08-01-2016, 03:08 PM
Also the forty time does not measure "top speed".
Two players could run the exact same forty time but one could be pulling away at the end because he has better top end speed. Fans of drag racing know what I am talking about. There are 2 numbers posted for each run. One shows the "elapsed time" (same as the 40 time) and the other shows "trap speed" (how fast the car is going at the end of the run). They really need to do something like that at the combine. If a defender is playing "off coverage" then it does not matter how fast a WR gets off the line. And top speed is much more important for a deep threat.
Two players could run the exact same forty time but one could be pulling away at the end because he has better top end speed. Fans of drag racing know what I am talking about. There are 2 numbers posted for each run. One shows the "elapsed time" (same as the 40 time) and the other shows "trap speed" (how fast the car is going at the end of the run). They really need to do something like that at the combine. If a defender is playing "off coverage" then it does not matter how fast a WR gets off the line. And top speed is much more important for a deep threat.
