So much for Darren McFadden’s draft stock falling. 

Sure, there will be concerns about off-field issues and other such nonsense.  But speed blurs not only the eye but also the mind.  And given that McFadden ran the 40-yard dash in 4.27 seconds on Sunday at the Scouting Combine, he’ll be holding a jersey not very long into the draft-day proceedings in April.

It’s an extremely impressive time, and it will only result in more comparisons to guys like Adrian Peterson and other speed-burning backs of the present and the past.