Combine serves a purpose, but its influence is overrated

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by dallasfaniac

I wholeheartedly agree, I was merely arguing the fact that it is overrated. Perhaps in the past Casserly overrated it or the Raiders or a small percentage of the fanbase, but for the most part people understand that the combine is a tool to use in addition to all the other information at play. To suggest that it is overrated is to say that most people think it is more than it is, and I don't feel that is the case.

I don't think he is only talking about fans but teams who end up passing on a player because the combine workout did not go great. We see players rise and fall due to the combines and I think you do have to be careful as to the weight you put behind it.

[xwalker]

Different people use the same tool differently. The combine/forty-times are probably the worst thing that ever happened to Raiders fans, lol.

On the opposite end from Al Davis, if you routinely use high picks on players that have sub-standard measureables, then your probability of a bust is going to be higher than the average.

[dallasfaniac]

When you have people like David 'White Rice' Ball and Terrell Hudgins with tremendous college production but against lower competition, it's nice to have the combine to weed players like them out.