<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Stats Say the 40-Yard-Dash Time at the NFL Combine Doesn&#8217;t Matter for QBs or WRs</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:09:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593419</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:34:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593419</guid> <description><![CDATA[15]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>15</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593410</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593410</guid> <description><![CDATA[FWIW 14 RB&#039;s over last 12 years have run under 4.4 while weighing over 200:Mario Fannin Demarco Murray Ryan Williams Ryan Matthews Ben Tate Andre Brown Cedric Peerman Kory Sheets Michael Bennett Darren McFadden MJD Tatum Bell Kevin Jones Justin Fargas Edgerrin James]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FWIW 14 RB&#8217;s over last 12 years have run under 4.4 while weighing over 200:</p><p>Mario Fannin<br /> Demarco Murray<br /> Ryan Williams<br /> Ryan Matthews<br /> Ben Tate<br /> Andre Brown<br /> Cedric Peerman<br /> Kory Sheets<br /> Michael Bennett<br /> Darren McFadden<br /> MJD<br /> Tatum Bell<br /> Kevin Jones<br /> Justin Fargas<br /> Edgerrin James</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593377</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:21:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593377</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;potato chipper? fat and old&lt;/blockquote&gt;Watch it, vez, that&#039;s sure-fire Hall of Famer Larry Wayne Jones Jr. you&#039;re talking about.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>potato chipper?<br /> fat and old</p></blockquote><p>Watch it, vez, that&#8217;s sure-fire Hall of Famer Larry Wayne Jones Jr. you&#8217;re talking about.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593370</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:19:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593370</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Stats Say the 40-Yard-Dash Time at the NFL Combine Doesn’t Matter for QBs or WRs&lt;/blockquote&gt;Also OL. Why even time OL in the 40? How often do they even run 40 yards?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Stats Say the 40-Yard-Dash Time at the NFL Combine Doesn’t Matter for QBs or WRs</p></blockquote><p>Also OL. Why even time OL in the 40? How often do they even run 40 yards?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593329</link> <dc:creator>WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:06:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593329</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;/sobs in a corner while staring out a window&lt;/blockquote&gt;How exactly does that work?  You sob into a corner then quick look to the side out the window?  I haven&#039;t been around a whole lot of corner-framed windows.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>/sobs in a corner while staring out a window</p></blockquote><p>How exactly does that work?  You sob into a corner then quick look to the side out the window?  I haven&#8217;t been around a whole lot of corner-framed windows.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vezina</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593274</link> <dc:creator>vezina</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:34:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593274</guid> <description><![CDATA[potato chipper?fat and old]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>potato chipper?</p><p>fat and old</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nada</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593265</link> <dc:creator>Nada</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:29:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593265</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t know if we&#039;re getting a baseball post today, so there&#039;s this feature on &lt;a href=&quot;http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/story/_/id/7622056/chipper-jones-see-end-career-near&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chipper&lt;/a&gt; to tide ya&#039;ll over.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t know if we&#8217;re getting a baseball post today, so there&#8217;s this feature on <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/story/_/id/7622056/chipper-jones-see-end-career-near" rel="nofollow">Chipper</a> to tide ya&#8217;ll over.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593261</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:28:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593261</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I just needed to include myself in the conversation so I could drop that link into #126.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Page views!!!Good article, though.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I just needed to include myself in the conversation so I could drop that link into #126.</p></blockquote><p>Page views!!!</p><p>Good article, though.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: illformula</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593254</link> <dc:creator>illformula</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593254</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Hope the Browns or Redskins don’t mortgage the franchise for a crack at the Heisman Trophy winner &lt;/em&gt;i&#039;m so torn on what package i&#039;d be willing to live with to see him in a Skins uniform next year. i&#039;m sure the asking price will be too high, but that&#039;s just the nature of business these days.when it comes down to it, i&#039;d rather overpay and watch him disappoint in burgundy and gold than pass on him and watch him lead another team to the playoffs.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hope the Browns or Redskins don’t mortgage the franchise for a crack at the Heisman Trophy winner </em></p><p>i&#8217;m so torn on what package i&#8217;d be willing to live with to see him in a Skins uniform next year. i&#8217;m sure the asking price will be too high, but that&#8217;s just the nature of business these days.</p><p>when it comes down to it, i&#8217;d rather overpay and watch him disappoint in burgundy and gold than pass on him and watch him lead another team to the playoffs.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593253</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:20:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593253</guid> <description><![CDATA[I see. I feel so used./sobs in a corner while staring out a window]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see. I feel so used.</p><p>/sobs in a corner while staring out a window</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593246</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593246</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;It was not at all aimed at you miz. I include my self in the description of those who just say “this is stupid” without bothering to explain why.&lt;/blockquote&gt;whatever...I just needed to include myself in the conversation so I could drop that link into #126.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It was not at all aimed at you miz. I include my self in the description of those who just say “this is stupid” without bothering to explain why.</p></blockquote><p>whatever&#8230;I just needed to include myself in the conversation so I could drop that link into #126.