The Official 2012 NFL Combine Thread

#28
#28
In all honesty if you approach 4.3 at the combine, that's exceptional football speed. Ridiculous.
 
#29
#29
Dbake005 said:
My bad. Guess I had checked it earlier.
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It's no problem; it always takes them a while before official times actually come out/are posted

Oftentimes they put up the unofficial ones till then.




(could have been worse; you could have been one of those guys who, in the past, posted "Player X just broke the 40 record at the combine!" after an unofficial time)
 
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#32
#32
_vol said:
Sure, all we had at the time was hand times. Expecting them to go up, of course.
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right. again, not calling anyone out as being wrong

just listing the official times since they've been posted online since these earlier posts
 
#39
#39
QB speed is nearly irrelevant when it comes to the draft and playing QB in thr NFL.

QBs in the NFL make their bones with their arms and brains.
 
#40
#40
Poole's short arms and small hands will concern some GMs. His field vision and decision making are already in doubt.
 
#42
#42
Tux said:
QB speed is nearly irrelevant when it comes to the draft and playing QB in thr NFL.

QBs in the NFL make their bones with their arms and brains.
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Yes but it definitely is a huge advantage to have...
 
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#44
#44
milohimself said:
I would say thats only the case with michael vick type speed. I think footwork and lateral speed are much more important
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I didn't think so until I watched Cam this year, but his speed and elusiveness made the offense more dynamic, even without Vick speed...
 
#45
#45
True, but he is closer on the spectrum to a Ben Roethlisberger, who isn't fast in a straight line but is big enough to carry serious momentum, and has good lateral mobility and quickness (which I should have said instead of lateral speed earlier).
 
#46
#46
Through_The_T said:
I didn't think so until I watched Cam this year, but his speed and elusiveness made the offense more dynamic, even without Vick speed...
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Cam's gonna be a pretty good QB once he learns the fundamentals of the QB position -- this said after an amazing year winging his way through the league. Imagine Cam with the technique of a Brees or a Brady. He pretty much brute forced his way through last season and still dominated at times, which is almost unheard of.

He rarely keeps his shoulders square the line of scrimmage -- never seen a QB do this better than Brees. He did a decent job of looking-off safeties, but room for improvement here. His footwork was horrible at times, but was still somehow able to drive a ball 70 yards down the field accurately even when throwing off the wrong foot.

Amazing athlete that has a lot of room to grow. He is deceptively fast for a 250 lb. man as well. Very quick feet and can reach top speed in a couple of steps. Football looks like a miniature toy version in his hands.
 
#49
#49
Blackburn said:
Underwear Olympics or a good way to evaluate talent?

I think it's a little bit of both but game tapes don't lie and I think how a player did in college is the best way to project their NFL ability.
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Yeah they do. A guy that's too slow for the NFL might look fast against Colorado.
 
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