NFL Combine a final exam that's pass-fail (1 Viewer)

[Dan in Lafayette]

Now's the time to make a bold statement, not fold under pressure

Dan Pompei / Chicago Tribune

The NFL combine offers draft prospects an opportunity. Whether they use that opportunity to improve their draft stock or hurt their draft stock depends on how they respond to the challenges and tests that will be administered over the next seven days.

Charlie Casserly, former general manager of the Houston Texans and the Washington Redskins and now a CBS contributor, believes that for most teams, 90 percent of a player's final draft grade already has been decided, based on how the player performed on the field.

But players can move up or down as much as a round based on what happens between now and the draft. Full Story – Tribunehttp://chicagosports.chicagotribune...cs-080219-pompei-nfl-combine,1,4394633.column