Maybe it's time the combine evaluations were reevaluated (1 Viewer)

[Dan in Lafayette]

Pat Kirwan / NFL.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but the NFL Scouting Combine can be a very dangerous event if it is given a priority place in the evaluation of football talent.

All of a sudden there are people all over America interpreting combine results like they can tell what kind of football player a guy can be. I can't tell you how many NFL personnel people and coaches are frustrated with what they are looking at on the field in front of them and in the interview rooms at the combine.

As one long-time NFL executive said this week, "The tests had there place in helping us determine certain traits we were looking for but now the kids rehearse the combine tests so much that it is not the indicator it once was, and the smart football people are discounting the results." Full Story – NFL.comhttp://www.nfl.com/combine/story?id=09000d5d806ce0e2&template=with-video&confirm=true