The HC needs to put the players on the track team. The S&C coach does the other necessary work. Teach these guys how to run. 300m indoor Track. Take advantage of it if Herd has a good sprint coach. 4hrs a week they do T&F. Other 16hrs can be football in winter
Micah Abrams and Rasheen Ali ran consistent 4.4?s. Ali ran 4.4?s in 2023. Micah ran 4.4 twice on pro day 2024.
So speed is a product of track coaching and teaching, not recruiting?
For 10 years, I?ve seen dozens posts about WRs top speed pointed as a critical component of our failures.
The best career receiver we?ve ever had Tommy Shuler ran a 4.8. Jerry Rice ran a 4.73, Chris Carter & Larry Fitzgerald ran mid 4.6?s. Slow Tight Ends and 5?10 white slot receivers flourish in the NFL passing game.
Among some coaches and franchises, the thinking has changed with WRs, routing running and body control create separation and catching the football every time and recognizing / understanding the holes in a defense are far more valuable than 40 time. If you looked at the top 10 fastest WR in combine history, half or more played 0 or 1 season.
If you took the total amount of plays that are ran in a game and the figured the amount where a WR caught a pass that went 40 plus yards for a TD and did that for a season it would probably like 600 total plays offensive plays, 10 or less (probably more like 4) that were 40 yard. Then flip it, how many plays did our defense play vs how many 40 yard runs by WRs we gave up.
Extremely fast WR1?s will always have extraordinary value in football because they put pressure on a defense to defend the deep threat. On that note, we should absolutely sign as many Randy Mosses we can sign every single year. We are never going to teach kids to be Randy Mosses.