I've been a 40 enthusiast for a long time.....
What I've come to grips with is that for NFL players, there's a wall in that low 4.2x range. I just don't think we've seen or will see for quite some time a guy who can electronically be in the 4.1x range, let alone 4.xx range.
Even Usain Bolt if he made it a personal mission to be a 40 monster still might not be able to crack the 4.20 mark. What makes him an untouchable sprinter has a lot more to do with the final 30-40 meters of a 100 meter dash than it has to do with his ability to explode off the blocks.
In fact the way you run a 40 is way different than you'd run a 100. I forget which Giants DB it was from their last SB team (Aaron Ross?) who said his Olympic sprinter wife could beat him in a 100 but not in a 40. The 40 is short enough to not have to worry a lot about breath control or pacing.....it's just an all out explosion.
And that's really what a fast competitive 40 is -- technique, technique, technique to kill it those first 5-10 yards. Some guys can get that down better than others due to more dedicated training or possibly a more favorable body for that purpose. The 40 is still not a perfect barometer of speed when you're comparing guys in a similar range. I read somewhere that scouts like a fast 40 more for what it says about the player's dedication to training than his actual time. A QB running a 4.55 40 that wasn't pegged as a mobile guy will impress for his work ethic much more than his ability to fly.
The only 4.0x or 4.1x 40s we are going to see these days are a flying 40......that much I would believe.
Just think of all the guys who like to say that the modern NFL players are so much faster and stronger than the guys from 20-30 years ago. So on a whole they're faster but Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson ran low 4.1x???
:lol:
Lastly while we're on topic (and unfortunately it's not the shack) , but most regular guys are full of s*****........
The amount of claims of "running a 4.6 in HS" when that might not even be the median time at the NFL combine proves that many men are insecure AF and can't help it. LMFAO!
