Notable 40 yd dash times from the WR group
UM: Donovan Peoples Jones 4.48
OSU: Benjamin Victor 4.60, Austin Mack 4.59, K.J Hill 4.60
ND: Chase Claypool 4.42
MSU: Cody White 4.66
OKlahoma: Cee Dee Lamb 4.50
Wisc: Cephus Quintez 4.73
Ala: Jerry Jeudy 4.45, Henry Ruggs 4.27
http://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker#day=thursday
February 28th, 2020 at 7:40 AM ^
Good for them and I wish the guys great success in this and in the NFL but I just don’t understand people sitting around their TV for hours on end watching dudes in tights exercise. I don’t judge but I just don’t see the appeal.
Really goes to show how much of a football nation this is. People will watch literally anything pertaining to it.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:09 AM ^
Hey, guys, this guy has limits! We should all learn from him!
February 28th, 2020 at 8:35 AM ^
The only ppl I know that watch do so to try to get an edge in their fantasy leagues. As of all the stuff won’t be reported ad nauseam well before any ffl drafts anyway ?♂️. To each their own I guess
February 28th, 2020 at 9:08 AM ^
I watch/follow closely and haven't played fantasy football in 20 years.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:45 AM ^
Leave it to WD to have a negative opinion about something someone else enjoys
February 28th, 2020 at 2:46 PM ^
Some times you come for the content, but stay for the comments.
February 28th, 2020 at 6:59 PM ^
So here's a comment. KJ Hill a 4.6? Not elite at all. But we could not cover him. Shredded us. Too fast. Either speed doesn't matter or our slot defenders were s.l.o.w.
I'm thinking the latter.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:50 AM ^
After watching the HBO Belichick and Saban doc, based on their conversation about the combine, think they agree with you. It really has become a show. "(insert name) just moved up to a first or second round grade based on 40 time". Player evaluation (WR) has trouble running routes and questionable hands!
Only 40 time that matters is Rich Eisen's!
February 28th, 2020 at 8:53 AM ^
"... I just don’t see the appeal."
Ironometer: Asplode. WD, this isn't a great moment of self-awareness for you.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:54 AM ^
I just don’t understand people sitting around their TV for hours on end watching dudes in tights exercise
Not a fan of the olympics?
February 28th, 2020 at 9:22 AM ^
Your total lack of self awareness is breathtaking.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:23 AM ^
I did some quick checking on ratings. This is the average # of viewers of the NFL Network's combine coverage:
2016: 225,000 viewers
2017: 276,000 viewers
2018: 267,000 viewers
Some comparison from Thursday night January 30th of this year:
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS on TruTV: 568,000
ALASKA PD on A&E: 950,000
PROJECT RUNWAY on Bravo: 1,235,000
This is a quick and dirty analysis for sure, but I think it is fair to say that the interest level for watching the combine is pretty low.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
Aren't you the same person who said he has to take fridays off for a game on saturday?
February 28th, 2020 at 11:01 AM ^
yep, I still can't get over that one.
February 28th, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
Lol! This can't be real.
February 28th, 2020 at 12:58 PM ^
I was there. I saw everything.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:33 AM ^
“I don’t see the appeal.” Feel the same way about chinstraps.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:41 AM ^
Except when they are attached to toupees. Those are great.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:48 AM ^
You talking about excessive interest in sports shows an impressive lack of self awareness.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:56 AM ^
The dude who goes to every softball game, swim meet and pissing match in Ann Arbor is judging others. I got no problem with WD but that is hilarious.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
Sure except for the part where I said I’m not judging but just don’t understand the appeal.
Educate me instead of insult me.
February 28th, 2020 at 2:22 PM ^
You don't HAVE to watch their penises flopping around in tights the WHOLE time... You can watch them run and evaluate their speed.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
...says the person with an extensive collection of Men's Gymnastics and Men's Swimming and Men's Wrestling records and participants.
You sure are an odd dude, WD.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:25 AM ^
You mean actual competitions against other teams?
I’m not watching live feeds of what’s going on in the weight rooms for those teams. Not a great comparison.
If you’re into that, cool. I don’t get the appeal of it and I’m trying to understand why people care, not knock them for it.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
You have to be the most intellectually dishonest poster on this site. You constantly talk out both sides of your mouth when called on something. I have zero respect for that kind of shit.
