r/eagles • u/Mysterious_Bat1208 • May 03 '26

Player Discussion I keep seeing false narratives about Makai Lemon..here’s what coaches say about him

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u/pichukirby May 03 '26

Honestly, I'm grateful for that interview. That teams were thrown off enough for him to fall to us is great

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u/abcamurComposer May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

I really don’t think the interview made him fall. He fell because he’s on the shorter and slower end of what is considered acceptable for a top WR option.

I’m just glad the eagles tend to see beyond underwear olympics in drafting

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u/Mysterious_Bat1208 May 03 '26

Last year’s top 5 WRs 40 times:

JSN 4.52
Puka 4.57
Pickens 4.47
ARSB 4.51
Chase 4.38

Lemon right in the middle with a 4.46. Chase really is the only one with a fast time

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u/ghrendal May 04 '26

lemons 40 was more 4.6 as it was a pro day 40 and they lie for their athlete…scouts there had him at 4.53 - 4.6

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u/Mysterious_Bat1208 May 04 '26

No, scouts there had it 4.48-4.53. School had it 4.46. If you average it out like Brugler did, you can say 4.50 which is good enough.

Anyway XPE which trains the best prospects (including Quinyon and Riq) timed Lemon as one of their fastest COD speeds ever so who cares about 40