Quote:BluegrassBrandon says that Senior Bowls, BCS bowls, combines, and pro-days are irrelevant in the evaluation process. The NFL Draft could be held today and it would wind up exactly the same as it would after those events. Scouts gain nothing from them.

 

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That's an impressive skewjob, hailtoyourvictor. I said that upcoming passing drills conducted against air and worthless tests like the Wonderlic should have no bearing on a message board poster's present-day opinion of a quarterback's chances for NFL success. If you like Derek Carr right now, I don't know why you wouldn't in April. BCS Bowls are incredibly important. The 2013 Sugar Bowl was why Teddy Bridgewater was the No. 1 pick back in the summer in scouts' eyes when fools in the media were still pretending that Jadeveon Clowney had a chance of going first; the 2007 game was why JaMarcus Russell went from a second-round project to the top pick in the draft.

 

And again, this is mostly unique to a guy like Carr who has 30+ games under his belt. His career is essentially finished and has given us plenty of sample size to work with. An unknown asset like Devin Gardner, on the other hand, can trick fans like you into thinking he has first-round potential before showing how horrible he is before even reaching a combine. The games need to be played.

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