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You spoke to exactly what I stated.
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No, I did not. You stated that the Combine was a "miniscule part", which is false.
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2) Interviews are still happening, they just are happening via Zoom/WebEx and the like, so that component doesn't get erased.
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Zoom interviews will never replace face-to-face meetings. We're not talking about colleagues that are using Zoom for their job, we're talking about 40+ year old men interviewing 21 year old kids.
It's not the same.
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3) Only a handful of players rise up boards due to running well in underwear. It's not that critical. Are teams going to somehow miss out on the next great player in the NFL because a guy couldn't run at a combine? Doubtful.
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That is completely false. There are always players that were initially pegged as Priority Free Agents that end up sneaking into the 5th, 6th and 7th rounds as well as guys that move up from being projected in the latter rounds to Day 2.
The reverse is also true.
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4) Your argument that 40-time is important doesn't hold up against what is said by a lot of people in the field. It's one of the least important tests at the combine. That and the bench press. Teams are more concerned with agility drills and jumps to show change of direction and explosive power. The 40 generally proves a guy is fast or slow, and not that they are marginally faster or slower than thought.
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You must be watching a different Combine each year than I am because each and every year, there are guys that run waaaaaaaay faster 40 times than expected and move up the boards, especially the small school guys, and there are guys that can't bench worth a shit that fall because they don't have the necessary strength to play in the NFL immediately.