A lot is made every year over players that “win” the combine. Whether it is wide receivers running blistering times or lineman bench pressing the moon, fans and teams fall in love with combine numbers, and also fall out of love with players when they test poorly. But then in the NFL, once the game actually starts and players aren’t running in straight lines or changing direction in shorts, we see how those numbers don’t really matter. What matters is how well they play football.
The 40 yard dash, the golden calf of combine stupidity.
That picture at the top of this article was chosen for a reason, that’s Antonio Brown and Darrius Heyward-Bey, two players on the opposite end of combine hype, draft position and career production.