Comments on: NFL considers head-to-head races at Scouting Combine http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dirtdawg55 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1592281 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:18:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1592281 Well, since this is already the underwear Olympics why not have them run in heats of eight?

Yes. That was sarcasm.

]]> By: eleventyeight http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1592019 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:54:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1592019 I agree about having players start from a “game position”, also i’d like to see WRs vs. CBs with the CBs starting backwards w/a yard head start like the OP said.

And hell yes- put them all in full pads! Have skills guys run, catch, block etc. but against guys with the big two-handed pads.

Add as much “football” to the Combine as possible.

Down with the Underwear Olympics!!!!

]]> By: woski767 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591968 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:30:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591968 Who really cares what these guys can do in there underwear?

]]> By: fmlizard http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591801 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:13:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591801 Love the idea. Maybe this will turn it a little further away from the “underwear Olympics” and better emulate the idea of “competition speed in pads”

]]> By: jakek2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591800 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:13:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591800 I got a better idea. Give us back our one overseas regular season game and ship this dumb combine mess to Europe.

]]> By: 49erstim http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591783 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:04:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591783 How about a 3-legged race?… C’mon. Get real. Somebody above used the word “gimmicky”. I believe he was being too kind. Putridly bad idea.

I do miss the old QB challenges though. Why dont we bring that back? Pro Bowl skills competition maybe?

]]> By: donphin99 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591769 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:57:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591769 I think this would work great if they show the players the money for doing it. Say offer up a 100K for 1st. They are pros now and need to sop working for free. Have the competition by groups. Fastest DB, Line backer, lineman. It might be a hoot to see the offensive lineman running aganst each other.

]]> By: celly84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591732 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:37:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591732 what would actually make sense is (for the 40 yard dash, at least) to have them start in the stance they would if they were lining up on the field. I’ve never seen a WR or a QB line up in a 3point stance during the game.

I would REALLY be interested in seeing a DB line up backwards (maybe at 39 yards) and have him backpedal for a few yards then turn and run. would give a MUCH better prospective of how he might do covering a “go” route.

]]> By: cardiovascularendurance http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591712 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:28:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591712 I’d like to see a beer chugging competition among lineman. Jared Allen would have been awesome at that.

]]> By: tropboi11 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591706 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:26:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591706 Any type of fun competition should be done at the pro bowl where the best of the best are supposed to be, the combine is part of an interview process, it sounds fun but there are to many things that could go wrong for a player and his hopeful career.

]]> By: silverandblack052099 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591686 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:12:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591686 Good idea in theory but it won’t develop the way the NFL would like. Too many prospects will opt to not participate in these drills to to fear of hurting their draft status. Then how do we really know if we have the fastest or strongest guy at the combine.

On a side note, Al Davis would have loved this.

]]> By: rajbais http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591672 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591672 The head-to-head thing makes sense, but in order to respond to all the cynics who unnecessarily cry “this all for show!!! Wah!!!”; the NFL should just say “the head-to-head 40-yard dash saves us time.”

]]> By: jollyrob68 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591669 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591669 And who pays if they blow out a knee or Hammy. Stop being greedy and leave it alone.

]]> By: beretta96d http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591658 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:55:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591658 more money for the nfl…bottom line. not so great for the kid who tears an acl or pec muscle. his stock will drop and perhaps a career.

]]> By: LoCoSu@%s http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591647 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:49:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591647 hystoracle says:
Feb 24, 2012 12:32 PM
Put them in full pads and then make them run. It would give the teams a better idea of football speed.
Everyone is fast in shorts..

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Agreed. Unless football players are going to play in shorts, the 40 yard dash is meaningless.
Its the playing tape that matters.

]]> By: derfshambeaux http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591644 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:48:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591644 Roger Goodell said that the fans wanted to see competitive drills at the combine. Because, you know, no one else has their finger on the fans’ pulse like the Commish.

]]> By: trollhammer20 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591643 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:48:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591643 Instead of races, how about an actual official electronic timer to measure the sprints, instead of the conjecture and estimates that we get every year?

]]> By: matthewcarlson1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591638 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:47:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591638 This would be awesome.. they should have all kinds of different events. And they finish out the combine with a full-contact game. I know players won’t want to risk getting injured but they can give a 3 mil check to anyone who gets seriously injured. The only players who’s draft stock will get hurt by an injury are the ones who will make less than that anyway.

]]> By: tinkletinkleonyourstar http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591637 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:46:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591637 stupid idea. leave it alone.

]]> By: AlanSaysYo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591630 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:45:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591630 Terrible idea. The 40 times and bench presses and verticals are already overrated in terms of evaluating talent – these are items that should be recorded for reference information. Instead, the NFL wants to pit these guys against each other so more people will watch? That’s the opposite of the reason these guys at the combine compete in these drills.

The players’ union ought to be all over this nonsense. Not only are guys going to get hurt or skip the drills completely, they’re also going to be in a ridiculously large spotlight for no reason related to their own interests. Stocks are going to rise and fall not only based on whether X receiver can run a 4.4 40, but whether X receiver can beat Y receiver head-to-head. It’s not the freaking Olympics.

]]> By: dasboat http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591629 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:44:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591629 How about a fight to the death with dumbbells?

]]> By: thetooloftools http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591626 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:43:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591626 As long as we can bet on it. Let the games begin.

]]> By: ezmoover http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591622 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:41:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591622 The NFL wants to make the Combine just another revenue generating, carnival side show for fans.

Just like the Pro Bowl game has become.

Most GMs have already set their boards well before the Combine and are only interested in the interviews and medicals.

Everything else is just an offseason circus act for hungry fans and extra television revenue for the NFL.

]]> By: maxvv http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591616 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:39:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591616 Terrible idea. The Combine is the ultimate NFL insiders event. Does everything need to be made for TV?

]]> By: clayton43 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591611 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:35:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591611 NO way this happens because agents wont want there man to get shown up in a head to head format…. The only guys who would do this would be the players who dont have anything to lose and are thinking they may not get drafted at all…..Is a great idea and would make it more fun to watch.. but no wya agents let something like this happen at all

]]> By: kandh2004 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591608 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:33:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591608 Can you imagine the lawsuit from the first player that rips his hamstring or the guy who tears a bicep but I would love the superstars thing

]]> By: hystoracle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591604 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:32:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591604 Put them in full pads and then make them run. It would give the teams a better idea of football speed.
Everyone is fast in shorts..

]]> By: gameproper http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591600 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:30:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591600 they should do this at the pro Bowl. I’d much rather watch those guys compete in some way
because they sure as hell dont in the actual game.

]]> By: armchairqb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591597 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:29:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591597 Gimmicky and silly.

]]> By: dvnelson72 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/24/nfl-considers-head-to-head-races-at-scouting-combine/#comment-1591596 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:28:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301917#comment-1591596 Some people are faster when they are competing. It is just a fact.

The NFL is a game where people do run against each other all the time. It makes a lot of sense to me.

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