Some of these guys decline so that it forces teams to go to their pro day. This in turn helps lesser known prospects get scouted by NFL teams. They let more obscure players get noticed at a pro day, that without the superstar, less teams would attend.
"Can we get Drew Bledsoe back out here just for a week, so you guys can fall back in love with Tony? Let's sign Drew Bledsoe back for a week. Because sometimes when you have a pretty girl for so long, you forget how pretty she is. But when you put an ugly girl next to her, 'Oh, no, I'm really doing well.' And maybe we need to bring Drew back, so we can back to 'Oh, no, we're really doing well.'"
-Michael Irvin
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