I'm 100% with you on the reports that Calvin Johnson has sub-4.4 speed. The day he runs a 4.35 will be the day I win the lottery.
The last I checked, the guy ran something more along the lines of a 4.5, maybe cracking into the 4.4 range.
And a report of a 47 inch vertical would have to be considered on the ridiculous side at this point, no offense to anyone. Let's see him reproduce those in Indy or at his pro day.
The actual 40 time doesn't matter so much as what his collective times tell you about his acceleration, burst, explosion and top speed.
But at this point to compare him to Mike Williams is not a very good comparison. Reggie Williams, maybe...but Mike Williams and Calvin Johnson are two very different draft prospects. There were maturity issues with Williams, also a pure physical conditioning issue with him having to do with him not having played any football in well over a year. I think those two have combined to hurt him way more than anything else in Detroit. Quite frankly, a lot of analysts looked at Mike Williams and never predicted him to be anything more than a tight end.
Nobody, and I do mean nobody, is saying that about Calvin Johnson.
Although I would say that about Jeff Samardjiza :)