Posted on 03/02/2019 4:28:22 AM PST by C19fan
There are significant stakes for most of the participants at this week’s NFL scouting combine. For Elijah Holyfield, the former Georgia running back and son of boxing great Evander Holyfield, stakes are higher than most. Holyfield left Georgia after his 2018 junior season that saw him tally 1,018 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 6.4 yards per carry.
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It’s amazing how a mere half second will determine whether or not a player makes it to the NFL.....
He’s a good short yardage runner. RBs last on average two years. He’s worth giving a shot in a later round.
As long as he’s black he has a chance. That’s how that works in college and NFL.
This is all you need to know.
Texas A&M center Erik McCoy turned in the fastest 40-yard dash time among the offensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday with a 4.89-second clocking.
O’Neill measured 6-foot-4 and 303 pounds on Wednesday at the combine.
There are teams that will take a chance with him, also the CFL and AAF now as alternative options. He will play at the pro level.
Combines are a barometer, certainly different than game situations.
In the NFL a running back must run to first contact, spin off the first hit, then accelerate. Acceleration is what your time in the 40 is representing. Holy field was a very good collegiate runner, but without explosive acceleration his yards per carry as a pro will probably not make the grade.
It’s a shame that NFL offenses do not make use of th fullback any longer.
I don’t think he has a criminal record or drug problem. That is two big strikes against him as well.
As long as he’s black he has a chance. That’s how that works in college and NFL.
Texas A&M center Erik McCoy turned in the fastest 40-yard dash time among the offensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday with a 4.89-second clocking.
O’Neill measured 6-foot-4 and 303 pounds on Wednesday at the combine.
I need to know more.
Who is O'Neill, and what does his body size have to do with this story?
You been hitting the Bloody Marys too early?
What is a good average speed for the 40 yard?
Lineman 40 vs running back forty.
Yes until you see the size of a half second gap.
You nailed it.
Thank goodness for Christian McCaffrey and Rex Burkhead.
White guys can do anything on a football field that blacks can do.
Play cornerback? I don’t think so.
His strength is his might, not his speed.
Jason Sehorn.
When one considers that many qualities — not all measurable — go into the making of an effective player, it’s puzzling why coaches are obsessed with straight-ahead speed.
I think black dominance of the NFL is based on a myth of African athletic superiority — and a large measure of political correctness.
Why, as a coach, would I want to stock my team with discipline problems? It makes no sense.
This isn’t the 1970s when the undefeated Dolphins could field gentlemen of color like Paul Warfield and Larry Little. You never heard about them getting arrested.
Over the years, in both professional and volunteer work, I’ve seen a lot of “talented” people burn out, having promised a lot more than they delivered. Give me people of good character who do their jobs quietly and competently.
The locus of the speed gene is not a secret. When the African diaspora finally seeps into China, even Chinese sprinters will be black. The Olympic sprints tell you all you need to know. Maybe if the sabertooth tigers had stayed around longer, proto-white guys in Europe would have faced the same selection pressures, but alas … we may be well suited for hand to hand combat with cave bears and trolls, but our West African cousins have the edge in speed. Coaches obsess about it because speed is a killer. One on one in the open field, you can’t camouflage your lack of it.
By the way, I agree that “African athletic superiority” is a myth — or more exactly, an overstatement. Look at middle distance runners, high jumpers, pole vaulters, swimmers, gymnasts, wrestlers, athletes in strength and endurance events, etc., etc., etc. Black guys dominate in speed events, and speed is a significant factor at many positions in team sports. Over half the positions on a football team are speed positions. That accounts for the black predominance in the NFL. But other sports emphasize other attributes, and racial differences play differently.
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