Once the super bowl is over each year NFL teams enter what is called the offseason. In the offseason teams do many things to help their team prepare for the coming season. Their offseason combines of many steps that are taking. First off is they do a “house cleaning”.A term used by sports analysts when a team gets rid of any players and coaches that either wants out or they team just doesn’t want anymore. Next the fill their coaching roster and get their plan down for workouts, camps, and practice. Finally they go into what is called the combine. The combine is the event, the covers several days, when coaches scout of the players they think they would want on their team. The following is a video of combine workouts. What they do is a series of physical tests such as lifting, running, and agility challenges. Then they go to their specific position workouts and try to have the best “score” in the eyes of scouts and coaches so they can get drafted higher and ultimately make more money. Check this video out.
As the combine goes on players move up and down what is called a mock draft. A mock draft is where NFL analysts put the information they have from taking stats and watching players play and rate them from top to bottom. They are basically making logical guesses about where these players will go in the draft. Here is this year’s mock draft by ESPN analysts Mel Kiper jr. (First round) http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft ( the mock draft is on the left side of the page)
For you NFL and college football fans out there tell me what you think about this draft, do you think Kiper is right? Personally I’ve always like Kipers choices but I think Blaine Gabbertt will go higher than most people think, maybe I’m biased because I’m a Missouri fan. Let me know what you think
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