You herd it hear last Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 According to this... http://grantland.com/features/fastest-teams-nfl/ I thought we were the fastest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cyrus brings us down because he's immobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig1Hunter Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It's Scott Chandler's fault. Again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Barnwell's age adjustment for 40 times seems a little smelly to me. Is a 26-year-old really slower than he was at 21 when he ran at the combine? Michael Johnson was 28 when he tore up the Atlanta Olympics. Usain Bolt didn't seem any slower in the 2012 Olympics (age 25) than the 2008 Olympics. Carl Lewis was faster in the 100m in 1988 (age 27) than in 1984. Obviously there is a slowdown with age, but my guess is that for a pro athlete who's training year-round, he won't start losing speed until he hits 30 or so. So what? So Barnwell's method heavily biases towards inexperienced teams. So it's no surprise that all of the teams at the top are bad offenses, because having a lot of inexperienced players tends to mean having a bad team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 8-19: GRANTLAND'S BILL BARNWELL HOPS ON THE JOHN MURPHY SHOW TO DISCUSS WHY HE RANKED THE BILLS AS THE FOURTH FASTEST TEAM <14:24> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If "speed kills" then why do the fastest teams on this list stink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Yeah Age adjusted should probably start at age 27. I think NFL players probably get faster going from College to the Pros for the first few years of training, not slower. Edit: And more importantly some of the players that maybe had a less than stellar 40 time, getting training by an NFL program can probably significantly boost their effective speed. So basically this whole concept is extremely flawed. It is just noise imo. Edited August 20, 2014 by Why So Serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If "speed kills" then why do the fastest teams on this list stink? Probably because the methodology skews the list younger, and younger teams are typically worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Barnwell is ok and occasionally makes decent points. But analytics don't work as well in football as they do in baseball. If "speed kills" then why do the fastest teams on this list stink? Because they don't have a good qb yet. It's pretty simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts