Pre-Draft Discussion (Combine, Mock Drafts, Analysis, etc...)

CrimsonForce · Feb 25, 2016

Alasippi said:
I'm confused. I thought today was for kickers.
All I know about Derrick was that he weighed in at 6'2 242 pounds.
Did the running backs actually do bench presses on day one???
I can't imagine but someone enlighten me.
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Henry weighed in at 247 lbs. Here's the schedule for the week. It shows RBs bench press today.

Alasippi · Feb 25, 2016

CrimsonForce said:
Henry weighed in at 247 lbs. Here's the schedule for the week. It shows RBs bench press today.

Thanks...so how did Derrick's bench compare with the top RB's bench? Although I think bench press is pretty irrelevent for a running back I'd like to know.

gtgilbert · Feb 25, 2016

Alasippi said:
Thanks...so how did Derrick's bench compare with the top RB's bench? Although I think bench press is pretty irrelevent for a running back I'd like to know.

Tell the DE from MSU that Henry stiff armed into a flip that chest and arm strength is irrelevent.

CrimsonForce · Feb 25, 2016

Alasippi said:
Thanks...so how did Derrick's bench compare with the top RB's bench? Although I think bench press is pretty irrelevent for a running back I'd like to know.

The last numbers I saw had Keith Marshall (UGA) with the most reps at 25. Henry had 22 and Drake had 10. I only saw those 3 names and rep count I didn't see a list of the all the RBs..

CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Here's a live stream of the combine. The RBs (Henry and Drake) should be doing on field drills today around noon. The offensive linemen are on the field right now.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/live

CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Alabama LB Reggie Ragland promised he'd come down from his senior bowl weight of 259 and he did. Weighed in at 247 at the combine. Dropped 12 lbs in a month..

Matt0424 · Feb 26, 2016

A couple of quick notes.

Henry finished tied for 5th in the bench press. If you take out the FB's, he was tied for 3rd among actual RB's. Good showing in something that isn't too big for backs.

Just a few minutes ago Ryan Kelly posted a 5.01 in the 40, with a 1.78 10 yard split. That's really good numbers for him, and the announcers were glowing over him. They expect him to be able to play 3 positions at the next level (center, both guard spots) which ups his value.

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TiderJack · Feb 26, 2016

Matt0424 said:
A couple of quick notes.

Henry finished tied for 5th in the bench press. If you take out the FB's, he was tied for 3rd among actual RB's. Good showing in something that isn't too big for backs.

Just a few minutes ago Ryan Kelly posted a 5.01 in the 40, with a 1.78 10 yard split. That's really good numbers for him, and the announcers were glowing over him. They expect him to be able to play 3 positions at the next level (center, both guard spots) which ups his value.

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That is an amazing time for Ryan and some are saying Kelly may move into the 1st round. That would be great and would give us four 1st rounders.

Bad Pony · Feb 26, 2016

Matt0424 said:
A couple of quick notes.

Henry finished tied for 5th in the bench press. If you take out the FB's, he was tied for 3rd among actual RB's. Good showing in something that isn't too big for backs.

Just a few minutes ago Ryan Kelly posted a 5.01 in the 40, with a 1.78 10 yard split. That's really good numbers for him, and the announcers were glowing over him. They expect him to be able to play 3 positions at the next level (center, both guard spots) which ups his value.

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The NFL website still shows Kelly with an unofficial 4.93...on the benchpress issue, DH has long arms, which are not good for BP...you need t-rex arms for BP'ing

drwho · Feb 26, 2016

Re: NFL Combine Discussion - 9 Alabama Players Invited

RTR91 said:
That's just a stupid comment to make. The players don't deserve a thing? Really? Many put 10+ years of their life towards improving their skills and working hard to get a chance.

Y'all are clueless. Just because a player puts in X years, works hard, etc. doesn't mean they deserve a spot at the combine. Using the this type of criteria would result in over 1500 players getting an invite to the combine.

I bet you think everyone should get a participation medal, too . . .

RTR91 · Feb 26, 2016

Henry just posted a 37" vertical at 247 pounds. Whoa.

drwho · Feb 26, 2016

Re: NFL Combine Discussion - 9 Alabama Players Invited

JustNeedMe81 said:
I'm sorry, I'm having hard time to see where you coming from on this. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but did you get cut from a football team when you were in high school or something?
Players like Joey Bosa, Derrick Henry, etc deserve to go to the combine, because they have accomplished so much on the field, and its a great opportunity to show what they can do on the next level. If you work hard, you deserve it. if it's not meant to be, then it's not. Simple as that.

It's simple, everybody doesn't deserve an invitation to the combine. The once you mention were invited, so they are irrelevant to the post you quoted. This is a continuation of why Coker didn't get an invite, not why Henry et al did.

CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Re: NFL Combine Discussion - 9 Alabama Players Invited

drwho said:
It's simple, everybody doesn't deserve an invitation to the combine. The once you mention were invited, so they are irrelevant to the post you quoted. This is a continuation of why Coker didn't get an invite, not why Henry et al did.

At this point, I think we all just want to discuss the combine and not argue semantics. The invitation stage of the combine is over and now it's on to the drills and testing..

TideEngineer08 · Feb 26, 2016

Bad Pony said:
The NFL website still shows Kelly with an unofficial 4.93...on the benchpress issue, DH has long arms, which are not good for BP...you need t-rex arms for BP'ing

Yes. It's impressive to me that he had 22 reps.

Matt0424 · Feb 26, 2016

Henry had a 10'10" broad jump.

Holy cow.

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CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

RBs getting ready to run. Anyone want to guess what Henry and Drake will run? I say 4.51 for Henry and 4.48 for Drake..

Matt0424 · Feb 26, 2016

CrimsonForce said:
RBs getting ready to run. Anyone want to guess what Henry and Drake will run? I say 4.51 for Henry and 4.48 for Drake..

I'm going 4.47 Henry, and a blazing 4.39 for Drake.

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CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Matt0424 said:
I'm going 4.47 Henry, and a blazing 4.39 for Drake.

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That would be an insane time for Drake. I think he measured at 6-0 and 205 lbs..

CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Henry can catch the ball just fine. He just didn't have that many receptions in college because he played during the Amari Cooper era lol

CrimsonForce · Feb 26, 2016

Kenyan Drake 4.44 on his first run.

Ezekiel Elliott 4.46 on his first run.

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