About those combine 40 times that follow a player around his career....

[Malt Liquor]

damn they are slow..I can out run all of them..lol

[French Navy]

NFL Network showing Vet Combine tonight from 8-9. But with these times, it will probably run over

 

haha. not nearly enough love for this

[d-dave]

I wouldn't be that worried about a time at a vet combine.  At the scouting combine, these guys are in the absolute prime of their lives.  They've spent the past several months training for the underwear olympics, and they go out and prove it.  At the vet combine, these guys have some wear on the tires, haven't been going over foot placements and false steps.  Bad sprinting habits have come back.  Basically, no one cares what kind of 40 you run after your pro day.

 

There is a reason they are there and not active in the FA period.  Some of those guys will get picked up as camp bodies and end up cut.  Some might catch back on again, but for most of these guys it's the end of the road.

 

 

[stirs]

I watched about half of the vet combine coverage and it was visible that these guys had lost a step.  The biggest difference was the first 4 steps.  some of the guys looked like they were carrying too much weight also.

[Snake]

This is like watching a bunch of has been race horses run a track.

[Nick_81]

ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk  4m4 minutes ago

Michael Bush on his 4.91-second 40: There goes my career http://wp.me/p14QSB-9JKD 

[ed bell]

Would be interesting to know how many participated and if signed, how much the combine impacted the process

[hepcat]

The thing about the vet combine is it gives closure to these guys.  Most of them are done with their careers but they want that last chance to show they still got it.  And for some, they may be flying under the radar and get noticed, especially some of the QBs.  But for most this is the last stop.

[top dawg]

Damn. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at those 40 times. Whippersnappers may start tuning in just for the comedic effect of seeing older guys figuratively falling off a cliff. For older guys, it is just a stark reminder that you can't outrun father time, and affirms our self-serving list of priorities that we model to the younger generation that running 40s are a lot less important than drinking 40s.

[Moorgan]

It looks like the guys that are getting the most buzz out of this vet combine are not guys who are washed up but are guys like 22 or 23 years old that fell off the radar. Practice squad type guys. Arizona just signed one of them. A WR.

 

Cardinals Signing WR Nathan Slaughter

[Mr. Scot]

I'm sure everyone was expecting good things for Nathan Slaughter