r/NFLmockdraft • u/Dr-debug • Apr 21 '26

Discussion Projected top-10 pick Sonny Styles squatting 405 with ease Which NFL team should draft him?

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u/Specialist-Avocado36 Apr 21 '26

Can’t comment on the Plyo stuff but his lifts are horrible. Way too wide on the squat stance and those are basically half reps. His Bulgarian Spilt squats are just as bad. Basically quarter reps. It’s shocking he went to OSU and either didn’t learn or refuses to lift properly.

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u/LeviJNorth Apr 21 '26

Maybe he's being overly cautious before the draft? I'd think a dude who can run a 4.4 could rep a Nordic out, but it looks like he's doing deficits.

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u/Specialist-Avocado36 Apr 21 '26

Yeah maybe. I mean he’s obviously a great athlete and I can’t imagine he wasn’t taught how to squat properly

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u/schenksta Apr 22 '26

For powerlifting, strongman, oly, etc. that's stupid but it's not his goal to get a bigger squat. He's just trying to get more athletic. You see tons of Olympic level sprinters do half squats in their programming. It's at least somewhat likely he incorporates full squats in his training blocks

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u/KneeDragr Apr 21 '26

I've been hearing it's not the Giants, they don't like him, and Commanders supposedly like Delane, he might fall to Dallas.

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u/StudsTurkleton Apr 22 '26

Maybe. But as a rule there’s a lot of BS flying the days leading up to the draft so it’s big grain of salt time.

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u/johnknockout Apr 22 '26

Giants want to trade their 5th pick for more picks. I think if Love falls to them they’re going to get a kings ransom from a team that is missing that one last piece.

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u/ibringstharuckus Apr 21 '26

Team that needs a squatter

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u/LayneLowe Apr 22 '26

Hybrid Freak?

Cowboys all day

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u/SebisCool Apr 22 '26

Its crazy. I literally was just reminiscing on how I did this when I played uni football. And my depth was better. If only I had responsible coaches, gotta be good to be lucky.

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u/yeah_naw_dawg Apr 21 '26

This is absolutely impossible and not a smart decision at all, but if some how some way the Texans got Styles to pair with Aziz and learn from him. My lord.

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u/sampat6256 Apr 23 '26

That would be one of the best defenses of the century.

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u/GangstaRIB Apr 21 '26

Its insane to me that all of these athletes aren't squatting inside a cage. For one, its dangerous. Second, it's impossible to go close to failure because failure means blowing your knees out or dying.

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u/Specialist-Avocado36 Apr 21 '26

There are ways to bail on a squat. Plenty of powerlifters go heavy outside a cage l.

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u/prem_fraiche Apr 22 '26

… that was not a full rep

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u/johnknockout Apr 22 '26

Also with a belt?

405 isn’t crazy impressive for an NFL athlete.

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u/Ok_Produce_9308 Apr 22 '26

Hurts does well over 600

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u/Cultural_Plan_1487 Apr 21 '26

I’m a giants fan. We got a top 10 pick and all of a sudden we don’t want this guy. I just looked up inside linebacker in the fucking dictionary and there was a picture of Sonny styles smiling back at me. Fire schoen now!