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NFL Combine Time Problems

KatsAzz

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Something is seriously wrong with the Combine's 40 times!

The Combine had a problem with the 40 times at last years Combine, but did nothing to fix the problem. The difference this year is that they now have a poster child for bad 40 times, Taylor Mays. Mays clearly ran around a 4.30 or 4.31 40, but it was first reported as a 4.24, the the "official" 40 time over compensated to a 4.43.

Why did this problem suddenly start with the opening of the Colts new stadium? Will the NFL now do something about it?

If the NFL doesn't fix this problem, next year 1/4 to 1/2 of the players may refuse to run the 40.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/03/03/uscs-mays-may-have-run-faster-than-official-40-time/

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It just seems to me that since the 40 times seem to vary that coaches and scouts will focus on what is important which is how well they do the drills and look on film rather than straight line speed which tells very little.

Plus most guys have a pro-day lined up so they will have another chance to run the 40 if it so important to them.

I heard Gilyard today on NFL Sirius say he wasn't worried about the 40 times since they are such a little part of the whole process. He said that in the ned the interviews, and how you ran your routes and caught the bal were so much more important than a 40 yards dash without pads or equipment.

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