(03-06-2021, 10:11 AM)Bullseye Wrote: I think, in theory, the drafting league wide should be better overall, because they aren't relying on underwear olympics to determine whether to draft a player or not.

Because there is no combine and because the circumstances were so different, teams will be even more reliant on the tape to determine who to draft when.

Agreed. I hate when teams see a guy who has basically done nothing in college, but see him run a fast 40 and suddenly he starts shooting up the draft boards. Never mind the fact that his on field play has been a disappointment. I wanna see consistent success at the position. 40 times, bench press and shuttles are just confirmation of what we've already seen on tape. That's the only measure they should be used for.

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(03-06-2021, 10:23 AM)Upper Wrote:

(03-06-2021, 10:08 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Both are still very fast for a guy that size. So, the rumors of his speed were accurate. He isn't one of those players who runs a disappointingly slow 40 time. That's ll I need to know. I don't really care about the exact number. I just need to know that he is fast and his 40 time at that workout, even if it is off a little, confirms that.

I also said trusting the numbers in general, not specifically with Stokes. We're going to get extremely tainted numbers for pretty much everyone because there isn't going to be any standardized numbers. People were saying Stokes ran that fast because there was a significant tail wind. In track meets they literally adjust the times at the meet if there is a tail wind.

You're telling me there won't be dozens of guys who run a tenth faster because there is a tail wind, the run isn't quiiiite 40 yards, the guy running the stopwatch is off by just a little, or whatever other reason? It's going to matter. I'm taking every number with a gigantic grain of salt this year.

There will definitely be some "slightly adjusted" numbers. Like I said, the actual times themselves, aren't as important to me as the ranges they fall into. I can look at a guy running and can tell if he is fast or not. The actual times are not as important. I just wanna know that he isn't slow and that's easy to tell, just by "eyeballing" how they run.

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