(04-23-2019, 08:42 PM)Upper Wrote:

(04-23-2019, 08:30 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Upper is about 90% combine/sparq

I try to model like the best drafting teams do. There are thresholds for the well known position/drill correlations (mostly 3 cone for EDGE and shuttle for OL), and then you scout those guys. For most positions there is enough different body/profile types that can be successful that I only seriously prop/discount guys that test in the extremes of the SPARQ percentiles.

We just happen to be talking a ton about OL/EDGE this draft season so I've brought up athletic profiles a lot because what we want also happens to have the most clear thresholds. I haven't done it for the TE/WR/S types that we've mentioned, in fact I've gone out of my way to trump up some guys who are average at best athletes like Sternberger, Oliver, JJAW, Harmon, and Isabella.

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(04-23-2019, 08:38 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Why not? It's a game isn't it?

Oh god you meant the game itself, not the practices. Even the draftniks that put weight into it say the practices are 90% of the senior bowl evaluation not the game, and the whole week means fairly little in the grand scheme.