t matter if you have zero onfield awareness or instincts.
Give me a linebacker with 4.7 speed and fantastic instincts over a linebacker that runs a 4.5 but has no clue where to be. It’s split second reaction time that gets you in position. Werner has all the athleticism you need and then some to be successful. Combine that with his IQ and you have a good linebacker. If you want to compare to shanle go ahead, a much much more explosive and athletic shanle who can also cover? I’ll take that all day every day

you have a ton of linebackers like CJ mosely who aren’t fast but great