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Official 2023 Combine Thread


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1 hour ago, minutemancl said:

An impressive bench press showing at the combine proves one thing- you are good at benching. That's it.

Like Tristan Wirfs has the Iowa Hawkeyes record for Hang Clean (500 lbs) but put up 24 reps on the bench at the combine.  So the test isn't even good at identifying people who are weight room strong.

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8 minutes ago, Daniel said:

If they wanted to show us something more akin to actual play strength, they'd make them do squats.

Squats, or maybe thrusters? Honestly, you won't get a feel for a player's play strength until you watch them actually play. There is so much technique involved in olympic lifts, and lifts in general, that you're not really measuring a player's strength, you're measuring how well they do at a given lift, which doesn't matter when you're playing football.

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15 minutes ago, Sugashane said:

Love this.

Stephen Paea benched 225 I think 49 times. Remember him rag-dolling OL his whole career? No, because he couldn't. 

Paea had Kancey-length arms, which makes all that strength moot. Can't ragdoll what you can't grab.

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