"You know why it's 90 percent set now? Because guys go to the Scouting Combine and they change...

"You know why it's 90 percent set now? Because guys go to the Scouting Combine and they change their grade on a player based on things that have nothing to do with playing football. I'm convinced if you took the stopwatches away from a lot of these guys, most of 'em would not be able to tell you whether they liked a player or not.

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I think Pioli has made it very clear that he views the Combine as a very small piece of a much, much bigger puzzle.

Here’s hoping that OTHER teams aren’t has keen on that, as he. ;)

My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:

1. Todd Haley will still be the Chiefs Head Coach up to the 2011 season.
2. Clancy Pendergast won't make it to the 2010 season and was never intended to. Last-minute hire for a position that needed to be filled.
3. Todd Haley will not be the OC at the start of the 2010 season.

by jbj8609 on Feb 22, 2010 9:50 AM CST reply actions

It's how all job interviews work these days

You get a stack of 100 resumes, you sort by GPA (40 times) or some other metric and pick the top 5 for interview. It is arbitrary and you’ll miss some great people but it will probably average out ok.

Blame my wife!
Waiting until August 2010

by sir eccles on Feb 22, 2010 10:01 AM CST reply actions

Chris Johnson

The combine isn’t something to take lightly either.

by just a guy on Feb 22, 2010 10:30 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Bah

Johnson was going to be a high draft pick even if he hadn’t had a great combine. He was a dominant college player.

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by UCrawford on Feb 22, 2010 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

It's An NFL Draft Tradition

Every year someone rockets up the chart because of Mike Mamula Syndrome (good combine workout) and gets drafted way too early (Vernon Gholston, Darius Heyward-Bey, Gaines Adams) and every year someone drops for not being absolutely perfect at the combine and some team gets a steal (Ryan Harris, DeSean Jackson, Rey Maualuga)

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by UCrawford on Feb 22, 2010 10:33 AM CST reply actions

The only thing the combine tells a team is how well a player prepares.

If a guy shows up to the combine fat and out of shape that may give you some insight into his work habits. Otherwise, the combine is pretty worthless. They’re still doing a bench press rep test at the combine, for God’s sake.

Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.

by Rev. Slappy on Feb 22, 2010 12:45 PM CST reply actions

Maybe someday they'll switch to a power clean and jerk test

Now that would be entertaining to watch

by alakan81 on Feb 22, 2010 1:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I agree.

I know some college level S&C coaches who only use olympic lifts and plyos on their conditioning programs. There isn’t a lot of practicality to the bench press. For some weird reason people still see it as a benchmark for you strong you are: “How much do you bench?” The better question is “How much can you clean?”

Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.

by Rev. Slappy on Feb 22, 2010 1:43 PM CST reply actions