NFL Combine Televised

[Easting]

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/combine_2007

Starting Thursday (22nd)


Football season over? Think again.

Beginning Thursday, Feb. 22, and continuing for the next six days, more than 300 NFL hopefuls converge on the RCA Dome in Indianapolis for the biggest job interviews of their lives at the 2007 NFL Scouting Combine.

For the fourth consecutive year, NFL Network is the exclusive home of the NFL Scouting Combine featuring live coverage of on-field drills, physical testing, exams and interviews with team personnel and the media.

This marks the first time ever NFL Network's Combine coverage airs entirely in high definition. Other firsts include the use of "Cablecam" which provides a unique overhead view of drills, an on-screen graphics panel highlighting top results and interviews with participants following drills.

Reebok will again serve as the presenting sponsor of the NFL Network's Combine coverage. As the official outfitter of the NFL, all participants at the Combine will also be wearing NFL Equipment.

From the 40-yard dash to the bench press, the 2007 NFL Scouting Combine on NFL Network Presented by Reebok provides all-access television coverage of the annual event starting Thursday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. ET through Wednesday, Feb. 28.

NFL Network analysts Charles Davis, Mike Mayock and Dick Vermeil along with host Rich Eisen serve as NFL Network's on-air team for the live workouts providing daily reports on the prospects participating.

Following is a breakdown of NFL Network's 27 hours of standard and high definition coverage:

Press conferences -- 8 hours live (Feb. 22-25 at 2 p.m. ET)
Player drills -- 12 hours live (Feb. 24-27 at 11 a.m. ET) Re-Airs at 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. ET
News and interviews on NFL Total Access -- 5 hours (2/22-2/26 at 7 p.m. ET)
Path to the Draft -- 1 hour (Feb. 22-23 at 6:30 p.m. ET)
Wrap-up show -- 1 hour (Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT)
NFL Network airs three hours of live workouts daily from Saturday through Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m. ET featuring NFL prospects participating in a variety of drills, including the famed 40-yard-dash. Encore presentations air at 8 p.m. ET each night as two-hour shows.

NFL Total Access is on location from the Scouting Combine with news, analysis and interviews featuring host Fran Charles alongside analysts Steve Mariucci and Jamie Dukes. NFLTA airs five consecutive nights of shows from Feb. 22-Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. ET.

NFL Network also airs player, coach and general manager press conferences from the NFL Scouting Combine with Paul Burmeister and Adam Schefter anchoring.

With extensive access to daily workouts, head coaches, front-office personnel and players, 2007 NFL Scouting Combine on NFL Network Presented by Reebok will give fans an exclusive opportunity to see how teams are preparing for the upcoming April 28-29 NFL Draft.

The following is NFL Network's day-by-day telecast plans:

Thursday, Feb. 22
2 p.m. ET: 2007 Scouting Combine Press Conferences (LIVE)
6:30 PM ET: Path to the Draft from the Scouting Combine
7 p.m. ET: NFL Total Access at the Scouting Combine (LIVE)

Friday, Feb. 23
2 p.m. ET: 2007 Scouting Combine Press Conferences (LIVE)
6:30 PM ET: Path to the Draft from the Scouting Combine
7 p.m. ET: NFL Total Access at the Scouting Combine (LIVE)

Saturday, Feb. 24
11 a.m. ET: Workouts: Tight Ends, Kickers and Offensive Linemen (LIVE) (repeats at 4 & 8 p.m.)
2 p.m. ET: 2007 Scouting Combine Press Conferences (LIVE)
7 p.m. ET/PT: NFL Total Access at the Scouting Combine (LIVE)

Sunday, Feb. 25
11 a.m. ET: Workouts: Quarterbacks, Running Backs and Wide Receivers (LIVE) (repeats at 4 & 8 p.m.)
2 p.m. ET: 2007 Scouting Combine Press Conferences (LIVE)
7 p.m. ET/PT: NFL Total Access at the Scouting Combine (LIVE)

Monday, Feb. 26
11 a.m. ET: Workouts: Linebackers and Defensive Linemen (LIVE) (repeats at 4 & 8 p.m.)
7 p.m. ET/PT: NFL Total Access at the Scouting Combine (LIVE)

Tuesday, Feb. 27
11 a.m. ET: Workouts: Defensive Backs (LIVE) (repeats at 4 & 8 p.m.)

