Success of "fastest" WRs since '00

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(04-13-2018, 01:16 PM)fredtoast Wrote: BTW I put the word "fastest" in quotation marks because I don't think 40 time really measures who is fastest. Forty time is acombination of quick start and top speed, but the guys with the quickest starts don't always have the top speed.

Anyone who wtached usain Bolt race knows what I mean. It was not uncommon for him to be trailing at the forty yard mark, but he had so much more top speed he blew everyone away.

Lots of tall WRs have slower 40 times than little guys, but when they are racing DBs down the filed they have more top speed to pull away.

WR races with DBs begin with a "rolling start". Press coverage or giving a cushion elminates the advantage of having the quickest start. So in my opinion WRs speed should be based on top speed instead of elapsed 40 time.

Only on deep routes does top speed really matter.

Quickness does matter for slot receivers (walker ran a 4.65 yet was always open)

Where did DeSean rank? He is probably the best “fast guy” the nfl has seen recently.