Comments on: Griffin’s official hand-held 40 times are all below 4.4 seconds

By: granadafan

granadafan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:04:34 +0000

“neko02011980 says:Mar 1, 2012 11:30 PM
Why does a 40 time matter, the guy plays qb He won’t make it in the nfl. Too aerogant, to much of a punk.”
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Clearly you’ve never watched RG3 play or ever heard him talk in an interview. The guy is incredibly humble and well spoken. He has a future career in broadcasting. Try researching something before shooting your mouth off and looking like a fool next time, Neko.

By: drew05

drew05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:50:48 +0000

thetooloftools says:
Mar 1, 2012 10:11 PM

drew05: when we put a section in here for children, you’ll fit right in. Why are you even commenting?
RG III only won the Heisman

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Yeah, I know. What’s your point?

I said I had never heard of him prior to the season in wich he won said trophy.

Winning the Heisman trophy as a QB means he’s gonna be awesome in the NFL…it always does!

Oh wait…nevermind.

Heh…tool.

By: neko02011980

neko02011980 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:30:09 +0000

Why does a 40 time matter, the guy plays qb He won’t make it in the nfl. Too aerogant, to much of a punk.

By: rcali

rcali — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:33:27 +0000

Speed is pretty important at the QB position, just ask Super Bowl champs Brady, Peyton, Eli, Brees, Rogers, Roethlisberger …..stop me when you get bored….

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:11:12 +0000

drew05: when we put a section in here for children, you’ll fit right in. Why are you even commenting?
RG III only won the Heisman.

By: killerskrew

killerskrew — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:10:29 +0000

Unfortunately, RG3 will try to accomplish something that only 1 Black QB has ever done in the NFL, win a Super Bowl as a starter. There has been a ton of athletic / talented black QB’s to play in the NFL, but they only seem to make highlight plays on ESPN, not win NFL championships. They may “look” good, but they don’t end the year with the trophy. Will he be any different?

By: drew05

drew05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:47:14 +0000

This RG3 looks like he has “BUST” written all over him…and no, I don’t mean one in the HoF.

I’d never heard of him until a few weeks into the 2011 collegiate season. Though I admit, I pay little attention to the NCAA.

By: drew05

drew05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:44:46 +0000

Worthless…a QB’s 40 time.

I’m an Eagles fan…I’ve seen the best running QB’s ever…

It’s the least important attribute a QB can have.

Go Eagles.

By: pixelito

pixelito — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:32:22 +0000

Unless Griffin’s going to be running the option, what does speed have to do with playing QB?

Could any NFL GM quote the 40 time of Peyton, Eli, Ben, or anyone QB who’s won a Superbowl recently?

By: gb8534

gb8534 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:17:08 +0000

I am a huge RG3 fan and think he will be a very good QB in the NFL. That said he is no where near as quick laterally as Vick, Newton or even Young and actually dont think he will be all that effective as a runner in the NFL. Frankly, as it has been said he really shouldnt be compared to those guys.

By: giants56

giants56 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:53:38 +0000

With regard to the evolution of the QB..The last “running” QB to win a SB was Steve Young in 1995.

By: mrslay1

mrslay1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:34:39 +0000

I’ve seen griffin play plenty and he will be a bust, if that is what you call not being elite at QB in the NFL. Every one in the NFL is a great player or they would never have got there to start with. That of coarse has nothing to do with being black, white or purple. It just is what it is.

By: racksie

racksie — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:26:58 +0000

Until that first hit in pre-season. Highly overrated. These guys will be a second slower before they take an official snap in the NFL.

By: dpbrew

dpbrew — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:21:28 +0000

laserw, utter failure? how do you do it man? Forget about RG3, what about Microsofts’ sales forecasts for the next quarter? thats only a few mos. into the future, shouldnt be too difficult for you.

By: maximusprime107

maximusprime107 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:13:35 +0000

@laserw

You obviously haven’t seen Griffin play
thanks for using the stereotype of black quarterbacks

By: babyhorsemorgan

babyhorsemorgan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:06:00 +0000

The two best running quarterbacks at the moment are Newton and Tebow, but if you watch them, they are almost never running full speed. They change pace, slip, and slide, to get their yards. Straight sprinter speed only comes into play if they have a clear path. Which is almost never the case.

