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Surprised Terrion Arnold not faster....

Posted on 3/1/24 at 2:36 pm
Posted by koreandawg
South Korea
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 3/1/24 at 2:36 pm
Just about every SEC corner ran the forty faster.

Great talent and won't fall far into the second if he doesn't go in the first, but I thought he'd have faster straight line speed.

4.51 and 4.55 testing times.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11267 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 2:43 pm to
Lot of people at Bama thought he should be a slot/safety guy, but he was lights out last year and proved me wrong.

Not sure I’d want him on a Tyreek Hill or a healthy Jaylen Waddle style burner, but if on the field results matter the guy was legit last year.
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
10282 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 2:45 pm to
I’ve been keeping up with the draft, watching to see if Edgerrin Cooper can get himself into the 1st Round. Cooper is as fast as Arnold.
Posted by BevoBucks
H-town
Member since Dec 2022
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Posted on 3/1/24 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

Surprised Terrion Arnold not faster....


Agree. From film, you can see why the NFL likes him. He plays smart/in phase, has length & is a willing tackler on the edge. You would like to see those 40 times at least a hair faster for a #1 corner though.
Posted by VolSquatch
First Coast
Member since Sep 2023
2231 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 3:21 pm to
People really overestimate how important raw speed is for a corner. Give me the guy with great reaction time (so Arnold) over a guy with even average reaction time who is faster.

Kind of like with fast receivers, if they aren't also good route runners then all their amazing speed is doing is taking them out of position faster.
Posted by MizzouBS
Missouri
Member since Dec 2014
5859 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 1:42 pm to
FSU WR Keon Coleman had the 2nd slowest 40 at 4.61, but had the fastest gauntlet with a high speed of 20.36 MPH. He had the 2nd highest go route speed at 21.71 MPH.

quote:

Look at the Chiefs corners. McDuffie was a tad smaller but ran 4.44. Sneed is comp in size but ran a 4.37.


Sneed was bad his 1st 2 years with the Chiefs. He was just a special teams player. KC’s DB coach Dave Merritt is the best in the NFL he has 5 SB rings as a coach. Merritt has turned 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th round picks into really good NFL players and starters. He turned undrafted Chavarius Ward into a All-Pro. Sneed has learned from the best.

40 is overrated especially for DB’s it’s more about technique.
This post was edited on 3/4/24 at 1:44 pm
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67593 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 1:44 pm to
i think they should run in full pads
Posted by TS1926
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
5762 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 2:27 pm to
quote:

Just about every SEC corner ran the forty faster.

Great talent and won't fall far into the second if he doesn't go in the first, but I thought he'd have faster straight line speed.

4.51 and 4.55 testing times.


Are you sure those are not Kool-Aid McKinstry's numbers?

I've got Arnold at 4.50 which there's not much difference. I'm actually surprised Kool-Aid ran a sub 4.6.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
8361 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 2:47 pm to
The difference between a guy that runs a 4.4 and a 4.5 is pretty negligible in coverage. If a wide receiver with 4.4 speed were to run a fly pattern against a cb with 4.5 speed, there would be less than 2 feet of separation at 40 yards. Agility and reaction time is much more important.
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