1987alum wrote:, but I don't think it's wise to dismiss the measurables. Let's face it, if the NFL didn't use that data as at least part of the evaluation process, they wouldn't collect it.
The bottom line is that history is littered with lower tier athletes that excelled in college and then did nothing in the pros. We hear about the hard workers that go on to become great NFL players, but for every one of them there are countless guys who didn't have the size, speed, strength, whatever, to make it on the next level.
It's a lot easier for a front office to take the guy that has the natural gifts and coach them technique, work ethic, etc, than it is to take the hard worker and hope he develops into a better athlete.
Exactly.
For every Tom Brady, there are dozens of QBs picked in the mid- to late rounds that fade into obscurity.
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One thing that seperates Freddie from Cole is about 20lbs of muscle. I think Cole was hampered by injuries a bit his SR year and that probably played a role in the amount of consideration he was given by the scouts.
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Flipper wrote:One thing that seperates Freddie from Cole is about 20lbs of muscle. I think Cole was hampered by injuries a bit his SR year and that probably played a role in the amount of consideration he was given by the scouts.
Maybe. But he did make it to camp and, while there, made a pretty big impression. Even the star QB (a pre-felony conviction Michael Vick) was talking him up to the press. Once you get in camp, you have to think the measurables are really only a tie-breaker. That is, unless you're the Browns and invested a draft pick in some loser named Steptoe.
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