Tee Higgins…. Steelers have Interest

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(04-18-2024, 11:17 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: Next gen came out in 2014.

40 times are a good bar and something to measure against. But straight line 40 speed in gym shorts is not the best indicator of football speed.  You know that.  

Derrick Henry ran a 4.59 40, yet he has had some of the fastest plays in the nfl since 2020.

This year (age 30) - Derrick Henry reached a top speed of 21.68 mph on his 69-yard run, tied for the 7th-fastest speed by a ball carrier this season, and Henry's fastest play since Week 6, 2021 (career-high 21.80 mph).

Long story short, Derrick Henry has run as fast in a game as Jamar Chase, and he was over 2 tenths of a second slower running in shorts.

The 40 is typically used as a measure due to the fact that players are almost never running 60+ yards in a relatively straight line to pick up that kind of speed.  Almost all players are still accelerating when they hit that 40 yard mark.  It doesn't really help a receiver as a deep threat unless you've got a freak QB who can throw an accurate ball 60-70 yards down field.  

Beyond that, we have statistical proof that Tee isn't a deep threat.  He averages just over 2 40+ yard catches a season, which is bad for a starting WR in the NFL.  Plus, watching the games, all his catches of this nature are either busted coverages(like your Steelers clip or the Colts clip) or the QB squeezing it into him while he's got defenders draped all over him.  So, we don't need to theorycraft about 40 times and mph.  We know for a fact he isn't because of years of poor results in that area.