Why is it that some of you huddlers are fixated on..

[rippadonn]

Once again YAC and hands. If a guy can't run by coverage he needs to make a guy miss or break a tackle. Yards after contact

[Bartin]

The three cone drill is one of the most important drills for a WR and almost all positions. It is the test that best quantifies short area quickness and change of direction. In everything except 9 and deep post routes, it is the drill that best translates to how open a WR is going to get.

[heel31ok]

Give me a guy that runs a 3.85 40 and with elite hands and route running along with being 6'7".

 

that would be in the TE thread.

 

[Jakob]

We don't need a fast receiver, we need a good, well balanced receiver that happens to be fast.

[Panthers8969]

Well if a lineman is faster then the WR Id say it's an issue, but for the most part yeah. Although speed is never a bad thing

[Ruff]

As mayock always says, fast guys run fast and slow guys run slow. It's only a big deal when those things don't happen.

[iamhubby1]

Oh look, another "look at me" thread. Dude, do you really think that you really just educated anyone? I bet that you seriously do, and that's the worst part.

When drafting a WR in the NFL speed doesn't matter guys. Keep right on listening to a guy that proclaims himself as awesome. Pffff your arrogant tone makes me want to puke

OH SNAP!

[Mr. Scot]

This was posted on here a while back.

The fastest receivers at The Combine rarely pan out

Smart evaluators understand the role measurables play, but don't get obsessed with them. Same thing with stats. They can be used as a tiebreaker, but shouldn't be your primary factor.

Game tape tells way more than drills and stat sheets.

[Mol3m4n]

Let's just draft a guy that runs a 5.0 flat 40 to play WR.

I'm not a big advocate of using the 40 to judge a receiver, but to say it doesn't matter is ignorant. It's a piece of the puzzle.

[csx]

Oh look, another "look at me" thread. Dude, do you really think that you really just educated anyone? I bet that you seriously do, and that's the worst part.

When drafting a WR in the NFL speed doesn't matter guys. Keep right on listening to a guy that proclaims himself as awesome. Pffff your arrogant tone makes me want to puke

Maybe you should go puke and then take a little time out. It might serve you well to not get so upset.

[The Huddler]

Suck my balls Kyle!!

[MV%doe]

Like LG stated is part of formula.

Before this, I'll say jerry rice had joe cool, young, and gannon(not fair but still). And a genius that invented a offense that completely changed the nfl. Mix that with his work elthic and you have the goat. Perfect storm.

Injuries happen and when they do on the lower half, you lose speed. If you start out very fast and lose some, you're still fast. You're average and lose some, you're out of league. You can run perfect routes, perfect hands, non-diva and super football smart...... but your best 40 is 4.87. It will not matter cause you'll never get open. In 2.5 seconds he must be able to get open, or the QB is getting sacked.

[VerticalThreat]

Darius Heyward-Bey is the poster child for your argument. Also, the poster child for taking the best football player on the board in the first round not picking based on combine. Nice rant.

[csx]

Like LG stated is part of formula.

Before this, I'll say jerry rice had joe cool, young, and gannon(not fair but still). And a genius that invented a offense that completely changed the nfl. Mix that with his work elthic and you have the goat. Perfect storm.

Injuries happen and when they do on the lower half, you lose speed. If you start out very fast and lose some, you're still fast. You're average and lose some, you're out of league. You can run perfect routes, perfect hands, non-diva and super football smart...... but your best 40 is 4.87. It will not matter cause you'll never get open. In 2.5 seconds he must be able to get open, or the QB is getting sacked.

But no matter what you aren't playing long in the NFL without hands and route running. Technique and smarts get you open just as well if not better than pure speed.

Anyone would kill for Antonio Brown but his 4.56 time wold have disqualified him among many here. Yet he's head and shoulders above Mike Wallace.