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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 204934" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>The big problem with comparing 40 times to NFL combine 40 times is that they aren't all measured the same. If you ask for times from a high school, they will probably be manually start/stop. The Nike combines that I have witnessed used a laser stop, but a manual start. The NFL combine also uses a laser stop, but a manual start. According to Wikipedia, the method of starting/stopping can have as much as a 0.5 second variance.</p><p></p><p>40 yard dash times can compare athletes at the same event with the same timing mechanisms. However, if you compare athletes who were timed totally autimatic on slow field turf against athletes where were timed totally manually on a track wearing spikes, it is not a good comparison.</p><p></p><p>I am excited about the speed will should have next year. However, I am not going to let some (probably) arbitrary numbers lead me to believe we have as much speed on our team as the entire NFL combine had last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 204934, member: 2426"] The big problem with comparing 40 times to NFL combine 40 times is that they aren't all measured the same. If you ask for times from a high school, they will probably be manually start/stop. The Nike combines that I have witnessed used a laser stop, but a manual start. The NFL combine also uses a laser stop, but a manual start. According to Wikipedia, the method of starting/stopping can have as much as a 0.5 second variance. 40 yard dash times can compare athletes at the same event with the same timing mechanisms. However, if you compare athletes who were timed totally autimatic on slow field turf against athletes where were timed totally manually on a track wearing spikes, it is not a good comparison. I am excited about the speed will should have next year. However, I am not going to let some (probably) arbitrary numbers lead me to believe we have as much speed on our team as the entire NFL combine had last year. [/QUOTE]
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