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per Chip:
Will more draft mistakes happen because teams aren’t able to gain extra insight into prospects? Seems likely, especially if there are medical questions. But teams also might avoid falling in love with a player by overvaluing his measurables. Or vice versa.
The coronavirus outbreak is turning the draft process into a throwback way of doing business. Trust your eyes. Judge a player by how he performed in games rather than obsess over how fast he runs a 40 in shorts.
How fast is Johnson? Fast enough to be his school’s all-time leading receiver in one of the two best conferences in college football. No stopwatch required.
Johnson’s teammate Carter Coughlin faces a different dilemma. He planned to have lunch, dinner and/or watch game tape with a group of linebacker coaches from various NFL teams at pro day as he transitions from defensive end back to his original position.
With pro day canceled, coaches won’t be able to put Coughlin through linebacker-specific drills to evaluate how he moves in space. Johnson won’t be able to run the 40. That’s a bummer for both since they spent the past three months training long hours with the goal of answering those questions.
“Yeah, it is a little upsetting,” Johnson said. “Putting in all that hard work throughout the past two months, three months and was very excited for the progress that I was making. I felt comfortable about what I was going to end up doing on pro day. But it’s out of my control.”
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Go Gophers!!
Will more draft mistakes happen because teams aren’t able to gain extra insight into prospects? Seems likely, especially if there are medical questions. But teams also might avoid falling in love with a player by overvaluing his measurables. Or vice versa.
The coronavirus outbreak is turning the draft process into a throwback way of doing business. Trust your eyes. Judge a player by how he performed in games rather than obsess over how fast he runs a 40 in shorts.
How fast is Johnson? Fast enough to be his school’s all-time leading receiver in one of the two best conferences in college football. No stopwatch required.
Johnson’s teammate Carter Coughlin faces a different dilemma. He planned to have lunch, dinner and/or watch game tape with a group of linebacker coaches from various NFL teams at pro day as he transitions from defensive end back to his original position.
With pro day canceled, coaches won’t be able to put Coughlin through linebacker-specific drills to evaluate how he moves in space. Johnson won’t be able to run the 40. That’s a bummer for both since they spent the past three months training long hours with the goal of answering those questions.
“Yeah, it is a little upsetting,” Johnson said. “Putting in all that hard work throughout the past two months, three months and was very excited for the progress that I was making. I felt comfortable about what I was going to end up doing on pro day. But it’s out of my control.”
Gophers' NFL draft prospects having to adjust on the fly
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!