Okay, let’s talk about this whole Marvin Harrison Jr. 40 time thing. It’s something that kept popping up, you know? Every time draft season rolls around, everyone gets obsessed with numbers. Speed, speed, speed.
My Process Trying to Nail Down That Number
So, I figured I’d try and really pin down what his actual 40 time was. My first step, like usual, was just doing some quick searches online. You type it in, and boom, you get a bunch of different stuff thrown at you. Some sites said one thing, some said another. It gets confusing fast.
I spent a bit just clicking around, reading different takes. Then I remembered the whole deal with the NFL Combine this year. He didn’t actually run the 40-yard dash there! That threw a wrench in things. Usually, the Combine is where you get that ‘official’ number everyone quotes.
Without that official Combine time, things get murky. You start hearing about ‘pro day’ times, or even times clocked during training. But are those reliable? Who knows, really. It’s not the same standardized setting.
- I looked at reports from his Pro Day.
- I tried to find interviews where maybe he or his coach mentioned a time.
- I even checked out some fan forums, just to see the speculation.
Thinking About What Really Matters
Honestly, after going down that rabbit hole, I started thinking. We get so caught up in these stopwatch numbers. It’s like this one specific test defines how fast a guy is on the actual football field. Does it really, though?
So, my next step, my ‘practice’ if you will, was just pulling up his game highlights. I spent a good chunk of time just watching him play. Forget the clock, just watch the tape. You see him pulling away from defensive backs. You see him get open deep. That’s game speed. That’s what you actually see on Sundays.
Does he look slow out there? Absolutely not. Does he look like he has elite separation speed? Yeah, seems like it to me. You see him run routes, how smooth he is. That seems way more important than shaving a tenth of a second off a 40 time in shorts and a t-shirt.
It’s funny how we fixate on this stuff. I remember guys back in the day who ran blazing 40s but couldn’t play dead on the field. And other guys who maybe had just okay times but were always open because they were just better football players.
Final Thoughts
So, after all that digging and watching, what did I really find out about Marvin Harrison Jr.’s 40 time? That there isn’t one single, universally accepted number because he skipped it at the Combine. People estimate, they use Pro Day figures, but it’s not the same.
My main takeaway from this whole exercise? Trust your eyes sometimes. Watching him play tells you he’s fast enough. Way more than chasing some number that might not even mean that much in the grand scheme of things. That was my process, just trying to figure it out and realizing the game tape tells a pretty clear story.
