Emmitt Smith's 40 time was?

[big dog cowboy]

Originally Posted by tkiehl

Emmitt Smith's 40 time was?

Just fast enough.

[Jimz31]

Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

Just fast enough.

I guess that is all that needs to really be said.

[Thomas82]

Originally Posted by Cowboy_love_4ever

What Emmitt had was superior quickness and leg power. He could juke you bad, and you would slip right off of him because of those powerful legs. In his early days, if you dove at him, you would catch air because the dude would just side step you, and if you didn't get a good hold of him, you would not bring him down.

IMO, you have to have some superior physical gift in order to survive this game of football.

I miss seeing that every week. He had more moves than people thought he did.

[Calicowboy]

Originally Posted by Jimz31

Anybody remember the first play of the game against the Giants on the first MNF game in the early 90's? Wasn't it like a 60 yard scamper with DB's chasing him? Didn't get caught.

He wasn't the fastest by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't his speed that killed....it was his vision.

I think that was Philipi Sparks chasing him, with Emmitt giving the good bye wave at the 10.

[Rack Bauer]

Originally Posted by Reality

Emmitt wasn't a speedster in college but he wasn't as slow as people want to remember him. He was slow in the last few years of his NFL career because he was much older and had carried the ball several thousand times.

Also, if a running back is slow at age 22, he'll be a statue at age 30 after taking hits.

On a side note, while listening to ESPN radio the other day, they talked about a 325lb lineman that ran a 4.9 at the combine. That would be sad to be a running back and be at or worse than a heavy lineman

Going by 40 times Emmitt was always slow. Period.


Good thing for Emmitt (and the Cowboys) there's a difference between track speed and football speed.

[Thomas82]

Originally Posted by CATCH17

Emmitt was talking about his 40 time before and he was talking about how he was injured when he had to run it so he didn't get his fastest time.

He said he ran a 4.6 when he was hurt and could've easily got a 4.4 - 4.3 if he was healthy.


He used to be a fast dude back in the day. I mean we all did see him out run darryl green right?

The thing about Emmitt though was his game wasn't built on speed, it was built on his vision.

He did have a major knee injury or 2 back in college.