Underwear Olympics coming next week

[jfra78]

4 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

https://walterfootball.com/james-pearce-dropped-off-some-boards.php

Wonder what the character concerns are? Must be major for teams to drop him all together

[kungfoodude]

3 hours ago, jfra78 said:

Wonder what the character concerns are? Must be major for teams to drop him all together

Well, if you read the quote the one guy does say they are very strict at his franchise.

Something to keep an eye on, though. If he is your guy, he might drop and be available in a trade down.

[kungfoodude]

https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-combine-stock-up-stock-down-day-1

https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-combine-stock-up-stock-down-day-2

https://walterfootball.com/combine.php

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25165619-2025-nfl-scouting-combine-top-draft-takeaways-db-te-field-workouts

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25165323-2025-nfl-scouting-combine-top-draft-takeaways-dl-lb-field-workouts

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2025-nfl-draft-top-takeaways-from-defensive-line-and-linebacker-on-field-testing-at-nfl-scouting-combine

The Draft Network has positional standout articles, as well. 

 

Overall, I really want to get more top 60 or 90 picks. This class seems VERY deep, although possibly lacking many elite guys.

This would be a great class to get a TE, DT/NT, DE/EDGE, RB, LB, CB, etc. Lots of options available for us.

Very heavily leaning towards trading down to get more 2nd and 3rd round picks.

[theinstrumental]

On 2/27/2025 at 6:25 PM, tukafan21 said:

 

 

And this is why I utterly despise the combine

I don't understand changing your opinions on players based on them performing non football drills without pads and that being the differentiator in your opinion of a player over 3-4 years of game tape on them.

Like I've said before, the combine made more sense a few decades ago when there weren't a hundred HD cameras at every college game, so you get multiple angles of every snap of every player, over the course of their full career.  It allowed you to compare players with each other when you didn't have access to all of that dedicated tape on each player.  

The only thing the combine is good for these days is the interviews and letting teams interview hundreds of players in person without needing to fly around the country for weeks on end.  The actual on field drills are nothing more than TV fodder for fans to watch and networks to sell commercial time to make money.

The combine athletic testing removes weird variables and offers an extra data point if you're trying to weigh conflicting indicators.

Case in point: Shemar Stewart had 39 pressures. Good! He converted only 1.5 into sacks. Bad! Why might that have happened? Does he lack burst to close on the QB? Enter the combine, which answers: he does not. 

Now, everyone knew that he was a good athlete. But "he's definitely going to be the best athlete every time he steps on the field" is new info and I don't see why it wouldn't change your opinion of him at all.