Jahad Thomas as well from Temple, if Mac does not grab Cook or Fournette at 6th, he might grab Thomas with a 3rd round pick.
Very bizarre indeed. I would have to do some thorough vetting of his mental state and character before I'd use the #6 on him now. It's a shame. He's one hell of a prospect.
His father actually escaped custody and was on the loose for 16 years. He was captured in Miami during Rubens first year in college.
Rex would love him. He committed to Alabama. Decomitted , committed to Auburn. Got an Auburn tattoo. Decomitted and went to Alabama.
Watson made all the throws as well with a good 40 time. I'd agree that Trubisky probably had the best day. I just don't see any of these guys coming in and playing well from day one. They all should sit for at minimum half a season. I also absolutely hate the combine. I watched a lot of it this weekend and I just can't understand in full how teams can take this as some sort of full evaluation. They should do all these players and themselves a favor and have them do the entire days worth of drills in shoulder pads, helmets and full lower pads. Then we can really see how fast and athletic they are. Outside of the bench press of course, for obvious reasons.
The teams use the combine more for the interview process, medical s and to get a feel for the players there are most interested in. The actual drills, running only really come into play if a team has two players rated exactly the same. If a player does much better than a team expected, it would give them reason to go back and study his film. The play teams have of prospects weights much heavier in draft decisions than the combine drills. The combine was much more important before the technology we have today was available. Back then, the combine was the only way for teams to get a look at alot of the potential draft picks.
Holy crap! I wish I had known all that about him earlier. I never would have wanted him for the Jets. EDIT: Upon further reflection, it would have given me pause and still does, but I think we need to hear the full story. Players shouldn't have been stuck there for hours. If that is the case, either the NFL or the hospital (or both), and the hospital worker where the checks were being done are to blame. The hospital worker is supposed to already be a professional. When people are sick or have injuries they are anxious and uptight. He should have kept his cool and prevented the situation from escalating. Foster should have kept his cool, but there's a lot of pressure on these kids. I'm sure he was already frustrated that he couldn't work out at the Combine. He knew he needed to do the team interviews, and that missing them could cost him money. Of course, getting angry and getting booted, may cost him money as well.
Today is last day of Combine.. I hope we had some skilled interviewers on the Jets cause if a trade down happens that may result in a dozen players you need notes on
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Something about these UConn guys at the combine. Byron Jones on Dallas was the same about 2 or 3 yrs ago. Another guy doing well winning me over is Josh Jones FS from N.C. State. Was in WW85's mock as a 6th rounder, but he's currently rated a 4th rounder definitely moving up after the combine. 6-1 220 4.41 40 20 bench 37.5 vertical 11-0 broad jump CB Fabian Moreau out of UCLA at 6-0 206 ran a 4.35. The bad ===== apparently Florida CB Teez Tabor ran 40-yard dashes of 4.63 and 4.68-seconds. Thats gotta kick him out of the first round, right?
We have all been to the hospital at some point and know how it is. Long waits. Throw in a couple dozen extra players, x ray, blood work, MRIs. The actual hospital patients, come first. Then you have the ER. Friday night. I'm sure the staff was tired as well but all reports are Foster played the do you know who I am card. Then threatened the worker. That is simply inexcusable. I agree sick or injured people are uptight. These are routine test for healthy people. This is a part of the draft day process and has been for years. Every player is told what to expect. It just gave the league a little insight on who he is as a person. Every player has had the same test and wait time, he is the only one to lose control and threaten a worker with physical violence. I posted about his back story and I have to say, not many kids would make it out of that situation , he has obviously made it but with some serious issues.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...eams-to-explain-incident?campaign=Twitter_atn Smart move and it won't hurt his stock.
I didn't see where he threatened the worker. If so, it is inexcusable, as is playing the "do you know who I am? card. The article I saw said that the teams had been informed, but NOT the players, so I'm not sure what to believe there. I think it's incredibly poor planning and set up on the part of the NFL to have them go to a hospital for the testing. Of course injured and sick people have to have first priority there. The NFL ought to have off-duty medical professionals there onsite doing the testing or have made arrangements with doctors or clinics who can do this kind of testing that perhaps aren't usually open at night. They could draw the blood, take whatever x-rays or scans, then if need be send the results somewhere for the actual testing and reading of the scans while the players were meeting with teams.
This I thought was interesting. A video simulcam of the 40 yard dash of draftees this year vs NFL stars when they came out. The take away? These kids are getting faster. Linebackers and Defensive Ends faster than today's star WR's. Incredible.
From Sports Illustrated Foster got tired of waiting and "pulled the 'Do you know who I am?' card." When a male hospital worker told him he would wait in line like everyone else, "Foster warned the man that he'd put hands on him, and the employee said, simply, 'Do it.'" That started the heated exchange. There are literally 100s of reports online about the incident. I believe that the long wait time may actually be intentional. The teams have a very short window to evaluate the players. The true personality of a person is more likely to be revealed in a stressful situation. The players are being coached on everything prior to the combine. Not just in the drills but how to answer questions during the interview process , how to sit, to make eye contact. Alot of the players have limited social skills which is understandable, especially for a kid with a history like Foster's. But at the end of the day, the NFL is still a very public business , that is in a near impossible fight to maintain a positive image. Foster's only real reason for being there was to ace the personality part of the combine. He's recovering from surgery, so he was not going to participate in any of the drills his getting kicked out of the combine surrounded by serious attitude concerns is a total failure on his part .
Thanks. I think you may be right about it being intentional. Foster really screwed up and probably has cost himself some $s.