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593244</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:13:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593244</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Wonderlic is tricky, it&#039;s the clock that makes it troublesome more than the questions...never got my exact score, they just said &quot;Upper 30s&quot; but left 5-10 unanswered]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Wonderlic is tricky, it&#8217;s the clock that makes it troublesome more than the questions&#8230;never got my exact score, they just said &#8220;Upper 30s&#8221; but left 5-10 unanswered</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593243</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:13:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593243</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;I enjoy it because WWoS is one of the few willing to write an entire paragraph explaining in detail why a stat is misused rather than just say “JMac doesn’t know anything”.I feel like you’re aiming this at me. I used to detail why TBL was wrong about…well…just about everything football-related. the response I got was either no response or some veiled banhammer threat.&lt;/em&gt;It was not at all aimed at you miz. I include my self in the description of those who just say &quot;this is stupid&quot; without bothering to explain why.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I enjoy it because WWoS is one of the few willing to write an entire paragraph explaining in detail why a stat is misused rather than just say “JMac doesn’t know anything”.</p><p>I feel like you’re aiming this at me. I used to detail why TBL was wrong about…well…just about everything football-related. the response I got was either no response or some veiled banhammer threat.</em></p><p>It was not at all aimed at you miz. I include my self in the description of those who just say &#8220;this is stupid&#8221; without bothering to explain why.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HuskerDawg</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593241</link> <dc:creator>HuskerDawg</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:11:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593241</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Not sure what the Stafford reference was…he scored 38 per the study’s link&lt;/blockquote&gt;I stand corrected.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Not sure what the Stafford reference was…he scored 38 per the study’s link</p></blockquote><p>I stand corrected.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HuskerDawg</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593239</link> <dc:creator>HuskerDawg</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:11:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593239</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;And, of course, the Wonderlick is not relevant either, right?Matthew Stafford agrees.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Pretty sure StaffDaddy made a 30 or 28 or something like that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>And, of course, the Wonderlick is not relevant either, right?</p><p>Matthew Stafford agrees.</p></blockquote><p>Pretty sure StaffDaddy made a 30 or 28 or something like that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593237</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593237</guid> <description><![CDATA[all you ever needed to &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/7ovazmz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;know about the Wonderlic&lt;/a&gt;!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>all you ever needed to <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7ovazmz" rel="nofollow">know about the Wonderlic</a>!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Babar 2.0</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593235</link> <dc:creator>Babar 2.0</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:09:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593235</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;McNabb’s 14 would hurt the Wonderlic cause.&lt;/blockquote&gt;So would Alex Smith&#039;s.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>McNabb’s 14 would hurt the Wonderlic cause.</p></blockquote><p>So would Alex Smith&#8217;s.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593230</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin'</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:06:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593230</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I enjoy it because WWoS is one of the few willing to write an entire paragraph explaining in detail why a stat is misused rather than just say “JMac doesn’t know anything”.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I feel like you&#039;re aiming this at me.  I used to detail why TBL was wrong about...well...just about everything football-related. the response I got was either no response or some veiled banhammer threat.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I enjoy it because WWoS is one of the few willing to write an entire paragraph explaining in detail why a stat is misused rather than just say “JMac doesn’t know anything”.</p></blockquote><p>I feel like you&#8217;re aiming this at me.  I used to detail why TBL was wrong about&#8230;well&#8230;just about everything football-related. the response I got was either no response or some veiled banhammer threat.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593228</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:04:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593228</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;And, of course, the Wonderlick is not relevant either, right?Matthew Stafford agrees.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I was wishing he&#039;d done the Wonderlic in his study (flawed though it may be).Not sure what the Stafford reference was...he scored 38 per the study&#039;s link. With Brady scoring 33, Eli 39, etc. the correlation he found might have been significant since they are all pretty high in CAV. McNabb&#039;s 14 would hurt the Wonderlic cause.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>And, of course, the Wonderlick is not relevant either, right?</p><p>Matthew Stafford agrees.</p></blockquote><p>I was wishing he&#8217;d done the Wonderlic in his study (flawed though it may be).</p><p>Not sure what the Stafford reference was&#8230;he scored 38 per the study&#8217;s link. With Brady scoring 33, Eli 39, etc. the correlation he found might have been significant since they are all pretty high in CAV. McNabb&#8217;s 14 would hurt the Wonderlic cause.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/28/stats-say-the-40-yard-dash-time-at-the-nfl-combine-doesnt-matter-for-qbs-or-wrs/comment-page-3/#comment-1593227</link> <dc:creator>Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=163280#comment-1593227</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Wasn’t Vince Young’s draft position actually the same as his Wonderlic score? &lt;/blockquote&gt; &quot;Fabulous&quot;?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Wasn’t Vince Young’s draft position actually the same as his Wonderlic score?</p></blockquote><p>&#8220;Fabulous&#8221;?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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