After a year without it, the NFL Combine is back, and the players are ready to take to the field inside Lucas Oil Stadium to showcase their athletic talents to NFL GMs, scouts, head coaches, and millions of football fans around the world.
The quarterbacks, tight ends, and wide receivers will kick off the event. Some of the game’s most marquee positions on Thursday in primetime. I think the NFL knows what it’s doing. We’ll get most of the top prospects at those positions running the 40-yard dash and participating in the other combine drills tonight.
Follow along here as a bunch of our NFL Draft analysts chime in with their opinions, takeaways, and observations from the first day of workouts at the 2022 NFL Combine.
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Cincinnati’s Alec Pierce was moving with a 4.33 unofficial.
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Posted in my mock draft earlier this week that after Indy, Olave could get buzz to be the first WR off the board. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2022-nfl-mock-draft-chargers-gift-justin-herbert-a-new-receiver-jets-get-haul-with-evan-neal-derek-stingley/
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Chris Olave has the body type to destroy the 40… and he may have just done that. 4.26 unofficially.
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Chris Olave is the first player to crack 4.3 unofficially with a 4.26.
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Ok, so Skylar Thompson isn’t crazy fast. But he was a dynamic runner at Kansas State and has the arm talent that teams want at QB today. I rest my case on him. ?
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The Marcus Mariota comp for Desmond Ridder isn’t crazy, actually
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orrrrr Skylar Thompson is going to run close to 4.9
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Skylar Thompson running a 4.89 was surprising to me. He looks very mobile on tape.
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Prediction: Desmond Ridder is going to get picked in the first round
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Skylar Thompson from KSU up after Ridder one of my favorite late-round/UDFA finda at QB because he’s athletic and moves in the pocket well. Plus he has a good arm.
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E.J. Perry had a great week at the Shrine Bowl and looked unfazed by all the Power 5 competition around him in the game. Nice 4.60 to start.
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Velus Jones Jr., the WR from Tennessee clocks in with an official 4.31 at 6’0″ and 204 pounds. Blistering time for a sturdy WR prospect.
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A reminder: we will not see Drake London or Jameson Williams this evening. Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave are in this next group, which should bring the speed just as much as the first group of wide receivers.
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As we round at the night with the third group, here are my top five wide receivers now:
1. Garrett Wilson, Ohio State (7)
2. Jameson Williams, Alabama (10)
3. Treylon Burks, Arkansas (17)
4. Chris Olave, Ohio State (23)
5. Drake London, USC (18)
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/nfl-scouting-combine-2022-breaking-down-the-top-5-prospects-at-each-offensive-position/
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What Josh said…
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There isn’t a lot to take away from these quarterback drills. You are looking at their footwork, ball placement and then just whether or not they have the general arm strength. It is a pre-determined route so it offers nothing in terms of processing. With that being said, you can just tell when one quarterback is different from another and I think Sam Howell separated himself. Jack Coan did some nice things and Cole Kelley has the arm strength.
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Wow. NFL Network showing another drill! Been calling for this forever.
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Great call on Sam Howell, Josh. I’m not a big fan of taking too much from the throwing portions for QBs. But he’s had a seemingly good night.
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Sam Howell has always thrown a pretty deep ball. It is evident on tape but he is also putting it on display in Indianapolis. Great touch on these throws.
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After Malik Willis, Sam Howell has the second-best arm in this class, to me.
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Gio calling out Howie Roseman to draft a linebacker! Love it!
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PSU WR Jahan Dotson is the unique “faster than he is quick” prospect
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Did you end up with a draftable grade on Cole Kelley, Traps?
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NDSU WR Christian Watson with an 11’4″ broad jump. Serious bounce. And he’s 6’4″.
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Recently finalized my grade on Cole Kelley… I liked his swagger on the field. Big arm too.
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Sam Howell had a little hitch in his out route. He turned a three step drop into a 1..2..3..pitter patter, throw.
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In the gauntlet, you obviously want to see clean catches but you also want to see them straddle that white line rather than drifting one way or another.
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David Bell is just so smooth. He puts it away quickly and gets upfield.
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The 2019 group included – DK Metcalf, Terry McLaurin, Parris Campbell, Andy Isabella, Mecole Hardman, Darius Slayton and Emanuel Hall all running sub 4.40
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