By: ezmoover

ezmoover — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:58:38 +0000

Robert Griffin = Randall Cunningham

By: babyhorsemorgan

babyhorsemorgan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:56:13 +0000

Gruesome dodged the events that were meaningful in terms of a quarterback though. The agility drills. Requiring your brain to move your body in constantly changing directions with dexterity. He isn’t elusive at all in the pocket if you watch his film. So unless he gets a 10 yard clear lane to run in, his long speed is quite pointless. If he tries that, and doesn’t quite make it around the corner, it will take several trips to get all of his body parts off the field. The way he is built.

By: kd75

kd75 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:56:03 +0000

The difference between a 4.41 and a 4.39 over 40 yards is two one hundreths of one second…That’s an Eye Blink.

The most expenseve (still shot) cameras in the world have a shutter time greater than 0.02 seconds.

It won’t make much, if any, difference on a football field. How often in a career will any QB run 40+ yards in a straight line with nobody trying to tackle them???

By: laserw

laserw — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:54:51 +0000

Griffin should not be drafted as a QB – he can’t read defenses and won’t stay in the pocket to read his progressions.

Griffin should be converted to a wide receiver and drafted in the second half of the first round.

He will be an utter failure as a QB.

By: jakek2

jakek2 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:40:48 +0000

Trade up Skins. The Giants D-Line could use some fresh food.

By: slickmarine

slickmarine — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:39:50 +0000

beauregard:

“..you will see a whole new breed of defenders who can adapt to the entirely new offensive schemes. Brady style QB’s will become dinosaurs in the near future. This will include Andrew Luck.”
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I don’t know why you lumped Luck into the same category as Brady. If you watched Luck at the Combine, you know that his long jump, vertical jump, and 40-yard times are surprisingly close to Cam Newton’s. Not at ALL like ‘Leadfoot” Tom Brady or the pocket-passing icon that was Peyton Manning.

By: ortonwhiskeycrew

ortonwhiskeycrew — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:39:22 +0000

beauregard says:
….Then came Cam Newton with unreal skills….. Brady style QB’s will become dinosaurs in the near future. This will include Andrew Luck.
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You realize that Andrew Luck has the same 40 speed, vertical, and broad jump that Cam has right??? Apparently not.

By: auburntigers34

auburntigers34 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:35:50 +0000

you didn’t coin the term “Underwear Olympics”. but go ahead and keep trying to claim it. it’s a lame term and i doubt that many people would find it hard to believe that someone as lame as yourself came up with it.

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:29:29 +0000

Since when do we call any hand-held times “official”? I thought only electronic times were official.

And along those lines, what’s the difference between an “official” hand-held time and an “unofficial” hand held time? The guy timing it looks down and says “Yup—that one’s definitely official”…….and that makes it official?

By: hooterdawg

hooterdawg — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:21:06 +0000

test

By: KIR

KIR — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:18:08 +0000

peytonsneck18 says: Mar 1, 2012 5:46 PM

OVERATED QB!!! Will never win a superbowl or even get to one!! Mark my words
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peytonsneck18 says: Feb 26, 2012 1:34 PM

Can folks leave race out of it!!!! I’m a Colts fan and we all know how infatuated Irsay is with Luck. RG3 to Browns and rest of drafts falls in place. And folks please put your crystals ball down and hang up on from the physhic hotline cause nobody will know if Luck a bust til several years in the NFL. Give it a rest folks!

By: beauregard

beauregard — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:10:57 +0000

What we are witnessing is the evolution of the NFL Quarterback position. For decades the norm has been the drop back pocket passer. The position is slowly evolving into an more athletic and mobile position that can attack defenses in many new ways. It started with Vick and and Young. Next came the crazy but sometimes very effective Tebow. Then came Cam Newton with unreal skills. Now Griffin with sub 4.4 times.

In five short years what once worked on defense in the NFL is quickly becoming obsolete. Next you will see a whole new breed of defenders who can adapt to the entirely new offensive schemes. Brady style QB’s will become dinosaurs in the near future. This will include Andrew Luck.

By: escoboltsfan

escoboltsfan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:09:54 +0000

“Griffin has something Vick and Young DOESN’T have, intelligence.” paleandpasty that was intentional right? I hope so.

By: slobberknockered

slobberknockered — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:56:53 +0000

NOT to mention that the Black QBs NEVER get good WRs, not to mention serviceable TEs.. Who were these QBs WRs or TEs: Randall, Moon, Pep, Vick, McNabb, McNair, VY, Batch (in Rock City), Russell, Jason Campbell, Vince Evans, Lefty, Marlin Briscoe, etc… Other than T.O., Mason? Celek? who were the playmaking WRs or TEs?…..Anyone…Anyone…Bueller.