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NFL tortures Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes with 40-yard dash Simulcam during 2024 Scouting Combine

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Charles Goldman | Last updated Feb 29, 2024 9:32 PM ET

The NFL can't seem to help itself when using Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes' 40-yard dash at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine to illustrate a point.

Mahomes requested ahead of the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine that producers for the league cut it out, and stop overlaying his 40-yard dash during the combine broadcasts. He just managed to call some attention to it and they certainly took advantage.

The first instance during on-field drills and testing for the defensive line on Thursday came when the league Simulcast Mahomes' 4.8s 40-yard dash attempt against FSU DT Braden Fiske and Texas DT T'Vondre Sweat. The latter, Sweat, ran a 5.27s 40-yard dash at 366 pounds, while Fiske was flying through the drill with a 4.78s 40-yard dash at 292 pounds.

whoops https://t.co/XaWH8bp2fn pic.twitter.com/gmWUY7MEkE
— NFL (@NFL) February 29, 2024

At least Mahomes wasn't left in the dust this time around. Still, he wasn't a happy camper.

https://t.co/zNyAD2uO8b pic.twitter.com/FU0cPvOzei
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 29, 2024

He posted a respectable No. 2 finish in that one, but he wasn't so lucky when it came to the Simulcam of a player from his alma mater. Texas Tech DE Myles Cole is an elite athlete and at 6-foot-6 and over 270 pounds, he ran a 4.69s 40-yard dash. They took the opportunity to rib Mahomes some more.

Sorry, @PatrickMahomes. @TexasTechFB

: #NFLCombine on @nflnetwork
: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/5vY0rNRuj7
— NFL (@NFL) February 29, 2024

"Come on," NFL Network's Rich Eisen said. "We've got to stand up for Patrick Mahomes. . . or keep doing it."

It's safe to say that this torture will continue for Mahomes during the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, and for many years to come.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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