NFL Combine Open Thread

“A Show of Hands”?

Also, I just read this from (gasp) Pat Kirwan.

2. My explosion quotient
I do like to take a few of the measurables and combine the results to get an idea of an athlete’s explosiveness. A football game is really a series of 65 explosions for players on both sides of the line of scrimmage, especially up front where players make violent contact on every play. Take a look at the results of the vertical jump, the standing broad jump and the bench press. Add the three results together and see if the player you like breaks the number 70. For example a 36-inch vertical, an 11-foot long jump and 30 reps on the bench equals a 77 score. That guy is explosive.

I call bullshit on it directly translating to explosiveness off the snap, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

Haden.

This.

Mentioned on FGs here.

For most QBs, it seems to not matter; teams accept that they want to throw to people whose style they are intimate with. But when there is a player like Tebow with these huge questions about his ability to throw, isn’t he hurting himself by not throwing at the combine?

The people that run the NFL and cover the NFL are threatening to send me screaming from the league.

According to a recent report from Jerry McDonald of the Bay Area News Group, running back Michael Bush has been taking himself out of the game:

Privately, Bush’s propensity to remove himself when he’s on a roll, halting momentum, rubs the coaching staff the wrong way.

That definitely surprised me. I know a lot of us have been angry at head coach Tom Cable for pulling Bush; however, it doesn’t seem like that’s the case here.

Wt: 184 lb*
40y: 4.00s*
20ss: 4.25s*
3-cone: 6.44s*
Vert: 48.5 in*
BP: 19
Wonderlic: 28*3

(* represents NFL Combine)

I’m not sure what I find more funny, the incredible exaggeration of his speed, agility and jumping ability, or the modesty shown in his bench press and Wonderlic.

Cause if so I have a ton of good stuff about the moon landing we can talk about too.

Steve Smith ran a 4.4 in Indy.

Hello to our new two-TE system….

I don’t think we’ll get him. Go higher than 14, lower than 6. Bummer.

Ed Wang’s hair?

Here is talking about fixing his throwing motion.

This.

Sam Bradford: 6-foot-4 1/4, 236 pounds, 34 3/8-inch arm length, 9 1/2-inch hand span
Jimmy Clausen: 6-foot-2 5/8, 222 pounds, 30 3/4-inch arm length, 9-inch hand span
Colt McCoy: 6-foot-1 1/8, 216 pounds, 31-inch arm length, 9 3/8-inch hand span
Tim Tebow: 6-foot-2 3/4, 236 pounds, 31 3/4-inch arm length, 10 1/8-inch hand span

Thursday

This draft, there are more defensive linemen than any draft I can remember in really 26 years I’ve been doing this. It’s not only depth but the quality of that depth as well."

Interesting to me from two standpoints: 1. Knowing this a team at the top of the draft could justify passing on a top-rated DT for a more important position, be it QB or OL, etc. understanding the availability of good DLs at later picks. 2. We stand to improve our defensive line somewhere and the quality could well be better than expected. John mentioned this early on, as far as the depth of the class likely to push some good prospects down enough to grab at #40.

USA USA USA

Redskins to tender Campbell next week.

Right now, the draft is shaping to look like something along the lines of this?

1. Bradford
2. Suh
3. McCoy
4. Okung
5. McClain

He looks every bit the one-cut and go type runner that has success in a ZBS. He doesn’t have a lot of moves or wiggle, but good vision and all the physical tools are there. I’d be happy if he became a Seahawk. Best ZBS runner of the top backs, IMO.

San Francisco lost coin-toss and will have #17 (the 2nd of their two first round picks), losing out to the Titans who pick 16th. A small thank you to Lady Luck. :)

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2010-Draft-Order-Updated.html

135 got pwned.

Seriously not bad though. I hope he sticks with the NFL Network. He seems like a natural.

I always liked him.

Prepare to be drafted by Al Davis.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/09000d5d8169ff35/Group-1-40-yard-dash

Kid weighs in 303

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/09000d5d816a01fd/OL-mirror-drill

Except for the whole “Going in the first round” thing

Kafka ready for shot: Northwestern’s Mike Kafka showed up at the combine with a shaved head and a winner’s attitude.

“I want to be an NFL starter,” he said. “I’m not going to the league to be a No. 2. I think my whole game can go to another level. I’m ready to take it up another notch.”

Kafka was a multi-threat quarterback at Northwestern and put up some big numbers. Scouts Inc. has him ranked 11th among quarterbacks, a class that Bears general manager Jerry Angelo ranked as “iffy.”

“I know my athletic ability takes care of itself,” he said. "There’s a lot of film people can watch to know I can throw. Most important for me are the interviews. I want to show them I know football

Here’s a link to Kafka’s Diary: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/2073157,CST-SPT-diary27.article

Curry’s was 4.51. DRC’s was 4.17. Clay Mathews did it in 4.18. That’s insane.

It might be that they just didn’t report it well

I didn’t expect him run that fast.

most important drill for wide receivers.

Wonder what his 40 will be. 4.5x?

Jarret Brown 4.54
Tebow 4.72
McCoy 4.79
Zac Robinson 4.71

do you think that would be a hot seller? I do.

Wow.

That’s moronic.

Par.

Needs to trim a tenth off.

I’m a believer

Not surprised at all.

Gerhart 4.53. Better than either Wells or Moreno from last year Blount 4.62, Dixon 4.67 (like Shonn Greene who had a 4.63). Dwyer 4.59. Stafon Johnson 4.66 (ouch). Mathews 4.41 (nice).

no top end speed.

Plus, Tonga is a great FB name.

And his takeoff looked a little hitched.

Another very good three down back.

Helped himself.

Best w/ 4.33 on his 2nd run.

Think that’s the top three.

Bell has good hands, so does Dwyer. Blount?

I laughed.

Where did all the Dwyer hype come from?

I want him to do well more than most any of the other backs.

He can be forgiven, I think.

Not fast. I don’t see why that’s such a hard thing to understand.