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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale
Yeah I guess. I don't think Curry's failure was because he lacked athleticism though, so I'm not really sure that's a great example.
The combine often causes great players like Flowers, Boldin, or even Tamba Hali to fall.
I don't think it's worthless, but it is what it is. Know how to interpret it. In reality drafting players is more of a crap shoot than most want to admit.
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It's certainly not foolproof but I'm sure there are trends if you actually studied the results the way NFL teams do.
Like you said, sometimes guys with great college film fall due to poor combine results. But there are also cases where guys with equally good college film have different results at the combine and go on to have very different levels of production in the NFL.
You're absolutely correct with the "know how to interpret it" comment. I don't think many of us truly know how to interpret it. Of course, a lot of NFL teams don't either or the draft would be far less of a crap shoot...