Working it all out How top performers in '08 Combine workouts fared as rookies By Dan Arkush - Feb. 22, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS ? And they're off! The early 2009 Combine workout results have been posted, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the top talent evaluators from every NFL team took notice of the numbers registered by South Carolina?s Jared Cook, who was cooking on all cylinders Saturday when he set the pace in the vertical-leap, bench-press and broad-jump categories. Same goes for Nebraska?s Lydon Murtha, the top dog among offensive linemen in the three-cone drills and 20-yard shuttles. Although these accomplishments are not a sure signal that Cook and Murtha are destined for top-of-the-line gridiron success, they certainly figure to put them on a faster track, since more often than not it would appear the NFL Scouting Combine?s workout warriors end up working out just fine at the pro level. With that thought in mind, ProFootballWeekly.com recaps just how well the top performer at each position at the 2008 Combine did in his recently completed rookie campaign: ~ ~ TIGHT END (Justin Keller / Purdue) ? Nobody generated more workout buzz last year than Keller, who finished in first place at his position in the 40, vertical leap, broad jump and 20-yard shuttle. Drafted near the bottom of the first round by the Jets, he went to have an uneven rookie campaign. But he opened some eyes with a midseason surge. ~ DEFENSIVE END (Vernon Gholston / Ohio State) ? It remains to be seen whether Gholston becomes Mike Mamula Jr., but after excelling with the top efforts in the bench press, vertical leap and broad jump at the Combine, which led to him being selected sixth overall by the Jets, Gholston turned out to be a major rookie disappointment relegated to backup duty. There are some talent evaluators who believe new Jets head coach Rex Ryan could turn around Gholston by just turning him loose in a far less complicated scheme than the one used by Eric Mangini in ?08. > http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Scouting+Combine/2009/arkush022209.htm ____________________________________ > http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/sherwood__2_/albums.jhtml?albumId=1483650
Profootball Weekly is not exactly fill with editors over looking simple mistakes like that. I'm supprised you don't see it more often.
That s not fair to many of the fan writers around here. Most of them would at least take the time to research and spell check.
true.... some of us should go from opinion writers to news writers.... we'd do a better job. then again when it comes to football the two are a bit synonymous.
