MOCK Draft 1/8/09

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Bigtinylittle

Since DeMeco has gained 15 or more pounds since he was drafted, I'm going to hazard a guess that he is even slower than he was back then.

many guys in the NFL are a good half second slower than when they were drafted. With the way the combine works these days every college football player turns into a track athlete in terms of training for the 3 months leading up to it. This means nearly every guy runs the 40 faster on that day then he ever did before or after (I mean fastest actual speed, not fastest recorded time since they all run hand timed 4.4s in HS and college). Not to mention nobody runs in pads.

Really all the 40 does is give an equal comparison point for guys who faced different competition with different coaching at 100+ universities. It's actual football value is limited, but the test itself (and the entire combine) reveals alot about a guy's ability to prepare and perform. If a guy can't get his act together to work hard and test well, knowing the potential rewards, then he may not be a great fit as a pro football player.