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40 times are useless. It's all about the broad jump measurabled at the Combine. Now THAT'S an every play "football movement".
Working from home today and this post inspired me to broad jump in my living room.40 times are useless. It's all about the broad jump measurabled at the Combine. Now THAT'S an every play "football movement".
First of all, I haven't eaten myself into a double chin yet. Second and most important, it's closer to this, considering I may pull my groin:Working from home today and this post inspired me to broad jump in my living room.40 times are useless. It's all about the broad jump measurabled at the Combine. Now THAT'S an every play "football movement".
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I love Corn but that Cook play has become overblown. Cook isn't blinding fast and he's had hamstring problems for years.
I agree though 40 times rarely translate to success, especially since they have become so specialized.
these 40's are ran in a very controlled environment after a few months of serious training for it.
maybe corn was slightly faster than cook when he ran him down on that one play? maybe cook was tired or had a slight injury or just wasnt in his best sprinting shape at that moment due to extolling more energy at the beginning of that play or the play before.
their 40's were .06 different i think? sometimes guys have that much difference in just the two 40's they run at the combine. werent njoku's two times at least that far off from one another?
He just ran a 4.5 at the combine. That's nothing crazy. He's a workhorse that's been constantly hampered by minor leg issues.I love Corn but that Cook play has become overblown. Cook isn't blinding fast and he's had hamstring problems for years.
I agree though 40 times rarely translate to success, especially since they have become so specialized.
Lol what does blinding fast mean? Few ppl have been fast enough to track him down once he hits open field.
Working from home today and this post inspired me to broad jump in my living room.40 times are useless. It's all about the broad jump measurabled at the Combine. Now THAT'S an every play "football movement".
The reaction to 40 times are pretty funny and formulaic.
If Corn ran a 4.4 it would be one of the first things people mention to justify him as a player. But since he ran a 4.55
Exactly but hey..... some guys on this board think you can win with you're skill position players running 11.5 100m/ 4.6-4.7 40 speed lmfao
Yet we have drooling faulktards on this site that say that a track 100 time of 11.1 is slow, and that you can't have too many of those guys in the DB backfield and be good. These low IQ imbeciles are running Bandy down.
Corn is fast enough, has good instincts, takes good angles, comes up for the run and sticks his head in there, and tackles like a mothertrucker. Give me that please.
I don't think anybody believes "faster = better", but there's definitely a range of preference for each position.
There's no guarantee a Linebacker who runs a 4.4 is going to be better than one who runs a 4.7, but you'd like to have a Linebacker who's somewhere in that range. The higher that number gets (from 4.8) the less likely that guy is going to be able to excel.
RB - 4.3 to 4.5 is desirable (4.6 is an exception)
WR - 4.3 to 4.5 is desirable (4.6 if he's big and savvy)
CB - 4.3 to low 4.5 is desirable (4.6 if he's big and you run Cover-3)
Safety - 4.4 to high 4.5 is desirable (4.6 if he's a box Safety)
Linebacker - 4.5 to 4.7 is desirable (4.8 is an exception)
DL varies with position and scheme.
That's just how I see it. My opinion.
I think it just boils down to "is he fast enough to do what we need him to do?"