Quote Originally Posted by CB Eagle View Post
Same difference. My point being that laser timers are used and hand timers are not accurate.
NFL scouts are pretty close compared to most people who time. The general person who times could be 0.25 or so off what the electronic time will be while I have seen a NFL scout clock a 4.50 on a 4.54 electronic time. My point is that NFL scouts are the best timers outside of the electronic method and to make pro days and the combine a comparison of apples to apples it is best to go by hand times. NFL teams use their own hand times and not the electronic times from the combine anyway. When you see all those scouts on TV timing, they are using the times they get the second the run is finished as opposed to waiting on the electronic times and using them. If they used electronic times it would be a complete waste for them to sit there and spend so much time clocking them on their own.