Thread: Combine Thread; Notes From Day One

Originally Posted by soulman

These things always concern me. Many of these guys spend big $$$ (actually their agents $$$) to attend these performance camps to prepare for the Combine which is why you get some workout warriors instead of football players. If Jeffery has weighed that much before if he's not careful he will regain that lost weight.

Every Combine slow guys try to get faster and smaller players try to get bigger and after a while so much emphasis gets put on all this that no matter how good the measurable you still have to find out if they can play football at the NFL level. Sometimes I think this thing gets more hoopla than it deserves just so the NFL can make more $$$ televising it.

The part about what kind of FOOTBALL PLAYER a guy is spot on. Finally someone mentioned it ... when what we mostly hear about is measurables, measurables, measurables.

I hope Emery watches tape and drafts great football players ( guys with passion, instincts, feel for the game ).... as opposed to guys who's "measurables" may be a LITTLE better, but who are dumb football players and/or whimps who lack passion.

I thought only dumb asses played football, Blue Horse! lol

Reiff didn't do himself any favors either with that output. Of course I am spoiled from Paea.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I thought only dumb asses played football, Blue Horse! lol

Up the shut fuck LOL . jk

Oh ... notice how important measurables got again ?

Anyways ... to get an idea of what I mean, if u get the chance, watch The Brady 6 on NFL Network sometime and you'll see all the bullshit about measurables and blah blah blah. You'll see short lived ex Browns head coach Chris Palmer blathering on about how good Spurgon Wynn is, and all the other hype connected with the QB's drafted ahead of Tom Brady that year and..... well watch it... it's real good and you'll see what I mean.

( not saying ALL measurables are BS, of course some guys pan out. Basically my argument is about drafting real fb players.... which many teams make big mistakes on every year .... because they get caught up in hype and measurables when the tape tells a different story ) ... and I'm just hoping the Bears don't make that mistake.

Originally Posted by Blue Horse-shoe

Up the shut fuck LOL . jk

Oh ... notice how important measurables got again ?

Anyways ... to get an idea of what I mean, if u get the chance, watch The Brady 6 on NFL Network sometime and you'll see all the bullshit about measurables and blah blah blah. You'll see short lived ex Browns head coach Chris Palmer blathering on about how good Spurgon Wynn is, and all the other hype connected with the QB's drafted ahead of Tom Brady that year and..... well watch it... it's real good and you'll see what I mean.

( not saying ALL measurables are BS, of course some guys pan out. Basically my argument is about drafting real fb players.... which many teams make big mistakes on every year .... because they get caught up in hype and measurables when the tape tells a different story ) ... and I'm just hoping the Bears don't make that mistake.

Touche, my man!

Do you know when "The Brady 6" comes on? If I'm not busy studying for Geography or some such other shit as that, I'll definitely watch it.

But Adams only had 18 reps and Konz 19? That's pathetic. At that rate, we may have to trade down to get someone like Konz to play OC for us if that's the route we go. Meanwhile, I really don't know what to say about Adams. I mean, he dominated at the Senior Bowl, but he talks like his inside game is struggling. Soul said that reminds him of Webb, so would that mean that we would be getting another J'Marcus Webb if we drafted him? That self-description by Adams coupled with his lacking of reps really bothers me, and makes him a less attractive option in my eyes. Maybe my best friend was right about him.