re: Terrace Marshall with the 4.38

I'm going to float this out there, just for discussion;

there's a whole lot of healthy skepticism on LSU's times. I can understand that, it seems awfully convenient the one year we don't get a combine, everybody runs a 4.3 in their pro day. Does feel a bit ... lucky.

Let's dig just a little deeper- Justin Jefferson ran a 4.41 at the combine last year. That wasn't hand timed by a friendly staff.
Watching LSU, did you think Jefferson was the fastest guy on the roster that year? I didn't. I assumed Vincent was, he showed off on deep coverage. He ran a 4.33 I think, which seems about right.
I thought McMath looked like he was the straight fastest WR, he timed out at 4.34. He did look a step ahead on deep routes, and there were plays where he destroyed the angles after the catch.
I really assumed Chase was faster than Jefferson, and he put a 4.38 (0.03 faster). That doesn't shock me.
Marshall, I wasn't that sure of, because he was bigger... but you go back and look at the recruiting, he was supposed to be the big-time stud.

Again, those numbers all look crazy in a vacuum, but if you use Jefferson as the control variable, it doesn't look off to me.

Yeah whether they are legit 4.3’s or not doesn’t really matter because they’re almost certainly in the 4.4 range regardless. Chase basically just had to not run a bad time to solidify his draft spot and he did that.

Eta- people get so caught up in the exact numbers but there are so many variables on any given day that can be the difference in a good time and an average time. We’ve all seen the tape of Chase and Marshall running past good players. The 40 time only confirms what we know, and that is that they are fast.

You do know that each scout from the different teams time the 40's with their own stop watches right? It's not like they are just relying on LSU coaches to give them an accurate time.