40 Times & NFL Careers

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  1. The Hammer

    The Hammer Ace Degenerate

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    Watching people pull their pud over some NAIA (Or D3, not that it makes a difference) WR with a great 40 time got me to thinking. How many of these guys end up doing well?

    I looked at combine 40 times from 2006 to 2018 at RB and WR to see who had the best. I cut it off at 2018 as we do not have really know if the most recent guys will be good or not. And here is what we have:

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    Well, :cj: was good, for 3 years. Ross was a bust. Goodwin looked like a bust until he got to SF, and has been good. Nelson was okay for a couple years.

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    Will Fuller is great when healthy. Darius Hyphen-Bey was a bust who lingered as a backup/ST guy for years. Samuel seems pretty good. A lot of "Who the F is that?" in there.

    The remaining two are Brandin Cooks (Great player...... on his third team) and Philip Dorset (who who has lingered as a backup).

    **Mind you, all of these guys were good enough prospects to get a combine invite. Something Kevin Byard did not even get.

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    #1 The Hammer, Apr 26, 2020
  4. TitanJeff

    TitanJeff Kahuna Grande Staff

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    I hate that a 40 time, ran in shorts, seems to be the #1 stat so many look at in evaluating talent. It' ain't track and field.
     
    #2 TitanJeff, Apr 26, 2020
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  7. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Tape over all else

    40 times are cute if you need it
     
    #3 JCBRAVE, Apr 26, 2020
  10. PhiSlammaJamma

    PhiSlammaJamma Critical Possession

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    How fast was Renaldo Nehemiah?
     
    #4 PhiSlammaJamma, Apr 26, 2020
  13. Mitch86

    Mitch86 Pro Bowler

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    There are plenty of fast people that can't play football.

    Plenty of slower players that are great football players.
     
    #5 Mitch86, Apr 26, 2020
  16. Young54

    Young54 Starter

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    I’m not gonna lie, I do look at 40 times. I’m sure we all dk. We get impressed when a good players clocks a good time and discouraged when a good players is slow. That said, it clearly doesn’t equate to success. My best example is Anquan Boldin.

    Would a 6 foot, 215 pound, WR running a 4.7 be drafted today?
     
    #6 Young54, Apr 26, 2020
  19. Titanup1982

    Titanup1982 All-Pro

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    Dayum I forgot all about Chad Jackson. What a bust he turned out to be..

    Tommie Campbell is another example.
     
    #7 Titanup1982, Apr 26, 2020
  22. HurrayTitans!

    HurrayTitans! Useless trivia knowledge champion

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    If the rest of the body of work isn’t there, why not?

    Most of these guys are all running within about .2 of a second to each other. Outside a straight deep route with a perfect throw by the QB, I just don’t see that to be enough to consider 40 times over all else.
     
    #8 HurrayTitans!, Apr 26, 2020
  25. TitansWrath

    TitansWrath Pro Bowler

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    Agility and ability to change direction is far more important for pretty much every position on the field than straight line speed.

    You see this all the time too. LB A runs a 4.7. LB B runs a 4.5. But LB A diagnoses plays and reacts faster than LB B, thus completely negating the difference in speed.
     
    #9 TitansWrath, Apr 27, 2020
  28. Young54

    Young54 Starter

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    Nothing earth shattering or eye popping:
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    He's one of my all time favorites, but sadly, most fans today would be pissed if this guy was drafted any earlier that the 5th. People would probably complain in the 7th because XYZ who ran a 4.37 was still available! WTF were we thinking??

    Gotta trust the guys that teams value enough to pay to do this for a living. Although, they can get it wrong too.
     

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