I’d say he should be able to do more than 225 four times if you’re going to be an elite athlete or bring down people w\strength of a veteran nfl football player.

The point of the 225 bench is to evaluate your muscle endurance and shows how long you’ve been seriously lifting for.

If he’s a good hitter on tape that’s enough to prove how strong he is!

I’ve seen guys get drafted after doing 6 reps of the 225.

Players like Andre Smith and Jon Beason did 19 reps and were 1st rounders when they should have done at least 24.

It doesn’t give the impression that he wants to play bad enough, because somebody in his situation is expected to do all of the right things. And the #1 right thing to do was to get proper coaching and advice to prepare for this day, and he clearly was not prepared for this day. He still has a lot of talent and upside, but at some point he has to decide to want to work to improve himself, and he doesn’t strike me as the type that can do it on his own, he has to get hooked up with the right support team to help him and I doubt he has made wide choices there, otherwise he would have had more than 4 reps (barring any legitimate excuse as to why it was only 4).

The work ethic questions about Mathieu are valid…but anybody who watched his last year unfold already knew there were red flags on him. Not a lot of guys enter the NFL already having needed to go through a full-fledged drug treatment program.

As for Mathieu, this guy is a recipe for disaster. Doesn’t have a clear position, sucks in man coverage, has a small frame but likes to deliver big hits, gambles too much, bad work ethic, issues with drugs.

Don’t we all?

No point here, just felt like telling you that.

I’m here all week.