Bain's Production Trumps Arm Length

0:00It's April 1st. This is NFL News Today, powered by AI, your gridiron update. I'm Cory with the story. NFL Scouts got a bad habit of obsessing over measurables like arm length when eyeing draft picks. Take Miami-edge Russia, Rubin Bane, Jr. His arms measure just 30 and 7-8 inches, short for a top pass rusher. But one college coach says they're sleeping on his game. Bane put up monster numbers last season, with 9.5 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, and he led the country with 68. Quarterback hurries. Coaches who faced him rave about his style. One head coach called him the most disruptive defender they saw all year, praising his violent play and heavy hands that wrecked even solid offensive. Lyman. He peeked late too, grabbing four sacks in his first two college football playoff games, built into 20 and a half sacks over 38 college. Gangs. Short arms or not, Bane's tape screens first round talent production like that trumps the ruler every time.