How Absurd Is A 40 Yard Dash Time?

Philippe27 said
0.2 seconds over 40 yards is reasonably big though. A guy who runs 4.6 will have ran only 38 yards when the 4.4 guy has run 40. That means on a 40 yard pass the slower corner is 2 yards behind. Say he has to cover a much taller receiver there is no way he can cover the long pass and makes him very easy to exploit.

I know I sound like a broken record, but game speed and straight line speed are not the same. Adrenaline makes the body react faster especially during a game. If I was a scout I wouldn't read too much into the 40 time. The shuttle time is a much better way of determining football speed because you have to change directions a lot.
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