"Official" 40 times officially a joke.

[Silver Samurai]

I hope everyone was able to see the end of the NFLN broadcast. They superimposed all of the position winners 40 runs. Taylor Mays dusts Trindon Holiday who they have running an "official" 4.34. So how the heck could Mays have run a 4.43? Why is it so darn hard for them to get it right? I mean, they only have a year to prepare. Who knows, Hayden my have run a 4.47.

[Leo Fender]

Why not use the same system that they use on all the track meets around the world?

Perhaps it gives the runners too much advantage, but it should be possible to construct something that starts the clock when the pressure from the back foot of the player gets sufficiently low and stops it when he crosses the line...

[AliceAttack]

Why not use the same system that they use on all the track meets around the world?

Perhaps it gives the runners too much advantage, but it should be possible to construct something that starts the clock when the pressure from the back foot of the player gets sufficiently low and stops it when he crosses the line...

I think Bucky Brooks mentioned that they used to have it like that, but players found a way to cheat it.

[Silver Samurai]

Really? So doesn't that mean that track athletes would also have found a way to cheat it?

[loneweasel]

Really? So doesn't that mean that track athletes would also have found a way to cheat it?

Or you can call it a skill. Fast reaction to the gun is one of the most important skills in short track.

One of the intentions of the present system is probably to neutralize the difference between prospects who had track training and those who didn't. It doesn't work very well. But you can at least see the reasoning. They aren't doing this because they have a weird nalstalgia for the 30's or something.

[Leo Fender]

I think Bucky Brooks mentioned that they used to have it like that, but players found a way to cheat it.

I guess you could cheat it if you have to start on a given signal and sort of guess when the signal will come, but if you use something that measures the pressure you excert with your foot and that starts the timer when that pressure gets too low, indicating that you are moving forward, I think it'd be hard to cheat it...

[starqb14]

or just have a laser at the start line and a laser at the finish. bingo. done.

[yem123]

it was atrocious at the combine. i love NFLN coverage of the combine, but yesterday the jackass that had Mays at a 4.24 caused Eisen Mayock and Deion to talk about a 4.24 for 30 minutes before they found out it was really 4.4 something....

[Tango]

it was atrocious at the combine. i love NFLN coverage of the combine, but yesterday the jackass that had Mays at a 4.24 caused Eisen Mayock and Deion to talk about a 4.24 for 30 minutes before they found out it was really 4.4 something....

it wasnt really a 4.4

he was faster than holliday who was clocked at 4.34

[Conrad]

This is what happens when everyone puts way too much stock in 40 times. Everyone gets upset at the inconsistency.

[Hunter Ansley]

it wasnt really a 4.4

he was faster than holliday who was clocked at 4.34

How do you know he was faster than Holliday?

[TeHDruiD]

This is a joke, and it's something that really needs fixed. Last year the times were screwed up, so they didn't bother to fix it this year?

Heres all the evidence you need that the times are screwed:



This shows Taylor Mays at atleast a 4.32, ATLEAST

[loneweasel]

It is kinda shameful that MLB with only camera and computers can give real time info on every single pitch thrown last year, including velocity and movement while the NFL still can't time a 40 yard dash on a straight line.

[Hunter]

If Taylor Mays was faster than Holliday he wouldn't play football, he would be an Olympic sprinter.

[Coherent]

If you watch Taylor Mays first run... You can tell there is no way it is a 4.4, they showed how fast he was running and he maxed out at 23.8 mph. Which was quicker than spiller's 23.1 I believe he ran a 4.24, they guy is a incredible athlete. The second run was noticably slower though, and was around a 4.32