I mean, you are a self-professed WWE fanatic. Do you really not see the dissonance? That's obviously rhetorical, you clearly do not. That is sad.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
I don't want to speak for Magnus but, it is a bit odd to post what you did above, questioning why people seem to have weird obsessions when you quite obviously have weird obsessions of your own.
February 28th, 2020 at 11:02 AM ^
......so you don’t complain about not being able to shake hands, take selfies and get autographs from 18-22 year olds? Didn’t know that involved a competition either!
February 28th, 2020 at 11:07 AM ^
Look, I don't think you're actually going to recognize/acknowledge the hypocritical nature of your comments.
But if you want to talk about COMPETITION being the driving factor in watching guys exercise while wearing tights, then you can lose that argument, too. Guys doing gymnastics (by themselves on a pommel horse, for example) are competing for a trophy or accolades, while the guys running the 40, catching passes, etc. are competing for spots on teams for millions of dollars.
It's all competition.
February 28th, 2020 at 11:14 AM ^
Do the combine stats really even matter at the end of the day though? What you did on the field in actual games is what really matters I would imagine.
Tom Brady's scouting report was hilariously critical of him and stopped short of calling him a bum.
And the dudes in tights comment is just me trying to make a funny. Isn't the thing called the underwear olympics?
February 28th, 2020 at 11:28 AM ^
Yes they do! D.K. Metcalf had similar numbers to DPJ his final year at Ole Miss...put up great numbers at the combine and shot up the draft boards. They aren’t the “end all, be all” but they wouldn’t have players go out there and do it, if it meant zero in their eyes.
February 28th, 2020 at 11:28 AM ^
If the Combine didn't matter to some extent, then they wouldn't do it.
Tom Brady's scouting report led him to being the 199th pick in the draft. So yeah, maybe his poor Combine led to where he was drafted. If he had run a 4.7 and wowed the scouts, maybe he would have been in the 4th or 5th round. Maybe a different team would have picked him.
Regardless, you obviously care about guys exercising in their underwear. It's like you driving past a Wendy's saying "fast food burgers suck" while munching on a Big Mac.
February 28th, 2020 at 11:58 AM ^
Jesus dude, just stop. Take the L in this thread and move on. Do some self-reflection.
Why are you the way that you are? Fuck
6.7.0February 28th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
So what would you suggest the NFL Network show on tv instead of the combine?
February 28th, 2020 at 11:06 AM ^
Stupid question - Michigan men's gymnastics, of course.
February 28th, 2020 at 4:32 PM ^
Woman's beach volleyball.
February 28th, 2020 at 1:45 PM ^
Ok, .......says the guy who has spent immeasurable time on hobbies which define "what's the appeal"
More power to you WD, but try not to use the phrase " I don't judge, but..."
You judged just fine, but your glass house rights of not understanding people doing "anything for hours on end" have been revoked for sometime now.
February 28th, 2020 at 3:05 PM ^
that's rich coming from a guy who goes to JV badminton matches
February 28th, 2020 at 4:04 PM ^
That would be my alter-ego, not WD.
February 28th, 2020 at 7:54 PM ^
You're judging.
February 28th, 2020 at 7:42 AM ^
Interestingly, Lewerke had one of the slowest times for QBs. He was a decent runner at MSU.
February 28th, 2020 at 7:46 AM ^
Yeah, Ruggs was really impressive. But, anyone who's watched him play can see him zoom by everyone.
February 28th, 2020 at 7:47 AM ^
I need some advice.
You see, every Thursday night I'm taking an art class and well, there's someone in it who looks like this one girl back from my HS days whom I might of had a thing for.
I don't have a thing for her, just she looks like someone from HS.
Got it?
February 28th, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^
My advice is to be clearer when asking for advice.
February 28th, 2020 at 9:55 AM ^
My advice for you is to get a real doll.
February 28th, 2020 at 10:11 AM ^
Check for an Adam's apple
February 28th, 2020 at 8:06 AM ^
The times for the OSU guys are pretty surprising. I thought at least some of them would've been sub 4.5. I think it just shows that a "real" 4.6 is very fast for college athletes.
The Alabama guys were uncoverable, at least by our CBs.
That's a good time for DPJ too.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:26 AM ^
The only guy that was uncoverable, (if that's a word) was Jeudy. Ruggs had two receptions, and one was a quick slant.
February 28th, 2020 at 8:55 AM ^
Yep, I’d take Jeudy over Ruggs any day because he’s the better WR.
February 28th, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
But if you combine the 2, you get Juggs...