04-13-2021, 01:23 AM
(04-12-2021, 10:46 PM)Whatever Wrote: The 4.48 guy has the speed to maintain separation out of his break against an average CB. The 4.54 guy will get caught by the average CB's make up speed, meaning the QB has a much tighter window to get the ball out.
Elapsed time has nothing to do with top speed. Any fan of drag racing knows this. That is why tall WRs often have deceptively slow 40 times. They are a little slower at the start but much faster at top speed. Justin Gatlin used to beat Usain Bolt through the first forty yards of the hundred yard dash but Bolt had more top end speed and would blow past him over the final 60.
I have been saying this for years. Top speed is MUCH more important than elapsed time for WRs. At drag races they give you both numbers for a car running the 1/4 mile, i.e. "elapsed time" and "trap speed" which is the the cars top speed when crossing the finish line. The combine should list "top speed" for WRs instead of elapsed 40 times.
