The 10 Fastest QBs in the NFL

October 3, 2016   ·   Andy Bailey   ·   Jump to comments

The scrambling quarterback isn't the NFL commodity it once was, but few could argue that having speed at that position is a bad thing.
In a pass-heavy league, the ability to avoid a rush is key. And being able to take off down the field when the opportunity arises gives a defense another thing to think about.
The fastest quarterbacks in the NFL either possess those traits already or have the potential to develop them over their careers.
To determine who the fastest are in 2016, we used a simple formula borrowed from Grantland's Bill Barnwell: take the player's combine or pro-day time in the 40-yard dash and add "two-hundredths of a second for each year since a player’s arrival into the league." This, according to Barnwell, adjusts "for the ravages of time."
We'll call the final number "age-adjusted 40." It's not a perfect measure, but as with any unfamiliar stat, if the results make some sense, it has merit.
What follows are the 10 fastest quarterbac...

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