Straightline speed not always a good measure

[MUMFORD]

Is the 40-yard dash all that it's cracked up to be? :idea: :read:

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Straightline speed not always a good measure

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

During four seasons at the University of Alabama, wide receiver Triandos Luke totaled 90 catches, 1,072 yards and nine touchdowns. But in one afternoon at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis last month, he was clocked in the 40-yard dash at 4.30 seconds, the fastest time for any of the three dozen wide receiver prospects who participated in the event.


That lightning-fast time, along with a 38-inch vertical jump and solid performances in all of the athletic ability drills, certainly commanded the attention of NFL scouts. It probably moved Luke's draft stock up a round in the lottery. Maybe even a couple of rounds. What it didn't do, however, is catapult the former Crimson Tide star into the first-round.


Not even close.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1755846

 

[ABE]

40 yards is a tool. I would rather see them do a test on pure acceleration and agility. A person with a quick couple steps is going to juke the hell out of a defender.. The straightline speed is only good after you have juked or faked a defender out and aren't trying to get caught from behind. (offensively)

 

[MUMFORD]

Originally posted by Dirty
40 yards is a tool. I would rather see them do a test on pure acceleration and agility. A person with a quick couple steps is going to juke the hell out of a defender.. The straightline speed is only good after you have juked or faked a defender out and aren't trying to get caught from behind. (offensively)

:nod2: :nod2: :nod2:

 

[TSU/BAMA]

Would Renaldo Neheimah be an example of what yall are talking about?