From
where I sit it looks like the NFL has wrapped up it's most pointless off-season activity...
The
NFL combine is a wonderful way to fill up time on the NFL Network and
keeps the league in the news, but apart from that it's boring. What
did we learn from this year's activities? Not much. Johnny Manziel
refused to do any throwing. Jadeveon Clowney is fast. Hardly
shocking stuff. A number of these activities are useful, but the two
biggest are almost useless. Running the 40 and benching 225 mean
nothing to the game. Yes, it's good to be a fast runner in the NFL.
But when was the last time you saw a lineman running 40 yards down
field in an arrow straight line? Or a DB running forward at all? I
don't care if a MLB can bench 225 50 times, can he read the play?
Can the Center see blitz packages and call blocking schemes? There's
only one way to figure all that out. Watch them play. I'm not
saying abolish the combine. It has several good tests and is a
chance for teams to meet with prospective talents. But it's not the
be-all-and-end-all of football scouting. Just ask the Seahawks.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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