GimmedaBall
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I noticed that you didn't bother to actually list any of the times. So I suppose I will do that for you. Also I specified "QBs that went ahead of him".
40 yard dash: Allen 4.75, Mayfield 4.84, Darnold 4.85, Rosen 4.92
20 yard shuttle: Rosen and Mayfield 4.28, Darnold and Allen 4.40
3 cone drill: Allen 6.90, Darnold 6.96, Mayfield 7.00, Rosen 7.09
Broad jump: Allen 9'11", Mayfield and Rosen 9'3", Darnold 8'9"
Vertical: Allen 33.5, Rosen 31, Mayfield 29, Darnold 26.5
Looking at these numbers I would say that he was on par with pretty much all of those guys and was better than Darnold overall. I don't see how my statement was in any incorrect.
The NFL is not a 'everyone gets a trophy league.' ALL the players are within the kind of separation you see with the QBs. If they are all 'on par' why even run the combine drills? Answer: The numbers don't lie---check out some of the simulcam comparisons of players placed side-by-side in the 40 yard dash.
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Take a look at the separation for even less than 0.2 seconds (the difference between Allen and Rosen). Its the difference between escaping a D player and getting hammered behind the line.
Rosen is not on the same athletic level when it comes to the combine drills cited above. At least in the real NFL. He's slower than a lot of 300lb + DL.
(DJ and Barkley go neck-and-neck with Barkley winning by a nose hair.)