[Aestis]

The ironic part is this guy contradicts himself in his own post.

4.21 = 9.5 yds per second, as he cites
4.6 =8.7 yds per second


So say a WR ran a 4.21, that's one of the fastest 40 times in history going up against a well below avg 40 time for a CB. And the separation after a full second of them sprinting downfield is less than a yard. Even ignoring important things that have been brought up here like acceleration, agility, pads which slow everyone down and keep things even closer together, fatigue, ratings like press/release & route running, the fact that the 4.21 guy is literally trying to sprint with a large strong human in front of him instead of in shorts on a track, etc. Even discounting all those things, in Madden at 0 threshold, that 4.21 guy would have blown past the CB already by several yards and over the next second would be like 8+ yds past him.

Ideal threshold value changes every year and there's a degree of uncertainty/judgment, but objectively 0 is terribly unrealistic this year.