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Lockout clouds draft’s top QB prospects
By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-lockoutcombine022411
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s tough to be a downer as the NFL scouting combine gets started, but here’s something to consider as you get ready to read updates and find out 40-yard dash times on all the great prospects of the 2011 draft.
If NFL owners follow through on their threat to lock out players for this offseason and if the lockout lasts more than a couple of months, this combine and the upcoming draft are going to be largely meaningless to the upcoming season.
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Or as one NFL executive put it late Wednesday night after a hearty meal at one of the many steakhouses that dot downtown Indy: “This could be a gigantic waste of time.”
Here’s what is going to happen in a lockout scenario: No offseason workouts, no classroom time with coaches explaining plays and (supposedly) no dissemination of the playbook. All that time that was supposed to be used for getting rookies and other new players up to speed (and explaining new plays to veterans) is gone.
Furthermore, if a deal on the collective bargaining agreement isn’t done by the end of June, the learning period almost completely disappears because there won’t be any chance to teach until training camp starts. Training camp isn’t a time for teaching the playbook. It’s the time for learning the physical timing of plays and building cohesion between players...
By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-lockoutcombine022411
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s tough to be a downer as the NFL scouting combine gets started, but here’s something to consider as you get ready to read updates and find out 40-yard dash times on all the great prospects of the 2011 draft.
If NFL owners follow through on their threat to lock out players for this offseason and if the lockout lasts more than a couple of months, this combine and the upcoming draft are going to be largely meaningless to the upcoming season.
More From Jason ColeMediation for NFL, union may ease stances Feb 18, 2011 NFL's complaint is maneuver vs. decertification Feb 14, 2011
Or as one NFL executive put it late Wednesday night after a hearty meal at one of the many steakhouses that dot downtown Indy: “This could be a gigantic waste of time.”
Here’s what is going to happen in a lockout scenario: No offseason workouts, no classroom time with coaches explaining plays and (supposedly) no dissemination of the playbook. All that time that was supposed to be used for getting rookies and other new players up to speed (and explaining new plays to veterans) is gone.
Furthermore, if a deal on the collective bargaining agreement isn’t done by the end of June, the learning period almost completely disappears because there won’t be any chance to teach until training camp starts. Training camp isn’t a time for teaching the playbook. It’s the time for learning the physical timing of plays and building cohesion between players...
