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I was watching Usain Bolt and his dominance. I started thinking about how no one in track could beat him ever. I then assumed that made him the fastest man in history.

But then I remembered how Primetime (Deion Sanders) beat FSU's top sprinters just for the fun of it one day.

Deion imo is the 2nd fastest player in NFL history. Randy Moss- 1st 3 years in the NFL- is the fastest player ever.

So I began some analytics and observation.

In a game against New Orleans Saints, Moss caught a quick hitch and raced 67 yards for a TD.
During the middle part of that sprint he was untouched for 48 yards. I TIMED 40 of those yards- in which he covered it 3.4 seconds

That comes out to 24.2 MPH...in pads!!

- what is that over 100 meters?
 
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DocVOLiday said:
But he was already up to speed, correct?

You'd have to measure it from a dead start like 100m runners
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Yeah he was up to speed. I know when we time our guys, we use GPS trackers and record the top end speed. Not what distance they can cover over whatever yards.

I googled Bolts fastest topend speed, and it was 27.6 mph lol. When he ran 9.58 in the 100 in Berlin.

But Moss ran 24 mph in pads! Maybe faster or slower. My video timer could be off.

I think Randy Moss could have challenged Bolt had he trained for it and were the same age. Theyre both 6'5" with an unreal burst.
 
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Awesome. Wonder how many Jamaicans can count how many medals the Americans have won. What's the obsession with another country winning a gold medal?
 
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LittleVol said:
Yeah he was up to speed. I know when we time our guys, we use GPS trackers and record the top end speed. Not what distance they can cover over whatever yards.

I googled Bolts fastest topend speed, and it was 27.6 mph lol. When he ran 9.58 in the 100 in Berlin.

But Moss ran 24 mph in pads! Maybe faster or slower. My video timer could be off.

I think Randy Moss could have challenged Bolt had he trained for it and were the same age. Theyre both 6'5" with an unreal burst.
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You gotta consider a lot of things when you ask who is fastest. Just Gatlin is faster than Bolt, for the 1st 50 meters. There was supposed to be a charity race between the Titans Chris Johnson and Bolt but the 2 sides couldn't work out an agreement. Johnson wanted it to be a 40 yd dash while Bolt wanted 100 meters. How accurate are the NFL times? The GPS timing the UT coaches are using aren't anywhere near as accurate as Olympic timing. Also 24 sounds close to 27.6, but once you get to that level Olympic athletes train for years to move from 27 to 27.3
 
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I thought this was an interesting article on the 100m.

Achieving maximum velocity

In the 100m, top speed is also known as maximum velocity. This refers to is the highest possible sprint speed an athlete can achieve, but only for a short period of time before mechanical deceleration and fatigue slow them down. In order to maximize the potential of your top-end race velocity, you’ll need to have a well-executed acceleration out of the starting blocks. If your acceleration phase is too short, you will reach a false maximum velocity early in the race, and when this happens, it will cause unnecessary deceleration early in the 100m dash.

Maintaining maximum and sub-maximum velocity

Once the 100m athlete has reached maximum velocity, they will continue at their maximum velocity for 10-30m before their neuromuscular coordination breaks down. Once this happens the 100m athlete will slowly decelerate and need to maintain as much good sprinting technique as possible to maintain their near maximum velocity to the finish line. Because by now the athlete will be experiencing coordination erosion and they will slowly decelerate.

It happens to everyone, it doesn’t matter who you are. American sprinters Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin decelerate in the 100m, and even the world record holder Usain Bolt slowly decelerated in the last 20m of his 100m world record of 9.58.
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How to run the 100m | Track Star USA
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"I've cipher'd this already, Granny!!"

"You take your 100 meters...times naught-naught...equals..."

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Escape Goat said:
Awesome. Wonder how many Jamaicans can count how many medals the Americans have won. What's the obsession with another country winning a gold medal?
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The obsession comes from how many medals Bolt has won and how much he dominated the field in every race he he ran. I mean the guy usually jogs the last 20 meters because he's so far ahead of everyone else.

Unusual butt hurt post from you
 
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Moss was wearing the least amount of pads possible, which means we are talking about 6 lbs and a little bit of drag....i don't think that's gonna make up a 3+ mph difference
 
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LittleVol said:
I was watching Usain Bolt and his dominance. I started thinking about how no one in track could beat him ever. I then assumed that made him the fastest man in history.

But then I remembered how Primetime (Deion Sanders) beat FSU's top sprinters just for the fun of it one day.

Deion imo is the 2nd fastest player in NFL history. Randy Moss- 1st 3 years in the NFL- is the fastest player ever.

So I began some analytics and observation.

In a game against New Orleans Saints, Moss caught a quick hitch and raced 67 yards for a TD.
During the middle part of that sprint he was untouched for 48 yards. I TIMED 40 of those yards- in which he covered it 3.4 seconds

That comes out to 24.2 MPH...in pads!!

- what is that over 100 meters?
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Come on man, Willie Gault could put run all those dudes!
 
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LittleVol said:
I was watching Usain Bolt and his dominance. I started thinking about how no one in track could beat him ever. I then assumed that made him the fastest man in history.

But then I remembered how Primetime (Deion Sanders) beat FSU's top sprinters just for the fun of it one day.

Deion imo is the 2nd fastest player in NFL history. Randy Moss- 1st 3 years in the NFL- is the fastest player ever.

So I began some analytics and observation.

In a game against New Orleans Saints, Moss caught a quick hitch and raced 67 yards for a TD.
During the middle part of that sprint he was untouched for 48 yards. I TIMED 40 of those yards- in which he covered it 3.4 seconds

That comes out to 24.2 MPH...in pads!!

- what is that over 100 meters?
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I know Randy Moss could fly but I'm not sure Darrell Green wasn't the fastest NFL player I've ever seen.
 
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KBVol said:
I know Randy Moss could fly but I'm not sure Darrell Green wasn't the fastest NFL player I've ever seen.
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That's who I thought if first. Was he not the fastest NFL players for many years? He could stay with any receiver.
 
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According to article on BR.com (I know...), Bob Hayes was the fastest ever (set WR in 100 @ 10.06 - half a second slower than UB with less accurate timing in '64), then Bo, then Darrell Green...Deion 4th, Gault 7th, CJ 10th, then Vick, then Moss (12th)...Champ Bailey 21st.
 
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