I suggested that Poona would be a steal in the draft and more than one poster told me that DTs are a dime a dozen or something like that. Poona is gem
His name is Kaylon Ford. His grand ma called him poo bear as a baby toddler like winne the Pooh and it stuck. Once he started school she'd call out poo bear when she picked him off and his class mates let him have it. He begged her to not call him that anymore and she changed it to Poona and that stuck.
It was his measurables and it never made sense. It shows the rote, robotic analysis that these teams employ when evaluating players. Usually short Dlinemen are passed over BECAUSE shorter height typically means short arms, but in the rare occasion that you have a short Dlinemen with ridiculously long arms then that should be a plus especially when it comes in a package like Poona Ford who has already demonstrated tremendous productivity. Aaron Donald is another example of how being a relatively short DLineman with freakishly long arms is a benefit. Geno Atkins is another. "Low man wins" is damn near the most fundamental football axiom there is.
Who was that high 4 DE we had about 10-15 years ago who fits the bill of your Tarzan Jane reference?
Came to post this too. Didn't realize that Poona's DL coach in Seattle is our old friend Clint Hurt.
I had an interesting experience. A young man was working for a plumbing contractor at my rent house, and he told me his name was Poona. I told him he was only the second person I'd ever heard of with that name, the other being Poona Ford who was a great UT football player.
That’s neat and all, but it was a movie reference. And the correct answer is Comanche Indian.
Love to see guys like Poona who believe in themselves and refuse to accept some under qualified idiots assessment of themselves and go out and live their dreams... Great Kid and hope the next several years are even better for him...
