Now that Vick has signed with the New York Jets, another one of the NFL’s fastest running backs, Chris Johnson, believes he could defeat the 34-year-old in a foot race.
Johnson appeared on the NFL podcast “The Dave Dameshek Football Program,” answering “of course me” when asked who would win a race between the two free-agent signings.
Dameshek pointed out that Vick wasn’t afraid of racing anyone and probably would pick himself to beat the speedy Johnson in a race.
“He wouldn’t say that,” the 28-year-old running back said, according to NJ.com. “Nah, he wouldn’t say that.”
Johnson backed his argument up with a stat, too.
“My 40 hasn’t been broken yet, so that’s the evidence right there,” he said.
Johnson, of course, is talking about the 4.24-second 40-yard dash he ran at the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine. That’s still the fastest time in combine history.
Though betting against Johnson in any race wouldn’t be a smart move, ruling out Vick entirely would be a mistake, too.
Make this happen, Jets.
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