My Thought of A True Test of Talent

[Stormontheplains]

First I am serious, I love the nfl combine, but I believe there needs to be a few tweeks and they are listed below.

1.) 40 yard with pads, and without

2.) Oklahoma Drill in pads-- The best way to judge talent is to line up Joe Thomas and Calvin Johnson in front of pro scouts and see what you get. Do the drill 3 times with three different combo's by projected round selection. I would call it the weed wacker, weeds out phoney players.

3.) RB and LB-- Two dummies 7 yards apart with each player 6 yards off line of scrimmage, best way to see moves and power and if a linebacker can tackle. Alot of guys are frauds due to the D-line and dont show up until you have wasted a pick.

4.) Last but the funnest "The Pulling Guard/Talckle vs OLB drill". Want to find out who has balls and can get off a block this would be great and entertaining, plus find out if the lineman can move down the line.

Just my thoughts, something like that could be pay per view, and very good offseason fun.

[youcandoit1687]

No players would participate, especially not the top players. Way too much risk of injury. Oklahoma drills only show off linemen and MLB. About the only one I agree with you on is the 40 with pads.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

People here completely over estimate the combine. It is important, but it is just to meet the players in person and validate the athletic ability and football talent they have already scouted. That's why we always hear the stories of the Bronco pick never talking directly to the Bronco organization. In an interview on NFL Network, Mike Nolan said by far the most important part of the combine was the physicals. A distant second was the interviews and the drills were the least important.

[youcandoit1687]

medicals/physicals and interviews are the most important part, sadly we get no glimpse at that. Some parts of the combine are important, if for nothing other than a showing of work ethic, i.e. who worked on their times, who didn't, etc.

[TheReverend]

40 yard dash and oklahoma drill in pads? So every player would wear tiny little McAffrey pads and show no signs of what their game speed is, sending coaches back to game film with no clue what their relative speed is...

Ideas 2 and 3 were great in highschool, but by this point I don't think you'll see a lot of players open to the hitting right before draft day, and if you go chest high, contact but not to the ground, you'd have to be retarded to do poorly in the drill.

[cutthemdown]

what a stupid thread. Do people even think before they spout off a bunch of stoooopid ideas. Yeah 30 injuries at the combine would be smart. Why have a 40 with pads anyways? The scouts have watched all these guys play they now how fast they play. The combine is as much about seeing how guys attack the drills and compete then anything else. Next thing you will say bench pressing not enough!!! I want to squats!!!! I also want to see who can hold their breathe the longest. Also who takes the biggest crap, whose farts stink the most and who snores.

[KipCorrington25]

medicals/physicals and interviews are the most important part, sadly we get no glimpse at that. Some parts of the combine are important, if for nothing other than a showing of work ethic, i.e. who worked on their times, who didn't, etc.

Call me heterosexual if you must but I personally have no interest in watching some guy get a physical.