Four guys from the Eagles would be awfully lucky to break 42 without a lot of sprint specific training. A year of specific training at least. And I'm an Eagles fan.
Four guys from the Eagles would be awfully lucky to break 42 without a lot of sprint specific training. A year of specific training at least. And I'm an Eagles fan.
Ted Ginn did not come anywhere near a 10.02 in the 100 in his life. Please share those results with everyone.
I figured the sub 40 time based on the fact that my college team back in the day (not with me on it) ran sub 40 and had no individual NCAA qualifiers at 100m.
I know Jackson is faster than anyone on my team and McCoy may be as fast as our slowest guy.
38. would be a different level, though.
Hey, Mr. Obvious and I are both Eagles fans. I've been since before Ed Khayat was the coach.
I agree with the guy who said sub 42 with training for four fast NFL guys. I agree with you that 38 is a different level than sub 40.
Track runners regard the 100 as short. Watch how long it is for fast NFL players the next time they have a long reception or runback. It's not like a track runner coming fast toward a guy waiting for a baton, it's closer to the guy who is gassed making the next relay leg wait forever.
I saw Ted Ginn at the Penn Relays. He was fast. I also saw the USA teams in the same meet. No comparison.
At the Penn Relays, the NFL guys would be happy/lucky to beat Germany or Trinidad and Tobago, or whatever teams are coming in last far behind the U.S. and Jamaica.
I think DeSean Jackson's rarest athletic gift is quick acceleration. He gets separation at the right time, almost instantly. I think in a 100, regardless of where in that he accelerated, he doesn't have the top end sustained speed of an USA level runner over the full 100 meters. He can just go from fast to really fast quicker than anyone in the NFL, against football players who don't have the speed to close that gap. USA Red or Blue level runners have that gap closing speed. Jackson would only be right with them in the first place, if they were assigned to "cover" him. Otherwise, rather soon after the gun, they'd be pulling away.
I'm an Eagles fan too. Born in Philly.
Did you see Jackosn's 91 yard TD?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLNbfxotfuE
After making moves from one sideline to the other that was at least 100m and he was able to stop early and fall over backwards into the endzone.
This was after hurting his ankle so he couldn't go all out.
I'm not saying he would make the USATF final but am saying he could run a pretty good 100.
Here the team that ran sub 40 last year:
They can beat Germany and Japan's junior team.
Your list of sub 40 teams is compelling that the four fastest NFL players could go sub 40 with a year or so of track training. Good list.
Still, the rather large number of teams sub 40, yet far behind the USA Red or Blue level at the Penn Relays, shows the fallacy of the original point that the fastest Eagles could compete with the USA teams.
I saw that 91 yarder on tv live and played it over a few times on the DVR last night for pure enjoyment.
I played your link a few times, from a track perspective, at your suggestion. Look at it yourself. Count the guys that were gaining on him, significantly. I count three. He was just too close to the goal line for them to tackle him before standing there, with the ball across the plane of the goal line. They backed off at that point, as tacking a stopped guy in the middle of his touchdown celebration would get them a penalty. He got one for it.