Malachi Lawrence is a beast

[gimmesix]

Teams do not elevate a player due to combine performance. Most of the time they already know who is going to test well or not and who will be elite. You can go back and hear one of the scouts on with Broaddus and they were on him way before the combine. And then they ended up hiring one of his coaches too.

How much are NFL teams relying on the testing numbers from Indianapolis?​

The testing numbers gathered at the combine have never been a primary source for decisions made, but as San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said: "It's all a piece of the puzzle, like little weights that tip the scales as you stack them.''

The numbers matter, but the things at the combine that move the needle on a prospect's grade are far more likely to come outside the view of the cameras. Those include the medical exam or the individual interviews and informal interactions with players when they break down game video.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2023/...e-really-end-indianapolis-coaches-execs-react

 

[gimmesix]

He was a 1st round player to nfl teams before the combine. It's the media scouts that didn't have a clue. Same thing happened with Ware.

Team owner Jerry Jones admitted there was “a heated discussion” prior to Thursday night’s proceedings that pitted Lawrence against another player who went unnamed. When that player was selected “way earlier,” Jones said, there was consideration given to letting “the decision on Lawrence go for about eight or 10 more [picks]” as Dallas looked to trade back even further than the three spots they had already ceded in a deal with the Eagles for No. 20.

But the compensation “wasn’t there,” Jones revealed, so they turned in Lawrence’s card, confident they had gotten one of their top targets.

https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/...boys-1st-round-pick-has-some-of-those-traits/

If we had traded back 10 picks, he would have been taken closer to the second round.

 

[shabazz]

Chill. I don’t think anyone is claiming he’s going to be great. Only that he’s built the right way.

His lats are marvelous

 

[gimmesix]

Nope, the media scouts had him in the 2nd round. Then just like Malachi the local media a week before the combine started hearing that they could go with one of their picks.

From what I remember, they had Ware as a late first/early second, then moved him up into the first heading into the draft. I don't think by the time the draft rolled around, any media scout was considering Ware a second-rounder. By the time this draft rolled around, Lawrence was still being considered a second-rounder by some media scouts.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Show he's a beast against an opposing NFL OL then this post means nothing as usual

 

[Coogiguy03]

His lats are marvelous

Dak and his tattoo team are getting paid baby

 

[speedkilz88]

Team owner Jerry Jones admitted there was “a heated discussion” prior to Thursday night’s proceedings that pitted Lawrence against another player who went unnamed. When that player was selected “way earlier,” Jones said, there was consideration given to letting “the decision on Lawrence go for about eight or 10 more [picks]” as Dallas looked to trade back even further than the three spots they had already ceded in a deal with the Eagles for No. 20.

But the compensation “wasn’t there,” Jones revealed, so they turned in Lawrence’s card, confident they had gotten one of their top targets.

https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/...boys-1st-round-pick-has-some-of-those-traits/

If we had traded back 10 picks, he would have been taken closer to the second round.

If they had traded back 10 picks, he would be a 49er (pick 27).