Wednesday, Feb. 28
8 p.m. ET/PT: 2007 NFL Scouting Combine Wrap-Up Show

Let's watch for our Sooners!

[piusbovis]

It was a dumb post. Deleted.

[swardboy]

AD.....Must-see tv....Saturday at 10 a.m. cdt. Mind-numbing feats of superhuman achievement. Hope he does the thing where he jumps 50 feet high with 200 lb. weights in each hand!

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

I read where AD said he was going to try and run a 4.29. I guess im sure most players want to do that...

[MichiganSooner]

Is anyone really going to sit and watch this stuff?

[Sooner74]

As a matter of fact, yes. Why wouldn't you. You get to see the best players in the country compete for bragging rights and money. In fact I love to watch it because people you would never expect to be in the first day work their way up with good combine results and overhyped players well work down.

[OU-HSV]

AD.....Must-see tv....Sunday at 10 a.m. cdt. Mind-numbing feats of superhuman achievement. Hope he does the thing where he jumps 50 feet high with 200 lb. weights in each hand!
Fixed ;)
I hope I get a chance to watch some of it this weekend. And I hope AD runs the fastest 40 out of all the RBs (heck out of all the players), that'd be sweet.

[swardboy]

Fixed ;)
I hope I get a chance to watch some of it this weekend. And I hope AD runs the fastest 40 out of all the RBs (heck out of all the players), that'd be sweet.

Thanks. I just thought AD would have such a fast 40 time that he would start it on Sunday and finish it the day before. :D

[85sooners]

:pop:

[Archangel]

I'll probably watch every bit of it. Just like the draft, I'll watch all 7 rounds if I can.

[soonersweetie]

I'll watch any resemblance of football I possibly can until August gets here.

My 12 yr old daughter keeps asking me when the combine is on, so she'll be watching it too. :)

[OU-HSV]

I'll watch any resemblance of football I possibly can until August gets here....
In!

[OU-HSV]

Thanks. I just thought AD would have such a fast 40 time that he would start it on Sunday and finish it the day before. :D
I wouldn't doubt it...I heard that Chuck Norris and AD were racing eachother in the 40 a couple of days ago and AD ran a 4.12 while Chuck ran a 4.13. Now that's a close one.

[TXBOOMER]

I wouldn't doubt it...I heard that Chuck Norris and AD were racing eachother in the 40 a couple of days ago and AD ran a 4.12 while Chuck ran a 4.13. Now that's a close one.


I heard after the race Chuck was so mad AD beat him that he did 100,000 sit-ups and 50,000 pull-ups and ran 4 laps around the globe just to burn off a little steam.

[OU-HSV]

I heard after the race Chuck was so mad AD beat him that he did 100,000 sit-ups and 50,000 pull-ups and ran 4 laps around the globe just to burn off a little steam.
Yeah, I heard that too. Geeze, I figured it was a rumor, it must be true!

[NormanPride]

(still badger here)

anybody watching? AD tearing it up? any sooner news to report?

[colleyvillesooner]

he runs on Sunday.

He measured in at 6'1" 1/2 and 217 lbs.

[OU-HSV]

So did anyone watch any of this today? I watched some of the Tight End drills and Paul Thompson was in a QB rotation w/a couple other QBs and they were throwing the passes to the TE's. Vermiel commented on one of Pauls passes...simply said "nice throw there". I figure that's better than no comment at all. I'm looking forward to seeing what ENA and AD do tomorrow.

[SCOUT]

So did anyone watch any of this today? I watched some of the Tight End drills and Paul Thompson was in a QB rotation w/a couple other QBs and they were throwing the passes to the TE's. Vermiel commented on one of Pauls passes...simply said "nice throw there". I figure that's better than no comment at all. I'm looking forward to seeing what ENA and AD do tomorrow.

I watched the weigh ins last night and a little bit of the OL and TE drills today.

When AD weighed in last night, it sounded like the commentators had a man-crush on him. One guy said, "I have heard of people having a six-pack but this kid has a full case."

They cut to Mariucci and he basically said that AD is the top running back without question. It was all pretty positve.

