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Earlier in the day, MDS (who filled in more than capably, as usual, while yours truly had to pretend to be a lawyer) posted a story regarding the NFL.com numbers from Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelley’s mulligan second workout in Norman.
Kelly’s P.R. people sent us a separate set of numbers, which conflicts with the data from NFL.com.
Gil Brandt of NFL.com reports that Kelly ran the 40 in 4.63 and 4.65 seconds on the Astroturf at the Sooners’ indoor track facility. Kelly’s P.R. people say that he ran a “range of 4.46 to 4.61.”
Slight difference.
There was a smaller discrepancy in the numbers for the short shuttle and the three-cone drill.
The reason for the differences isn’t clear. If Brandt’s numbers are right, the 4.63 to 4.65 seconds on Astroturf arguably is even worse than the 4.68 to 4.75 second that he ran on FieldTurf last week.
Kelly is meeting this week with the Redskins, Cowboys, and 49ers.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Welcome to round two, Mr. Kelly.
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April 16th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
The second round called … it wants to know why Kelly didn’t make it.
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April 17th, 2008 at 3:38 am
I really hope my Niners don’t draft this turd
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am
There’s a simple reason for the difference. Gil Brandt adjusts the time to even out times based on surface. A 4.51 on astroturf is a 4.61 on regular turf. If you look at Pro Day numbers and officially reported numbers, you’ll see this happens pretty often.
I believe that Brandt probably took the middle times off the reported numbers, then adjusted for the field in his report. That’s what he does. The agents aren’t making the adjustment based on turf.
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am
You have all missed the point entirely. Florio was just trying to show off his new font skills by using the strike-out font capability. Brilliant!
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Time to call it a day for Kelly. Any more efforts will look even more desperate than this second workout.
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