Players who are still considering going to the NFL combine after restrictions are eased should learn from Orlando Brown, writes ConorOrr
. The combine shivered in its boots.
It shines a light on just how unfair and outdated the scouting combine has become, and why players should reject the idea of attending in the first place unless they are a completely off-the-radar prospect who would have no chance of getting face time with an NFL franchise otherwise. Teams have more technological firepower at their hands than at any time in human history. They have gargantuan scouting staffs spread throughout the country.
, would not draft a player based on his refusal to fly to the midwest to get his knee tapped by a rubber poker?While there are one or two combine risers every year, players who run a fast 40-yard dash or bench press a whole bunch of weight and improve their draft stock, that pales in comparison to the anonymous firing squad of scouts and team personnel these players subject themselves to for the sole purpose of filling the league’s programming schedule.
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