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SJB unofficial 4.53 40 yard at 6'2 5/8s 218lbs
Holy crap - that's gotta be among the best in the entire combine, right? That's flying.Dan Hoppen @danhoppen 4m
#Huskers RT @MikeHuguenin Stanley Jean-Baptiste, who measured 6-3 and 218 at combine, has best vertical jump of the DBs: 41.5 inches
Oooh, can't wait to hear the arguments how jumping high is as meaningless as running fast in professional football.Dan Hoppen @danhoppen 4m
#Huskers RT @MikeHuguenin Stanley Jean-Baptiste, who measured 6-3 and 218 at combine, has best vertical jump of the DBs: 41.5 inches
You only hear that argument when a Husker does poorly. Not when they are the best at something.Oooh, can't wait to hear the arguments how jumping high is as meaningless as running fast in professional football.Dan Hoppen @danhoppen 4m
#Huskers RT @MikeHuguenin Stanley Jean-Baptiste, who measured 6-3 and 218 at combine, has best vertical jump of the DBs: 41.5 inches
“It is a tool," Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway said. “It’s useful to have all of these players in one place to see them, meet them, talk to them. But overall, it’s just part of the big picture. Decisions are made by the work the scouts have done all year getting to know these guys, on the road and by what they've done on the field. ... The combine is one of the things you consider."
So, as Jadeveon Clowney, Michael Sam and Johnny Manziel had their workouts beamed coast to coast, there is a perception that a prospect’s draft status can undergo a substantial improvement or decline after what happens in Lucas Oil Stadium. Especially as combine ratings soar and apparel companies such as Under Armour work to outfit the prospects and Adidas drops $100,000 on Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks for his 40-yard dash time posted in its shoes.
But the swing after the combine is far less drastic inside most NFL teams’ draft meetings.
“It’s up to us to rely on all of the information that we’ve gotten over the last 12, 13, 14 months,’’ Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said. “If you trust your system and if you trust your scouting staff and you trust basically your budget and everything that you've put into your scouting process, then you shouldn't be swayed by all of the other noise out there or the projections or the prognostications."
The irony in all of the interest in the combine? For the teams, the most important parts of the annual event are still the ones that remain unseen to the outside world: the medical exam and the face-to-face interviews prospects have with team officials.
Of all the things that happen at the combine, the medical exam is likely the most important. Medical staffs from every team get the opportunity to examine all of the prospects invited to the combine, and every prospect is put through a full battery of X-rays.
Sucks that Quincy pulled a hammy. Stanley had the best by default, but his dimensions is what really showed during the combine. Maybe he will post a better 40 time during Pro Day?Stanley should be the most interesting Husker at the combine. But I think Quincy will have the best out of the 3.
FIFYESPN article about the Combine:
“I'm a giant tool," Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway said.