Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey, the two running backs most often linked to the Carolina Panthers with tonight’s eighth overall pick, both ran good 40-yard dash times at the NFL scouting combine in March.
Fournette blazed through his 40 in 4.51 seconds at 240 pounds, and the 202-pound McCaffrey posted a 4.48-second clocking.
To which Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman says ... whatever.
“I am not tied into 40-yard dash times that guys run in their underwear. What I am tied into is how fast does that guy play in his pads?” Gettleman said last week.