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<blockquote data-quote="porky88" data-source="post: 136674" data-attributes="member: 489"><p>Are you kidding me? </p><p></p><p>Some people off the street might believe the 40 is meaningless and at some positions it is but none the less it has a huge status on draft stock. Robert Meacham is the most recent example. His 4.39 official 40 is going to make him a lot of money. Before that time he wasn't expected to go very high. Probably late 1st at best. Now he could climb into the top 20. Greg Olsen ran a 4.51 official 40 and is now the consensus #1 TE over Zach Miller. By your logic Olsen's 40 has 0 effect and he must've been a 1st rounder to begin with. </p><p></p><p>Last year Manny Lawson was a 2nd round pick and ran a sub 4.5 and went in the top 25 because of it. Troy Williamson went in the top 10 to the Vikings over Mike Williams because of the 40 in 2005. That same year Demarcus Ware saw his stock rise because of his athletic ability and the 40 being one of the reasons. </p><p></p><p>You can say the 40 is overrated if you want. That's not a stretch at all. However to say it doesn't effect the Draft is as inaccurate as it gets.</p><p></p><p>If Dwayne Jarrett runs a 4.75 like it's being reported it's going to effect him in a huge way. Players drop because of the 40 all the time. If it was as meaningless as you state then they wouldn't waste anytime running it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="porky88, post: 136674, member: 489"] Are you kidding me? Some people off the street might believe the 40 is meaningless and at some positions it is but none the less it has a huge status on draft stock. Robert Meacham is the most recent example. His 4.39 official 40 is going to make him a lot of money. Before that time he wasn't expected to go very high. Probably late 1st at best. Now he could climb into the top 20. Greg Olsen ran a 4.51 official 40 and is now the consensus #1 TE over Zach Miller. By your logic Olsen's 40 has 0 effect and he must've been a 1st rounder to begin with. Last year Manny Lawson was a 2nd round pick and ran a sub 4.5 and went in the top 25 because of it. Troy Williamson went in the top 10 to the Vikings over Mike Williams because of the 40 in 2005. That same year Demarcus Ware saw his stock rise because of his athletic ability and the 40 being one of the reasons. You can say the 40 is overrated if you want. That's not a stretch at all. However to say it doesn't effect the Draft is as inaccurate as it gets. If Dwayne Jarrett runs a 4.75 like it's being reported it's going to effect him in a huge way. Players drop because of the 40 all the time. If it was as meaningless as you state then they wouldn't waste anytime running it. [/QUOTE]
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