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Win my money: Pick the fastest 40 time at the NFL Combine

For the new readers out there, I love you. In a (very) small effort to show my appreciation, I give away my money twice a year on the site.

That’s right, a whole $20. This is not a sponsored post. This is money straight from my pocket to your pocket. At no point will my hand literally be inside your pocket (your loss).

So anyway, here’s the challenge. You pick the fastest player and his 40-yard dash time at the NFL Scouting Combine. If you hit it, you get the money. If there are ties, a random winner will be chosen. That means if Patrick Peterson and Jon Baldwin are both the fastest with a 4.27, the two people who picked those players and times will be put into a hat.

Find a full list of Combine invitees here.

By entering, you fully acknowledge that you’ve read and understand the following rules:

1) You get one pick. You can’t change it. That means when Jordan Todman announces he’s not running, you’re screwed. How will this policed? I’ll randomly take screen shots of the comments and trust that you do not suck. The pick has to go to the hundredths of a second. If you pick 4.3, write it as 4.30.

2) Look over the other picks before you make your pick. You cannot have the same pick as someone. However, you can pick the same player but a different time. So one person could pick Phil Taylor and 5.64 seconds and another person could take Phil Taylor and 5.65 seconds. If you have the same pick as someone earlier, you are disqualified.

3) You have to have Paypal. If you win and don’t have Paypal, you’re boned. The money will go back to me.

4) If you’re so hard up for $20 that you sign up for multiple accounts just to enter, you’re a pathetic loser. This isn’t really a rule, just saying.

5) Anyone can enter, including MtD staffers.

6) You have to have your entry in this post by 11:59 p.m. (EST) Friday. Workouts begin Saturday morning. Entries anywhere else on the site won’t count.

7) If no one hits it on the head, no one wins.

8) I get a pick.

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