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NFL Combine: Monday Notes. 6:35 p.m.
NFL Combine: Monday Notes. 5:30 p.m.
NFL Combine: Sunday Notes. 12:35 p.m.
NFL Combine: Saturday Notes. 2:55 p.m.
NFL Combine: Friday Notes. 8:00 p.m.
Free agent talks are in full swing at the combine.
I’m told offensive linemen Kelechi Osemele, Jeff Allen and Brandon Brooks are in line for big paydays.
Most of the talk at the combine centers around Osemele. ESPN has reported the Baltimore Ravens are making an aggressive push to re-sign their second-round pick from the 2012 NFL draft but I’m told the New York Jets, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers are potential suitors if Osemele hits the open market.
Osemele could help the Jets in a number of ways, including filling a hole at offensive guard or lining him up at right tackle, then kicking Breno Giacomini into guard.
Would the Jets pay the big money commanded by Osemele? If last year was an indicator, the team was in contention to sign Mike Iupati, but balked once the price tag approached $8 million annually and finally settled on James Carpenter, something I wrote about during the 2015 combine.
Conversely, I’ve been told safety Eric Weddle will not receive the big-money contract many predict.
Getting back to the New York Jets, the team needs linebackers, yet have no intention of re-signing Demario Davis, so what will they do?
Keep an eye on Shea McClellin, the 2012 first round pick of the Chicago Bears.
The Bears hope to re-sign McClellin, but if he hits the free agent market, the Jets would be a good fit. McClellin fits the team need for a coverage linebacker with pass-rush ability, something Davis was very deficient in.
In other news, I’m told Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee could run 40 times in the 4.4s tomorrow.
NFL Combine: Thursday Notes. 7:20 p.m.
Sometimes the most miserable of circumstances offer strange opportunities. Such was my experience the past 24 hours. Severe storms on the East Coast caused cancellations of four different flights as I attempted to get from New York to Indianapolis on Wednesday. I was ultimately booked on a flight this (Thursday) morning out of LaGuardia Airport (miserable place) and that flight was an hour late departing.
As I was sitting in the boarding area, a gentleman I recognized walked toward me; longtime NFL executive Carl Peterson, the former general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs. Seemed Carl was also on my flight to Indianapolis.
I took the opportunity to speak with Carl, and he gave me some golden nuggets of combine history.
I asked Carl what he thought of the changing nature of the combine and how it’s turning more and more into a media event. I reminded him that I was sitting just behind him and newly hired coach Dick Vermeil to watch Drew Brees throw in the old RCA Dome during the 2001 combine.
He just laughed.
“The first combine we had was at old Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia back in 1978. The idea was for a few teams to get together and complete medical exams and physicals on some of the players. It was easier than having players travel from city to city and undergo exams at the team’s facilities. Some of these guys were glowing in the dark by their seventh or eight physical after undergoing so many X-rays!”
“The initial group was those of us who made up BLESTO and a few other teams. During that first year Don Shula said, “Carl, any chance we can take these guys outside and have them run?” Peterson responded, “I don’t know if that’s been approved by the league or the competition committee, Don.”
Shula, then a member of the competition committee, told Peterson, “I’ll take care of it.”
“Good-weather days were tough to come by during those first combines,” Peterson said of holding the event in Philadelphia during the month of February, “so we did a lot of things in the hallways including shuttle runs and vertical jumps.”
They moved the combine to Arizona’s warm-weather climate for a year and even tried the Silverdome before settling on Indianapolis.
Eventually, BLESTO and National scouting services decided to work one single combine together for more efficiency. “There were always teams who didn’t want to be a part of the group, the Dallas Cowboys and always the Oakland Raiders,” Peterson said. “We finally said to them, “Hey, if you want to be a part of this you have to pay your fair share!”
Peterson reiterated something I’ve said numerous times, “For me the greatest value of the combine was the medicals and interviews. I felt like I got to personally know potential draft picks.”
Peterson presently lives in New York city and is the face of USA Football, the premier organization of youth football in America. Said Peterson, “I used to be in charge of 65 very large men but now I’m in charge of 6,000 kids!”
USA Football is the reason for Peterson’s trip to Indianapolis as the organization hold a convention every year at the combine, flying in more than 600 youth football coaches from around the nation.
Other Notes:
NFL Teams Favoring Underclassmen in Interviews
Not a whole lot of news as players are still arriving, but the sense I’m getting is teams here in Indianapolis will spend the lion’s share of their official interviews on juniors and players who did not participate in post-season bowl games.
For example…
Junior receiver Corey Coleman is interviewing with 18 teams, defensive end/linebacker Kamalei Correa has 25, Austin Hooper 20 and LaQuon Treadwell is the leader in the clubhouse thus far with 28.
Meanwhile players such as outside linebacker Kyler Fackrell, receiver Sterling Shepard (both Senior Bowl recipients) and offensive lineman Alex Lews (Shrine Game) all have about a half dozen interviews each.
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