Country Roads Confidential

Mike Mayock and Rich Eisen calling into question the Tavon Austin "official" time. Said it should be lower. Played the overlay as evidence.

Mayock explained that the starts are still hand timed. The finishes are electronic timed.

Leaves room for human error.

It's obvious they are just as fast. So either Goodwin is a 4.34 or Tavon is a 4.27.

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Thanks NFL Network.

Obviously.....I was just kidding....I don't really think there is a conspiracy against us, but recall that Bruce was marked down last year too. It's just annoying and I'm still unclear on how Tavon's time can be that far off when his video overlay with Goodwin is nearly identical.

Just about everybody gets marked down, most scouts trust what they personally hand time over anything because their numbers are consistent throughout everybody to themselves. So Tavon could've timed significantly better or worse depending on the team and their scout. These "official" times are just for fan fodder, and guys like Kiper, the teams don't care if Tavon's official time was very slightly less than his unofficial.

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The analysts admitted that Tavon's time should have been right near Goodwin's. There was some human error because a person starts the clock but the finish is electronic.

It has to do with when they officially determine that you start. 7/100ths of a second? That's the difference in an early muscle twitch. Goodwin was on the olympic relay team, it is what it is. I'm sure the scouts understand that makes no difference when lining up to play. Let's see who can do it faster with a football in their hands...

4.01 second 20-yard shuttle time for Tavon. That's tied for 2nd fastest among WRs. Stedman Bailey with a very impressive 4.09, good for 9th among WRs.

Tavon opted not to do the 3-cone drill. Not sure if he was just getting tired or what, but after the way he performed in the other drills, it wasn't going to help him much.

Being the last drill of the day, I think he had the luxury of not doing the three cone drill, as you stated Chris, it could not help him, he nailed this combine already. He will be top 20, maybe 15

He also had best time in 20 yard shuttle. Better than Tavon! Shocked me.