NFL Combine Thread

[ImaginaryKev]

This is that great time of year where everyone forgets that getting your hopes up for a certain player is silly and that elite players are found all throughout the draft, even outside of the top ten

[Moo Daeng]

32 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Just read dexter Lawrence hurt after 40 yd dash...falling fast

Lol. The draft is in 2 months.

[Toomers]

3 minutes ago, stbugs said:

It's always a tough line to walk. There are some players where the combine shows a little bit about how maybe (like Jarvis) being on a good team with other goof players will mask their lack of athleticism or shows some players that maybe got more attention than they should have and are better players than their production. There are also players who test better than they play and they go too high and players that have better vision/football ability and don't test well. You can't be 100% sure, but I do think like Jarvis and Gesicki from PSU last year that it can be obvious if players really are better athletes than players or aren't athletic enough to be successful in the NFL.

  I  now have a tendency to drop for something awful but I can’t raise much for a great number in something. Which isn’t too logical......but that’s the draft. 

[Moo Daeng]

This is mostly all about where the media puts players on big boards. 

Lttle to do with how the scouts and team analyze this small part mixed in with a few seasons of game tape.and private workouts.and interviews. Some acting like the most recent drill is the only thing to draft by.

[ncfan]

24 minutes ago, stbugs said:

It was on his second rep and his first one was 5.05 at 340 pounds and 36 bench reps. I wouldn't say he's falling fast at all.

This

[kungfoodude]

10 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

This is mostly all about where the media puts players on big boards. 

Lttle to do with how the scouts and team analyze this small part mixed in with a few seasons of game tape.and private workouts.and interviews. Some acting like the most recent drill is the only thing to draft by.

Yeah, if a player is much, much better or much, much worse than expected, they are going to go back to all the tape and see why that didn't translate to the film. People also get pretty minimal insight into the player interviews either. Those play a much bigger factor than most think.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2823366-brs-matt-miller-scouts-ripped-jachai-polites-combine-called-injury-bulls-t

 

Apparently many scouts are not a fan of Polite's showing and alleged injury

Quotes from article:

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Jon Ledyard of the Draft Network summarized the proceedings when he tweeted "Jachai came in with a ton of added bad weight, looked sloppy, wasn't explosive (1.71 10-yard), forgot to fake a hamstring injury before announcing he had one, and bailed on rest of Combine. Not great."

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That was far from his only issue at the combine, as Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat reporter Trevor Sikkema noted Polite said the San Francisco 49ers "just bashed me the whole time" during their interview. That echoed a theme in the prospect's exchanges with the Green Bay Packers, as Zach Heilprin of Zone Madison shared:

 

 

 

[MurkN]

 

[ncfan]

 

[ncfan]

^really want this guy as a late round prospect at Nickel.  Also legacy

[ncfan]

 

Some real good times for DBs so far

[ncfan]

 

 

[Black&BlueBubba]

3 minutes ago, ncfan said:

 

We met with Johnson. 

[ncfan]

Just now, Black&BlueBubba said:

We met with Johnson. 

I think we are high on him

Dude has good size, and is more of a upside player.  Bradberry is in the last year of his contract.  So if he is still there at our comp pick, he very well could be in play