[OU-HSV]

I watched the weigh ins last night and a little bit of the OL and TE drills today.

When AD weighed in last night, it sounded like the commentators had a man-crush on him. One guy said, "I have heard of people having a six-pack but this kid has a full case."

They cut to Mariucci and he basically said that AD is the top running back without question. It was all pretty positve.
Haha, yeah I saw his weigh in too and was thinking that same thing about the commentators.

[OU-HSV]

Update: So Paul Thompson's QB group started to run their 40 yd dashes and they showed 3 of them run. Then they switched to the vertical jump drill to show Chris Leak jump. Earlier they wouldn't shut up about Leak. It seems like this may be a Leak love fest today. So I don't know if ENA ran yet or not.

[OU-HSV]

Update: AD had 10'7 Broad jump...Marshawn Lynch had 10'5". AD got a few claps after that one.

[fadada1]

i can't walk 10'7" in 3 steps... let alone jump it. what they didn't show is that he did it with those 80 pound dumbells in each hand.

pu**y.

[OU-HSV]

haha, they were actually 120 Lb dumbells

[SoonersEnFuego]

with 50lb balls

[OKC-SLC]

Chuck Norris is being contained by the only thing that can contain him--seventeen clones of himself--so that he is not thoroughly embarrassed by AD today at the combine.

[OU-HSV]

Update: 38-1/2 vertical for AD

[OKC-SLC]

38-1/2 vertical for AD
p*ssy.

[OU-HSV]

p*ssy.
haha. Yeah they said the average for RBs last year was 33"

[Ruuuuuufus]

Brett Romar reference #52534

[OU-HSV]

Dang, they just said Darrius Walker (Notre Dame's RB) had a 40.5" Vert. jump

[tommieharris91]

Darius Walker is a lot smaller though, ain't he?

[OU-HSV]

Yeah he's pretty small

[colleyvillesooner]

he's listed as 5'10" on ND's roster, don't know what his combine height was.

[OU-HSV]

Marshawn Lynch just ran a 4.52

[colleyvillesooner]

What do you want to bet he runs a 4.45 or better at his pro day? Dude was saying he run sub 4.4.

[OU-HSV]

4.38 for AD...fastest so far

Edit: One RB had a 4.33

[Egeo]

the 4.33 was henry from zona

[fadada1]

scary. just plain scary.

[OU-HSV]

Marshawn's 2nd run is a 4.49

[OU-HSV]

AD's 2nd run=4.43

[colleyvillesooner]

Still not bad.

Henry ran a 4.40 the second time.

[bixby28]

Do they take the fastest time or do they take an avg. of the two ?

[TripleOption14]

AD just set himself up for life with that 4.3 run!! Glad to see it.

[OU-HSV]

Do they take the fastest time or do they take an avg. of the two ?
They take the fastest of the two. The announcers keep saying that these are unofficial times. They will update the times if they change.

[bixby28]

Thanks. The announcers weren't clear on the 'official/unofficial' terminology. I hope AD's 4.38 stands, he will have made himself plenty of money with that time.

[OU-HSV]

These announcers suck. This one guy referred to AD as "AP" a couple times just now.

[OU_Sooners75]

Thanks. The announcers weren't clear on the 'official/unofficial' terminology. I hope AD's 4.38 stands, he will have made himself plenty of money with that time.

:rolleyes:

Snap your fingers.

You see how fast .02 seconds was?

:eek:

Peterson set himself up to make plenty of money well before he got to the combines. He is just making it more apparent why he is the best RB to enter the league since Barry Sanders!

[bixby28]

Doesn't matter how quick .02 is. A 4.3 will help Peterson regardless of how much or little he has left to prove.

Good 40 yd dash times turn a lot of heads in the combine.

[Hublah]

what channel is this on?

[KsSooner]

NFL channel

[LittleWingSooner]

Here's a couple quotes that will interest people here.


"The fastest quarterback in the second group was Zabransky (4.5), followed by Thompson (4.67) and Michigan State's Drew Stanton (4.72). Troy Smith didn't run, but he is throwing in all the drills.


Running back Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma) notched a 4.37 in his 40. The other top runners, Marshawn Lynch (Cal) and Antonio Pittman (Ohio State) ran 4.5s."

