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Combine Update

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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Soul Rebel Experienced

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Gotta be a $$ thing for the NFL after a season of bleeding revenue losses. 

Simple fix for the combine:

  • Fly all participants (players, coaches, staff) in 1 week early with testing prior to departure. 
  • Re-test as they enter a locked down hotel. 
  • Provide tech for constant tracking and distancing measures with daily testing and nobody leaves the bubble.
  • Begin the interview process from the rooms and knock out all of the face-to-face virtually during the initial week of lockdown
  • Put a roof-to-field huge separator between the two indoor fields allowing two position groups to go at one time
  • Divide the groups positionally into separate times. (eg: QBs on field 1 from 9a-1p; RBs on field 1 from 3p-7p)
  • Empty the facilities between 1p-3p and spray high volumes of sanitizing chemicals from above and on the field level.

This obviously would cost a pretty penny, but it is 100% achievable logistically....perhaps not financially.

I just don't see how Sr. Bowl is "safer" than the combine. 

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Catsfan69 Grand Master

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4 hours ago, Soul Rebel said:

Gotta be a $$ thing for the NFL after a season of bleeding revenue losses. 

Simple fix for the combine:

  • Fly all participants (players, coaches, staff) in 1 week early with testing prior to departure. 
  • Re-test as they enter a locked down hotel. 
  • Provide tech for constant tracking and distancing measures with daily testing and nobody leaves the bubble.
  • Begin the interview process from the rooms and knock out all of the face-to-face virtually during the initial week of lockdown
  • Put a roof-to-field huge separator between the two indoor fields allowing two position groups to go at one time
  • Divide the groups positionally into separate times. (eg: QBs on field 1 from 9a-1p; RBs on field 1 from 3p-7p)
  • Empty the facilities between 1p-3p and spray high volumes of sanitizing chemicals from above and on the field level.

This obviously would cost a pretty penny, but it is 100% achievable logistically....perhaps not financially.

I just don't see how Sr. Bowl is "safer" than the combine. 

Or just have the combine as is.

It's ridiculous that these guys can hit each other all year sweat, bleed and spit on each other all year but they can't workout together?

You really think that makes sense? It's as stupid as players putting on masks on the sidelines.

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8 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I agree--I just do not get how a Sr Bowl is safer than a combine.

Here is where I think the SR bowl helps us--there will be about 20% or more of these players who slip through the cracks and are not drafted.  They will get to know Rhule. Rhule is the kind of coach kids want to play for--so I see us having a lot of undrafted free agents from the SR Bowl (5 or 6 at least). 

Just my subjective, opinionated, theoretical theory.

I like your line of thought here!

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40 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

Or just have the combine as is.

It's ridiculous that these guys can hit each other all year sweat, bleed and spit on each other all year but they can't workout together?

You really think that makes sense? It's as stupid as players putting on masks on the sidelines.

Nfl players aren't coming from as many different threat sources as there are players.  

 

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3 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Nfl players aren't coming from as many different threat sources as there are players.  

 

There’s around 130-140 NFL players on the field for each game if you take into account the 53, practice squad and injured. Around 300 players attend the combine but there’s what, 4 groupings some with multiple positions together? So maybe 80 players a day. That’s without splitting the field up or cutting the group in half.

If you bring players in a week prior and maybe even extend it so there isn’t as much overlap then it shouldn’t be difficult. Aside from the people running drills, the team personnel could be completely separated from the players and in Indy’s stadium social distancing for the coaches/GMs/scouts would be pretty simple. Logistically, it’s some work but it sure seems like it could easily be safer than a game especially if you bring players in a week early and test daily before they compete.

Look at the schedule: http://www.nflcombine.net/players/schedule/

Get rid of bench press (pro day or online) and players have one day on the field. Physical measurements, psychological tests, medical tests, interviews, NFLPA meetings, media and stuff like that is either canceled (media) or done online.

I’m sorry but this poo could have been being planned and been a piece of cake. Take away the nonsense stuff that could easily be done online and you could have 1 day of measurements/bench and 1 day on field for each of the four groups. Either extend it to 8 days so you can split the groups into 40 players a piece or do day/night groups over 8 days so on field is every other day and you clean up the next day and every other day is measurements/bench and you clean that up the other day as well.

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4 minutes ago, stbugs said:

There’s around 130-140 NFL players on the field for each game if you take into account the 53, practice squad and injured. Around 300 players attend the combine but there’s what, 4 groupings some with multiple positions together? So maybe 80 players a day. That’s without splitting the field up or cutting the group in half.

If you bring players in a week prior and maybe even extend it so there isn’t as much overlap then it shouldn’t be difficult. Aside from the people running drills, the team personnel could be completely separated from the players and in Indy’s stadium social distancing for the coaches/GMs/scouts would be pretty simple. Logistically, it’s some work but it sure seems like it could easily be safer than a game especially if you bring players in a week early and test daily before they compete.

Look at the schedule: http://www.nflcombine.net/players/schedule/

Get rid of bench press (pro day or online) and players have one day on the field. Physical measurements, psychological tests, medical tests, interviews, NFLPA meetings, media and stuff like that is either canceled (media) or done online.

I’m sorry but this poo could have been being planned and been a piece of cake. Take away the nonsense stuff that could easily be done online and you could have 1 day of measurements/bench and 1 day on field for each of the four groups. Either extend it to 8 days so you can split the groups into 40 players a piece or do day/night groups over 8 days so on field is every other day and you clean up the next day and every other day is measurements/bench and you clean that up the other day as well.

Nfl players are already isolated.  

There would be no such thing for players coming to the combine. 

Yes, it could be modified, but the risk would still be high, and not worth it to watch players work out.  nfl doesn't want to take that risk. 

Argue what you want. Doesn't dismiss that point. 

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1 minute ago, pantherclaw said:

Sorry. 

 

NFL games don't have as many threat sources as there are players. 

 

The combine would be a nightmare.  

For these players covid is no worse than a common cold for 99.999999999% of them.

Therefore do nothing unusual and allow them to participate. 

 

There's a much bigger risk of blowing an ACL at the combine and losing millions than getting covid and having an adverse outcome. 

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Just now, Catsfan69 said:

For these players covid is no worse than a common cold for 99.999999999% of them.

Therefore do nothing unusual and allow them to participate. 

 

There's a much bigger risk of blowing an ACL at the combine and losing millions than getting covid and having an adverse outcome. 

The risk falls on the NFL.  They don't want that risk. 

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