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http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/rice-and-smith-inductions-a-reminder-of-limits-of-40-times/
As Hall of Famers, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith represent a rebuke to the stopwatches and tape measures that are wielded every year at the combine and pre-draft pro days.
Their induction Saturday was a victory for those who evaluate players by watching games or by watching tapes of those games.
Smith and Rice fell out of the top 15 in their drafts primarily because of concerns about their speed (also in Smith’s case, his size). Smith went 17th and Rice 16th, and it was a testament to the smarts of the men running the drafts of the Cowboys (Jimmy Johnson) and the 49ers (Bill Walsh) that the teams traded up to get each player.
Charean Williams, The Star-Telegram:
Emmitt Smith became a Dallas Cowboy for a simple reason: He couldn’t run.
He was too small, measuring 5-foot-8 and weighing 190 pounds. He was too slow, having run 40 yards in 4.55 seconds during his Pro Day at Florida.
Smith and Rice weren’t the fastest guys for their positions, but they were the most driven, the most ambitious, the most competitive.
How do you measure that? If you could, you’d have something.
(The Wonderlic measures learning and problem-solving, not will.)
This kid Travis Frederic is smart and tough. From what I read he sounds determined and full of grit which is how he plays
As Hall of Famers, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith represent a rebuke to the stopwatches and tape measures that are wielded every year at the combine and pre-draft pro days.
Their induction Saturday was a victory for those who evaluate players by watching games or by watching tapes of those games.
Smith and Rice fell out of the top 15 in their drafts primarily because of concerns about their speed (also in Smith’s case, his size). Smith went 17th and Rice 16th, and it was a testament to the smarts of the men running the drafts of the Cowboys (Jimmy Johnson) and the 49ers (Bill Walsh) that the teams traded up to get each player.
Charean Williams, The Star-Telegram:
Emmitt Smith became a Dallas Cowboy for a simple reason: He couldn’t run.
He was too small, measuring 5-foot-8 and weighing 190 pounds. He was too slow, having run 40 yards in 4.55 seconds during his Pro Day at Florida.
Smith and Rice weren’t the fastest guys for their positions, but they were the most driven, the most ambitious, the most competitive.
How do you measure that? If you could, you’d have something.
(The Wonderlic measures learning and problem-solving, not will.)
This kid Travis Frederic is smart and tough. From what I read he sounds determined and full of grit which is how he plays
