Undoubtedly the amount of speed we have has diminished. However, when we look at chickillo and perryman these guys reached their optimal speed at a lower weight level. A lot of our players look talentless because our coaches are just that bad. A mixture of misuse, relatively poor S&C, and disfunction cause some ok players to look bad and some good players to look average.
The NFL will prove, again, that Miami has had more talent than its counterparts and failed to produce. Burns, elder, bush, kaaya, darling, and grace are sure fire NFL players for at least 3 years IMO. Can't attest that the cincy has true same quantity