2018 Class

[SunsetBengal]

(05-06-2018, 12:57 PM)grampahol Wrote: That one combine time doesn't mean much at all.  It's like looking at a sprinters time at one meet and determining that they'll never run it a bit faster ever again which if true guys like Husein Bolt would have never been able to run faster than the first time he was ever timed running..  

Here's the thing, they're football players and not Olympic sprinters.  Although, I believe a lot of these players train a track style workout, in preparation for the 40 at the combine.  There's a good reason that players typically use the combine time as their "stated speed" throughout the duration of their career.  The reason?  They tend to get slower.  Why?  Once they are in the pros they don't get that 24/7/365 oversight by the trainers, dieticians and strength coaches that they had in college.  They now have money, by and large they eat what they want, and train however they want during the offseason.

So yeah, a 1/10 of a second on a combine time is noteworthy.