Link (http://www.nfl.com/combine/story/10021476)

[Skysooner]

Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma: No one is denying Peterson's ability or top 10 status, but scouts are becoming increasingly concerned about his lack of durability. At 6-2, 220 pounds, Peterson has an upright running style and endured a great deal of punishment in his three seasons at Oklahoma. A dislocated shoulder limited Peterson throughout his freshman season. A nagging ankle injury kept him out against Baylor and limited him to a half or less against Texas, Kansas and Kansas State in 2005. This past season, Peterson missed seven games with a broken collarbone. When healthy, he is among the draft's top players and among those most likely to make an immediate impact in the NFL. Peterson's tendency to get injured, however, will weigh heavily on the minds of teams picking high in the first round.
Link (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10009712)

This was in a supposed article by somebody named Rob Rang about risers/fallers during the NFL Combine. No mention of a huge vertical leap and sub-4.4 speed. All he can spout is what the talking heads have been saying for well over a year (even before the collarbone injury). Get out and do your homework, doofus, otherwise you are just copying and pasting someone else's copy. Oh, he was also wrong on the height and weight. He also posted it on 2/20 (the day before the Combine started).

[StoopTroup]

They just had Troy Smith throwing.

No much love for him it seems since he's not competing in all the drills is my guess.

[piusbovis]

When AD weighed in last night, it sounded like the commentators had a man-crush on him. One guy said, "I have heard of people having a six-pack but this kid has a full case."

I think the commentators have a man-crush on almost all the players. They were measuring the DB's and one - I forget who it was - was coming up and they were talking about him and then he steps up to get measured and the commentator says something like "Oh, look at the body on him."

In quarterback drills Jared Z didn't do too hot, although they did have some positive things to say about him - mostly, of course, about the statue of liberty play. One drill the QB's were supposed to throw it in between two cones to the receiver and he threw it quite a bit off-target and into the ground.

The highlight of the day that had all the guys gushing was Calvin Johnson. Supposedly he wasn't going to work out but changed his mind, borrowed some guy's shoes, and ran a 4.35.

[OU-HSV]

Yeah I saw that pass where Zabransky was way off target and threw it into the dirt, and the very next pass was pretty off target too, although caught.

[Big Red Ron]

Zabranski is the least worthy of all QB's there.

[rufnek05]

Zabranski is the least worthy of all QB's there.

he reminds me a "K Fed". worthless and is making everyone else dumber for being around him. effin statue of liberty play.

[Big Red Ron]

he reminds me a "K Fed". worthless and is making everyone else dumber for being around him. effin statue of liberty play.He'll be known for that in twenty years............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......................in Bosie

[Big Red Ron]

AD's official 40 time is 4.40, which tied him for fastest of all the RB's

[OU-HSV]

AD's official 40 time is 4.40, which tied him for fastest of all the RB's
I just heard that. So they must have averaged the two or something

[colinreturn]

what is that "pod" thing that the players get into?
whats it for?

[jk the sooner fan]

measures their body fat

[colinreturn]

how?

[jk the sooner fan]

water displacement

[colleyvillesooner]

I just heard that. So they must have averaged the two or something

I don't think they average.

[OU-HSV]

I don't think they average.
I didn't think so either. They made it sound earlier like they take the best of the two runs. I guess they were just that much off their earlier measurements.
So I just watched one of the guys interview AD, it went pretty good, and he was very classy. They asked who impressed AD the most as the best overall player and he answered "Calvin Johnson". He also said that he and Marshawn have become tight.

[badger]

I didn't think so either. They made it sound earlier like they take the best of the two runs. I guess they were just that much off their earlier measurements.
So I just watched one of the guys interview AD, it went pretty good, and he was very classy. They asked who impressed AD the most as the best overall player and he answered "Calvin Johnson". He also said that he and Marshawn have become tight.
he's been well coached off the field too, i see :)

[Rogue]

38.5 inch vertical for AD. Announcers called it "explosive."

[OU-HSV]

38.5 inch vertical for AD. Announcers called it "explosive."
Chuck Norris called it "Weak"

[StoopTroup]

Norris needs to lay-off the embalming fluid.

[birddog]

Is anyone really going to sit and watch this stuff?

well, it is televised. why not? pretty interesting stuff.

so, yeah.