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What is the Combine?
February 26, 2008 |
The NFL Combine is Event that takes place in Indianapolis. Here NFL hopefuls get a chance to showcase their atheletics. They are tested for power, speed, personality,knowledge, agility, coordination. You can be invited by the NFL or pay to participate. All teams are represented by scouts,coaches,coordinators. There are 350 spots available. To do well at this event can mean the difference in being drafted on the first day or drafted at all. The “BIG” name schools also host a PRO DAY and there you get a second chance to show your stuff. If you did not attend one of those schools and cannot make it to the Pro Days then this is your only chance outside a private workout. Here are the events and tests that will be featured
40 yard dash: speed test
bench press: strength test
vertical leap: agility test
3 cone drill: agility test
braod jump: strength test
20 yard shuttle: speed test
60 yard shuttle: speed and coordination
postion drills: knowledge,speed,coordination test
physical measurements: bio
NFL team inteview: personality test
wonderlic test: knowledge retainer test
The Cybex test: body fat measure
injury eval. test
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Like I said on the show CBlack show me the football players not these guys at this glorified meat market. What you have done with your coverage has been excellent and this is no knock on you or what you have done. I’m just saying I need football players. Guys like Zach Thomas, Jerry Rice hell even a guy like John Lynch we don’t hear about there 40 times or how many times they bench pressed 325. But we do know they are going to the Hall of Fame. You talked about Mario Manningham stock dropping because of his 40 time. I hav seen this guy in live action and he can play. Who ever gets this guy in the draft will have them a player.
I agree kbarkley. But you have to admit when you know you have a great player (i.e. McFadden) and he runs a 4.33 (faster than every other rb in the combine save 1 guy who is much smaller) it would make me think long and hard about McFadden at 3. I think ATL is going to pick the qb ryan, but to me you KNOW what McFadden will bring where as QBs are much more iffy. Then again McFadden may be gone by 3.