Super Bowl champion coach Mike McDonald was in the NFL Network booth talking NFL Combine while players like Mason Reiger were running 40-yard dashes. He said for edge rushers and defensive linemen, one of the main things NFL scouts are looking for is explosive testing. So, with the 40-yard dash, it's not the final number but those first 10 yards. That split needs to pop.
Mason Reiger fits that bill. He ran a 1.61 10-yard split, which was good for fifth (tied) among defensive ends. That wasn't the only explosive trait he had, but that was the trait that the Wisconsin football social media team quickly made a TJ Watt comparison.