Official 2010 NFL Combine Thread

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

So you can add stupid on top of scared.

The correct answer is this:

Go in and do everything. If you don't do something well, stress that your strengths during interviews. Kill the interviews.

If you don't run well, then you tell the coaches and GMs you'll do whatever is necessary to make yourself quicker, whether it's losing 10 lbs. or spending more time in the film room to help you anticipate things better.

If you have a problem with the offense, let them know you are going to bust your ass until you can do a 3, 5, or 7 step drop in the middle of a Tokyo firebombing, and throw a football to a target without hitting a flame.

Don't dodge your weaknesses. Confront and conquer them.

It's that simple.

Yeah, I think the interviews are more important in finding out about a player's competitiveness than his decision to participate in a drill or not.

You can skip a drill, and still say all of the right things in interviews and be fine. That buys you time to drop weight, get faster, change your throwing motion, work on your footwork, get stronger, etc. before your pro day.