After impressing in practice, the Miles Sanders hype train really caught steam in Thursday night’s game vs Jacksonville. He ran the ball effectively, carrying 5 times for 31 yards, but even when he didn’t get big gains, he showed a lethal lateral move and good vision.
However, during the NFL draft, training camp, and preseason, Sanders picked up question marks regarding explosiveness, catching, and blocking from various beat writers and draft analytics.
In this article, I will break down the tape from Sanders’ games from Penn State to evaluate whether there are any truths to these myths.