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Brenden Rice was bragging that he was faster than Jerry. If that's true, then people shouldn't get all excited about WR 40 times, if Jerry was above 4.50.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
Brenden Rice was bragging that he was faster than Jerry. If that's true, then people shouldn't get all excited about WR 40 times, if Jerry was above 4.50.
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His 4.5 is plenty fast enough to make it today. Jerry ran a 4.71.

Route running skill is far more important than speed.
 
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chevss454 said:
His 4.5 is plenty fast enough to make it today. Jerry ran a 4.71.

Route running skill is far more important than speed.
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Of course I was being flippant.
We have seen speed merchants running themselves out of football in a very short time. We have seen players with "marginal" speed become annual pro bowlers.
 
Watching some of the drills at the combine I noticed players slipping. I think Lucas Oil has the shitty silt turf but not sure. All I know is the turf in that place isn't good & I'm curious about how many knee/leg injuries happen there.
 
OSUBuckeye said:
Watching some of the drills at the combine I noticed players slipping. I think Lucas Oil has the shitty silt turf but not sure. All I know is the turf in that place isn't good & I'm curious about how many knee/leg injuries happen there.
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Lucas oil is 10th with a rate of 4.63, just worse than Gillette with 4.61. Paycor in Cincy has a 4.85 rate, 4th worst.
The worst is Allegiant's grass field with 5.32 and the best is Acrisure's (Pitt) artificial turf with 3.8.

Turf wars: New data shows more injuries still happen on artificial turf
 
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TommyD420 said:
If the NFL were truly serious about player health and safety, all 32 stadiums would have a grass field. And yes, you can have grass in a dome now.
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MSU can grow that grass easily for them now.
 
TommyD420 said:
If the NFL were truly serious about player health and safety, all 32 stadiums would have a grass field. And yes, you can have grass in a dome now.
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Artificial turf has improved but the fact is turf has more injuries than grass and those injuries are more severe than the injuries seen on grass.
 
chevss454 said:
Artificial turf has improved but the fact is turf has more injuries than grass and those injuries are more severe than the injuries seen on grass.
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The whole point about fake turf 50 years ago was convenience and price.
Nowadays, every single owner in the NFL is a multi-billionaire, and losing your best players for entire seasons seems relatively inconvenient.
 
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