Newman Tackle on Moss

[Nors]

Moss is a big guy what 8 years in the league? - I don't think he was ever "world class" speedster. League is catching up to him but he's still a huge threat.

 

[followthestar]

Moss' first couple years, i doubt a handful of guys could catch him. no doubt he's slowed a step - now maybe a dozen guys in the league could catch him... you gotta figure when he's steppin out he's goin all the way...

 

[50cent]

I thought TNew sucked, where is all of this love coming from now?

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

He showed great catch up speed on the first of Santana Moss's TD catches as well. He just ran out of space, but he was closing fast.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Moss was one of the fastest guys in the league his first few seasons...supposedly ran in the 4.2's in college. He is not that fast now...probably a 4.4-4.5 guy. But those guys usually do not get run down from behind.

 

[Nors]

I still think Angles came into play

Tnew actually had a head start in pursuit. Moss was running a deep crossing pattern that carried him to right sidelines from left and there aws a tad slowdown on catch. And a tad Moss overconfident that no one could run him down.

Kinda like that Green play running down Dorsett.

 

[FRDRCK]

has anybody noticed someting weird about newman's legs?

it seems they are curved weird or something

 

[TNCowboy]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/20050418-9999-1s18forty.html

No one in the NFL can actually run 4.2. I think you can probably take every good time ever reported and add at least .1 to it.

 

[Nors]

http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Moss/Moss_numbers.html

He ran the proverbial 4.25 college time at FSU

At 6-4 - My take is he was around a 4.35 Combine electronic time. 10 Years wear and tear - he's probably a tick slower - 4.45 speed. That gets gunned down - occasionally now by speedsters :laugh2:

 

[FRDRCK]

randal williams ran a 4.02

 

[Nors]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/20050418-9999-1s18forty.html

No one in the NFL can actually run 4.2. I think you can probably take every good time ever reported and add at least .1 to it.

As an ex sprinter / hurdler you are 100% right. All these college times are hand held and done by many who are clueless. It literally takes .005 to .01 seconds to physically hit the start button on the start gun. Thats why electronic times tend to be 1/10 of a second "slower" than hand times.....

You hear the word "slow track" at the combine. Thats BS - Its "real" time. Bo, Deion are on a short list of anyone whoever broke 4.3 at combine I believe.

 

[AdamJT13]

Newman ran a 6.62 60 meters and a 10.20 100 meters in college, which means there's no question he's one of the fastest players in the league. And those are fully electronic times, so you know they're accurate.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

it's virtually impossible for some1 to run under a 4.3 40, those 4.2 times you see, are hand-timed, not very accurate

 

[Bob Sacamano]

it's not just straight-line speed that Moss possesses, or used to possess, but his long legs, long-striders, with speed, can get down the field in a hurry

 

[Nors]

Electronic times = real

Hand times are bs and always 1/10 of a second faster usually.

I ran a 7.65 electronic 55M hurdle. Not shabby!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

yep, wish I scrolled through this thread more, so that I didn't have to say the exact same thing you said lol

 

[AdamJT13]

it's virtually impossible for some1 to run under a 4.3 40, those 4.2 times you see, are hand-timed, not very accurate

It's not impossible. When Asafa Powell set the world record in the 100 meters, he covered the first 40 yards in 4.25 seconds.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Adam DANG YOU AND YOUR STATS!! lol just kidding man, touche

 

[Rack]

Adam DANG YOU AND YOUR STATS!! lol just kidding man, touche

Adam is right, but your point still stands. Most of the people that all these NFL commentators blab on about running a 4.2 don't really run a 4.2. It is possible to run that fast, but I'd say (guessing here) only about 10% of the people that have been "reported" as running a 4.2 actually really do run a 4.2.

 

[AdamJT13]

And apparently, when Maurice Greene ran a 9.82 in 1999, he covered the first 40 yards in 4.18 seconds. His splits were 1.69 for the first 10 meters (tied for the fastest ever), 1.00 for the second 10 meters (tied for the fastest ever), 0.92 for the third 10 meters and 0.86 for the fourth 10 meters. So he covered the first 30 meters in 3.61 seconds. Since 40 yards is 36.576 meters, we have to extrapolate the next 6.576 meters, and it comes out to 0.57 seconds. Total running time over 40 yards: 4.18 seconds.