What is it about the gathering of the nation’s best college athletes that makes football fans giddy? Why do all major football magazines, television channels, and websites cover a bunch of football players running around not in pads, but in tights that are a few sizes too small? Is it because we find some satisfaction [...]
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Top 10 Players To Watch at NFL Combine
Every year, there are players who wow talent evaluators at the combine with their elite athletic abilities, and this year should be no different. So I would like to draw your attention to 10 players to whom you should pay special attention in Indianapolis this weekend: 10) Terrance Taylor-DT/Michigan/ht. 6’0/ wt. 308 Training with Michigan [...]
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What Is The Ideal? Since the NFL combine is just around the corner, there will be lots of discussion about so-and-so having an ideal attribute of some sort. But wouldn’t it be helpful to know what ideal means? I sure think so…. Today, let’s examine what the ideal defensive end looks like so we have [...]
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Tight Ends Had Jermaine Gresham (Oklahoma) declared for the draft, the Big 12 would have produced the best 3 tight end prospects of the year. Instead, Brandon Pettigrew (Oklahoma St.) and Chase Coffman (Missouri) are about all there is to talk about. Pettigrew is a good all around football player: not flashy or super speedy, [...]
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