Its back to work again at DT - Harrison failed his physical

At least he could pass a physical…This is bad, bad news…How many DT’s do we have on the active roster? 3?

UDFA was one of the final cuts made by the Eagles. From what i’ve read, he had a stellar camp and pre-season. Although he is a rookie, he might be worth a look….Perhaps the alphabet soup DT/DE cut by the Chargers (Can’t remember his name).

Kind of ironic that our next DT is named “Kearse”. Maybe he can break our’s at that position on the field.

According to Steve Reed: “The Carolina Panthers filled their final roster spot Monday when they added NT Frank Kearse off waivers from the Miami Dolphins”.

If they were going for a rookie DT, why not a big NT like Anthony Gray 95-11 3/4, 330, 5.17-40, 39 bench reps) of Southern Miss? Gray was better in every Combine event than Kearse, except the 3-cone drill (7.93 to 7.80).

The only NFL experience either Gray or Kearse have comes from 4 preseason games, playing against other backups that didn’t survive the final roster cut.

The chance of players making it in the NFL drops with eack round of the draft.

Why do “some people” avoid Combine Information like the plague?

Information enlightens, and improves decision making, do you only bet the longshots at horse races?

By your logic the Panthers should just fire all their scouts, sign only players who run so slow they can be timed with a sundial, can’t lift more than a plate of food, jump higher than the first inch, and miss their ideal position weight by 100 pounds more or less.

I would even say the Combine results are no more than 1/3 or 1/4 of the process, becuse you have to watch the game tapes to see if that track speed shows up on the field. You almost never see the long strides of a 40 time on a football field, and sometimes those track speed guys windup taking baby steps on the field, but some slow players do also. The Senior Bowl and other All-Star games are the best measure of a players talent, Games a little less than the week of practice, because the players are going up against equally talented players. Game tape is a great measure of a player’s talent, but even against the top college teams they face only a few players with NFL level talent.

It’s all a filtering process, the on field performance comes first, then the All-Star Games (where it’s discoverd that many OT’s are RT’s only, without the speed and quickness to protect against edge rushers for example), then at the Combine the numbers are filtered again, by eliminating the players that don’t possess the time tested measurements required for NFL success, and the on filed drills at the Combine are just as important as the measured events (for example, can the DB’s flip their hips in coverage). Then the secret part we don’t see, player interviews, drug test, medical exams, Wonderlic test, etc. Josh Barrett is a great example of how closely the players are watched at the Combine, , after running a 4.35-40, as a 6-2, 225 pound SS, he was shown laughing and joking and it was said that attitude would cost him in the draft, and it did, falling to #220 (mid 7th round).

Combine results are just the quickest short hand way to see if a player possess the basic skill set for his position. What really kills me is the same people that complaine about Combine stats offer nothing more than their own unsupported opinions to counter them. If you have a problem with Combine Stats, then comback with some facts of your own to disprove it, and not just a silly story about a Pro Bowl player like James Harriason that was undrafted, and cut several times, but the player being discussed, you can always find a few exceptions to anything.