Speed Kills... (1 Viewer)

[Baron Samedi]

Fastest 40 yard dash times at the combine since 1999...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-yard_dash

The Raiders drafted almost half of them.

WOW! If they are electronically timed, that's pretty insane. 4.24 is really insane.The fastest guys in the history of the game have to be Vick in his prime and/or Deon Sanders in his prime. Just from watching games, those guys seemed the fastest in short distances. Not sure what their official times were.

I remember Joey Galloway at Ohio St had a forty time of 4.18. Also Raghib (Rocket) Ismail ran sub 4.3 fortys a bunch a times at Notre Dame.

 

[wiscstlatlmia]

Pretty sure Jordan Gross is the fastest man in the NFL ... Isn't that kinda clear?

 

[ninerfanatic492000]

this is kinda the 40 draft time bible http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fast...yard-dash-ever/

its nice to know for comparison that Maurice Green could possibly run a 3.93 40

 

[flc735]

Fastest 40 yard dash times at the combine since 1999...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-yard_dash

The Raiders drafted almost half of them.

WOW! If they are electronically timed, that's pretty insane. 4.24 is really insane.The fastest guys in the history of the game have to be Vick in his prime and/or Deon Sanders in his prime. Just from watching games, those guys seemed the fastest in short distances. Not sure what their official times were.

based on wiki, i am most impressed with DHB. he's the tallest and heaviest and he put up that number in a combine that was generally considered a slow track compared to others

 

[nysportsfan]

What about Michael Bennett?

 

[Lash]

Didn't Desean beat Johnson in a footrace; albeit a televised-and-probably-not-running-like-they-mean-it race? For my money, I don't think there is anyone faster or more dangerous in open field than Desean Jackson. Says the Eagles homer.

Yeah, the only episode I ever watched of Shaq VS. featured a relay race. Shaq's celebrity team was competing with another celebrity team captained by Tyson Gay. DJax and CJ ran against each other in the 2nd leg. Djax got the better of him.

umm... Djax is on the inside lane and gets the baton almost equal to CJ, AND THEN AFTER A COMPLETE TURN around the backend of the track he ends up only about 5 feet ahead of CJif you only make up 5 feet around the entire backstretch turn from the inside lane, you covered LESS ground in the same time as your opponent

CJ "won" that leg

 

[WiDDoW_MaKeR]

Jamaal Charles is the faster player in pads.

 

[daveR]

this is kinda the 40 draft time bible http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fast...yard-dash-ever/

its nice to know for comparison that Maurice Green could possibly run a 3.93 40

I was surprised to see Ahman Green high on that list. I never thought of him as a speed guy.

 

[Sam Quentin]

I wonder if it's possible to measure burst?

receiver comes off of the line, CB cover him and boom he goes from running to sprinting

RB hits the hole, gets into the secondary and boom he hits that second gear and toasts a bunch of guys

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Wallace looks the fastest to me in pads, but I also see a lot more of him than Jackson or Johnson.

Show me a play where one of the others LOOKS faster than this

Receiver Mike Wallace, who will be playing in his first postseason game, has seven catches of 40-plus yards and possesses the kind of speed the Ravens haven't seen elsewhere.

"He hit a gear that I didn't even know existed in a human being on a little pop pass Ben threw to him [against Carolina]," [Terrell] Suggs said. "I was like, 'Wow, that's just amazing.' "

 

[Bri]

Derrick Locke checked into IMG Academy for pre-combine training and was timed at 4.2 for the initial test.

 

[Ilov80s]

Isn't DHB supposed to be right up there with these guys? I mean in speed, not at, you know, catching a ball or anything important like that.

I'd say that the ten fastest guys in the league are probably in no particular orderFordJohnsonHeyward BeyWallace JacksonCharlesSpiller McfaddenTedd Ginn JrMichael Bennett (althought he is older now)I'm not really sure where the defensive guys would fit in, i know Deangelo Hall and Fabian Washington were touted for there speed coming out of the draft. Don't really know many defensive guys.Edit: After looking at the names I listed including the defensive guys, it looks like the Raiders had almost of all of these names at one point or another.

Don't forget Jahvid Best. He was bothered by turf toe, but the guy is as fast as anyone on that list.

 

[lynx4ben]

this is kinda the 40 draft time bible http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fast...yard-dash-ever/

its nice to know for comparison that Maurice Green could possibly run a 3.93 40

I was surprised to see Ahman Green high on that list. I never thought of him as a speed guy.

Ahman was definately a speed guy. However, he spent his early speed years in Seattle. He seemed to lose the pure burning speed fast in the NFL and transitioned to a more patient, powerful runner which allowed him to succeed in GB. In the end he still broke quite a few long runs in GB.

 

[Ilov80s]

this is kinda the 40 draft time bible http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fast...yard-dash-ever/

its nice to know for comparison that Maurice Green could possibly run a 3.93 40

I was surprised to see Ahman Green high on that list. I never thought of him as a speed guy.

Ahman was definately a speed guy. However, he spent his early speed years in Seattle. He seemed to lose the pure burning speed fast in the NFL and transitioned to a more patient, powerful runner which allowed him to succeed in GB. In the end he still broke quite a few long runs in GB.

He was physical and had amazing balance, but there always was an extra gear that allowed him to separate from chasing defenders. One of the more underrated backs of recent memory.