"I'm always amused when people do things a certain way for no real reason except that it's the way they've always done it. The events used in football testing provide a classic example of this.
Seriously, who cares how fast an offensive lineman can sprint forty yards in a straight line? Are you really going to adjust an O-Lineman's ranking on your draft board based on his ability to run down DBs after interceptions or his capacity to get downfield to cover missed field goals? As my friend and former Tiger-Cat athletic therapist Chris Puskas remarked, "If an O-Lineman is sprinting forty yards, then clearly something bad has happened.""
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