Quote:Too many fans and draktniks fall in love with the 40 yard dash, I can see why as it's an accurate measurable for <span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">long speed

. However, if you truly want to measure "explosion" look at the vertical (38 inch) and broad jump (10ft 7 inch), that's a true measure of lower body explosion, Marquise Lee is an incredibly explosive football player per those numbers, he doesn't have Desean Jacksons long speed (not too many do) but that's ok, he's explosive in short areas, he demonstrated that at USC. I'd rather have a guy that's explosive in short areas (that's more conducive at the NFL level) than a guy that can occasionally
get behind a secondary purely based off his long speed.</span>