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All of you are wrong. It's Joey Galloway. Trust. He also had the highest vertical I have ever seen in person. I threw that dude a lob one time and I've never seen someone jump so high. Just an absolute physical specimen for a little dude. 

2 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:


Chad Powers

One of the best manning things ever. Laughed a lot, showed me about the importance of penn state run ons.

they are even selling  Chad Powers 200  t shirts at thier game today, and anyone who runs faster than chad powers gets a free tee shirt.

hope manning has his bros sense of humor with his  skills when he arrives at the  40.

Deion and Green are the easy answers, but didn’t DK Metcalf recently get clocked at some ridiculous average velocity when he ran down a dude after an interception? I know all these one-off occurrences on a single play can catch any player on the fastest play of their career though. Then there are the guys who have an amazing couple years, like Dante Hall, Devin Hester, and this era’s Tyreek Hill. 
 

I’ll stick with Deion and Green because those guys went 4.2 their whole careers and it translated to dominance on the field and HOF.

30 minutes ago, runthebone said:

I know it's not Baker Mayfield running from a cop.

Damn, was trying to find a gif of that and post it but you beat me to it

look idiots....there is only 1 answer

he did this on a cinder track running in the most dreaded lane ever (on a cinder track) lane #1.....and if you can't figure out why lane #1 was so dreaded on a cinder track, you don't need to be posting about who is fast.....

 

 

11 hours ago, Butch Had Not said:

Willie Gault 

Chris Johnson

James Trapp

Darrell green

All those could go. Not sure where they all rank.

 

Guys I've noticed who haven't been mentioned who probably should have been at some point in this thread:

Jeff Demps

Trindon Holliday

Jacoby Ford

 

He’s not the fastest ever but keep an eye on Bama’s Jameson Williams.  He didn’t run the 40 at combine and won’t play for the Lions until week 8ish but his tape at Alabama is unreal.  Freakish speed.  There’s a reason the Lions traded up 20 spots in a WR loaded draft to get him.

11 hours ago, Horn said:

Think fast.  Run fast.

I asked my wife to get her stupid Cricut thing out of the junk closet and make me a sticker with that on it yesterday 

11 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just to add on, the zone defense as a concept was invented because of bob hayes. 

Too bad the bubble screen wasn't around in those days. 

13 hours ago, ztejas said:

Just saw an Instagram post that posited if Tyreek Hill might be the fastest NFL player ever. There were some interesting names in the comments - like Darrell Green. 

I'll define fast here as fastest with the ball as that was the context of the video posted of Tyreek. 

From what I've seen highlight-wise - Bo Jackson and Randy Moss would be my top choices. 

Who are some other players that were virtually uncatchable with the ball?

Fastest with the Ball? Deion Sanders.

54 minutes ago, Irieguy said:

He’s not the fastest ever but keep an eye on Bama’s Jameson Williams.  He didn’t run the 40 at combine and won’t play for the Lions until week 8ish but his tape at Alabama is unreal.  Freakish speed.  There’s a reason the Lions traded up 20 spots in a WR loaded draft to get him.

aight

3 hours ago, TexasTroll said:

hope manning has his bros sense of humor with his  skills when he arrives at the  40.

Uncles

2 hours ago, TommyGufano said:

Guys I've noticed who haven't been mentioned who probably should have been at some point in this thread:

Jeff Demps

Trindon Holliday

Jacoby Ford

 

Too recent. If boomers dont remember it from their childhood= not real

3 hours ago, Hpara759 said:

look idiots....there is only 1 answer

he did this on a cinder track running in the most dreaded lane ever (on a cinder track) lane #1.....and if you can't figure out why lane #1 was so dreaded on a cinder track, you don't need to be posting about who is fast.....

 

 

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2 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Too recent. If boomers dont remember it from their childhood= not real

Bob Hayes may be the right answer - but it was never not going to be the most common answer given the age and fandom of some posters here. 

10 hours ago, Llewelyn Moss said:
10 hours ago, Llewelyn Moss said:

Bullet Bob Hayes was my first pro autograph as a kid. Nice guy, friendly to a 10 yr old at a lame card show. 
 

(Nobody asked, but My 3rd autograph was Danny Darwin of Fannin County fame. Hard to imagine a bigger gap of excellence.)

The Bonham Bullet was a quality reliever.  No shame in that.  You get to the 7th with a lead and hand the ball to DD, Larry Anderson, setting up Dave Smith….shit, game’s already over. 

Edited by Lhorn

9 hours ago, deadshank said:

Rafael Septien: so fast he scored before the first period. 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, off to Hell i go... 

Randy White chased down Wilbert Montgomery,  Larry Allen chased down a Saints player. Mike Alstott is my answer. 

Any list without Jordy Nelson is bullshit.

55 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Xavier Worthy should be in the conversation. 

should he?

wane mcgarity. I remember seeing him run really fast at DKR once. he should be in the discussion. 

Big Jim Slade. He could be anywhere at the drop of a hat...no ball in hand, but no shoes either.

Henry ruggs. 

Wait... on the field? 

13 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Big Jim Slade. He could be anywhere at the drop of a hat...no ball in hand, but no shoes either.

Former TE of the Kansas City Chiefs, that Jim Slade?

1 minute ago, Underdog said:

Former TE of the Kansas City Chiefs, that Jim Slade?

I think you mean Big Jim Slade, former TE of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Just now, Eskimohorn said:

Before my era, but it seems like Bob Hayes and everyone else

https://olympics.com/en/athletes/robert-hayes

“Bob Hayes is arguably the fastest sprinter of all-time before the Usain Bolt era.”

Those times are hand timed / he wasn’t carrying a ball so answer defaults to whichever guy posters can remember looking fast on tv.

Tony Jones beat me in the 40 so he should be on the list also.

3 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Xavier Worthy should be in the conversation. 

Yes, NFL player Xavier Worthy 

Imagine the discussion in this thread if CTJ and SidneyCarlton had their chance in the NFL.

Edited by Davis Lane

I tend to remember me being much faster than I actually was as a younger man, so I'll leave "Steel Shank" of my list.

I do dig fast women.

19 hours ago, ztejas said:

Just saw an Instagram post that posited if Tyreek Hill might be the fastest NFL player ever. There were some interesting names in the comments - like Darrell Green. 

I'll define fast here as fastest with the ball as that was the context of the video posted of Tyreek. 

From what I've seen highlight-wise - Bo Jackson and Randy Moss would be my top choices. 

Who are some other players that were virtually uncatchable with the ball?

Darrell Green. One of the most impressive plays I’ve seen was when he ran Tony Dorsett down like Dorsett was standing still. 

20 hours ago, CoachTex said:

I know Darrell Green ran a 4.24 forty at age 42. Saw it on the DC news when I was visiting my grandmother one summer. He had to put a rookie in his place about being the fastest. 4.24 is insanely fast. 4.24 at 42 is unimaginable.

Pffft. Half of this board can run at least a 4.5 forty. Wasn’t there a thread about this?

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