As for McElroy, I don’t think he is a starting NFL talent. Should be a solid backup with his smarts, though.

He passes the 26-27-60 test. 26 or better on the Wonderlic, 27 games started in college, over 60% completion percentage. Most of those guys are very successful. Decent article by SI for once.

//Ryan Fitzpatrick (I scored a 49)

Did Jake Locker throw the ball well in his workout? If so he could be a case towards being picked thanks in large part to the Combine

yep.

Of course being a good college football player really isn’t any more of an indicator of NFL greatness than being a top physical specimen

nice!

I’ve been seeing the same Groupon ad for about a month now. At least the autoplay Chad and Terrell show ad is long gone.

If you’re spending what will likely be the last #1 overall contract before the rookie wage scale on a player

The rookie wage scale will be in effect before players from this draft are signed.

As for McElroy, I don’t think he is a starting NFL talent. Should be a solid backup with his smarts, though.

Matt Jones scoffs at all of you that are so quick to disregard the combine!!

Can’t blame the guy for trying to use the Charlie Sheen method of success. He just missed on the WINNING! part.

However, with all the DL talent in this draft, there are bound to be a few guys who slip into the 2nd. I’m really hoping the Patterson falls to the Browns and they snag him then get their DL in the 2nd.

Patterson, Haden, Ward = Nasty.

Certainly. I don’t think any reasonable person would argue that the combine should be ignored entirely.

I was going to use Darius Heyward-Bey and his 40 time at the combine, but I realized it was a poor example as that pick can be explained as much by the insanity of Al Davis as it can anything else.

Of course being a good college football player really isn’t any more of an indicator of NFL greatness than being a top physical specimen

/bangs fingers in desk drawer repeatedly

Ok, I’ll agree it’s a bit of a tired trope, but the reason it keeps emerging is that there are teams who will ignore much of a player’s college career and move him up or down the draft based mostly on the combine.

That’s gonna happen with Dontay Moch and his 4.45 as a DE/OLB. He’ll go about three rounds quicker than he should.

There’s a lot of baggage and “issues” around Fairley. If you’re spending what will likely be the last #1 overall contract before the rookie wage scale on a player, you want nothing on his resume that could give you pause.

depends on how the owner of the team views risk taking. high risk, high reward might be worth it to them.

/does line of coke

There’s a lot of baggage and “issues” around Fairley. If you’re spending what will likely be the last #1 overall contract before the rookie wage scale on a player, you want nothing on his resume that could give you pause.

Ok, I’ll agree it’s a bit of a tired trope, but the reason it keeps emerging is that there are teams who will ignore much of a player’s college career and move him up or down the draft based mostly on the combine.