The 2012 NFL Combine, Summed Up in Three Glorious Photos

All, NFL, NFL Combine Tim Ryan February 27th. 2012, 10:52am

If someone were to ask a football fan to explain the NFL combine, they might be best served using these three stirring photos of Andrew Luck as a succinct visual tutorial. It really covers it all, and perhaps might bring back some fond memories of taking tedious physical fitness tests back in grammar school.

Remember, that spastic kid who always excelled in the widely hailed broad jump, or found the strength and rhythm to do 75 situps in 30 seconds was often the one who ran the wrong way when taking the hand-off in football. Probably best to take the results of these tests with a grain of salt, along with a generous helping of humor.

[Photos via US Presswire]

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46 Responses to “The 2012 NFL Combine, Summed Up in Three Glorious Photos”

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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
do the shit with pads on
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scripty Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
The standing long jump photos kill. Like they all doing their best Najeh Davenport impersonation.
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KingGrizz Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Watching the OLinemen run the 40 was very funny — I reccommend it to anyone
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sousedbergin Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
http://cdn02.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/23/kate-upton-see-through-SI-classic-01-580×435.jpg NSFW
/May have been posted already but should be linked often
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Andrew Luck holds wood behind back
Failed to hold wood back: Robert Wagner & Christopher Walken
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rittyrich Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
The NFL is hyper-technical for the sake of being hyper-technical as if that alone is going to uplift impressions of a game that is basically a bunch of humungous dudes smashing into each other with helmets on. And that alone is why I love what Tebow does to these people with his .04 second longer throwing motion.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
why I love what Tebow does to these people with his .04 second longer throwing motion
Throws incompletions at a high rate?
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rittyrich Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Throws incompletions at a high rate?
Maybe that was a bad example.
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MP Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Did you guys know that RGIII is a pretty fast runner?
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
the drills should be position centric. o-line running a 40? where’s the WR throwing drill?
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ButtersBC Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Maybe that was a bad example.
Mike Mamula will always be the gold standard of a player who was only good at Combine drills but couldn’t play football worth a shit
I think fans overestimate how much stock teams put into these results, it’s just part of the process
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
I really hope Luck is a massive bust.
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
if only for the bad facial hair mole
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Tim Ryan Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
I think fans overestimate how much stock teams put into these results, it’s just part of the process
It’s fun to see the analysts get swept away in the “excitement.”
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
I really hope Luck is a massive bust.
his face is already busted.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Also I’m going to call this now: the steal WR of this draft is going to be Brian Quick.
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
when’s the last time there were major changes to the process? i mean they treat this shit like the holy grail, when it’s been shown over and over that combine stars are busty
put on the pads, make specific drills for position. keep some agility drills for the o-line, why does it matter how high a QB jumps? get em in a flight-type simulator, only make it with a pass rush coming at em. they have to make a decision, throw using bio-kinetic sensors
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Rat Face Krzyzewski Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
I could dominate the presidential physical fitness tests in grade school… except for that damn sit and reach.
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
appy state rises
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
rat face i couldn’t do pullups
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Did you guys know that RGIII is a pretty fast runner?
link?
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Linseed oil voice and Asian charm Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Also I’m going to call this now: the steal WR of this draft is going to be Brian Quick.
Mohamed Sanu.
/Rutgers homer.
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
link?
Here you go.
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sousedbergin Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
T. Y. Hilton didn’t get invited?
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HtownHacker Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Haven’t noticed SROD around here lately.
Just heard Dontari Poe ran a 4.87 weighing about 350 lbs.
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spinster096 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Kendall Wright is going to be the best WR to come out of this draft. Book it.
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
spinster096
Clever. I like it.
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phillymantis915 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Just heard Dontari Poe ran a 4.87 weighing about 350 lbs.
He also put up 44 reps on the bench. Guy is moving himself into the top 10.
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cleet Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Why did Luck even go to the combine?
Via Bruce Feldman on twitter, some 346 DL fatty from Memphis ran a 4.87 40!
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ButtersBC Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Why did Luck even go to the combine?
Still get measured, take the Wonderlic and meet with representatives from a bunch of teams…all he didn’t do was throw
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Guy is moving himself into the top 10.
Of the Darius Heyward Bey rankngs?
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Has anyone else tried the bench rep test that they do at the combine? It’s a lot easier when you’re not six foot six and don’t have freakish arms. I put up 42 reps (granted I was around three and a third at that point). And was still able to blast out knuckle children that night.
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Still get measured, take the Wonderlic and meet with representatives from a bunch of teams…all he didn’t do was throw
Professional sports can be rather surreal sometimes.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Professional sports can be rather surreal sometimes.
When you’re important enough to have your own Pro Day where you can throw to your own receivers there’s not a whole lot of reason to do it at the Combine…it’s guys like Kirk Cousins who need all the chances they can get to impress scouts that can benefit from it
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
it’s guys like Kirk Cousins who need all the chances they can get to impress scouts that can benefit from it
In his case, less may have been more.
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
When you’re important enough to have your own Pro Day where you can throw to your own receivers there’s not a whole lot of reason to do it at the Combine
I completely agree. But it’s that set of circumstances that makes the whole thing surreal.
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cleet Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Sorry for the Duckworth Htown.
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
heard an analyst say cousins would be a good pro QB in a few years
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scripty Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
What’s the deal w/ Sanu from the Rutgers crowd? Is he one of these Braylon Edwards types that drops easy receptions and catches the hard ones?
If he has sketchy hands then that is a big flag for me. I hate the WR prospect who “has all the tools but sometimes drops balls due to lack of focus” or crap like that.
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vezina Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
If he has sketchy hands then that is a big flag for me. I hate the WR prospect who “has all the tools but sometimes drops balls due to lack of focus” or crap like that.
i believe one of the top three hardest things to do in sports is make the grab over the middle consistently. not sure what the other two are. probably some golf or baseball related thing
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
not sure what the other two are
1. Winning Coach of the Year as an assistant coach.
2. Dealing with going to school at a Mid Western school like Texas
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
2. Dealing with going to school at a Mid Western school like Texas
Texas is most definitely not in the midwest.
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Irvin Pankey Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
3. Trying to find the perfect time (as it relates to media uproar) to fire the Wizards coach.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Texas is most definitely not in the midwest.
Years ago TBL said it was, that always cracked me up.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
3. Trying to find the perfect time (as it relates to media uproar) to fire the Wizards coach.
He said hard, not impossible.
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ms621 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
Years ago TBL said it was, that always cracked me up.
Gotcha. I felt like I might be missing an inside joke or reference from the past.

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The 2012 NFL Combine, Summed Up in Three Glorious Photos

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