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The (Un)Need for Speed

Article By on 2nd March, 2010

... left; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The 40-yard dash is the most overrated test in sports. There, I said it. I don’t care how fast a player can run, because in the end, all that speed means nothing if the player can’t digest an NFL playbook, won’t commit himself to getting better in the offseason, or can’t do a multitude of other things that being in the NFL requires a player to do.

 

Don’t get me wrong. All things equal, I’ll take a 4.4 40-yard dash guy over a 4.7 40-yard dash guy. But my point is the media hypes the Combine’s 40-yard dash likes it’s a be-all end-all. Co...

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