cruiser wrote:

jbar1221 wrote:

snoscythe wrote:

One thing that I like about Kehl is that he came in 10-12 lbs heavier than he played at BYU.

BYU listed him at 231 this year and the combine has him at 235. So 4 lbs isnt a ton of weight added on but I dont think he needs to get much bigger. Size wise he is almost prototypical for an OLB.

Bryan actually lost weight before coming to the combine. He played last fall at between 242 and 248, though his true weight wasn't listed in the roster (no surprise there). He spent the last two months in Southern California working out, becoming leaning and quicker. Here is a link to NFL Draft Scout that talks about this (I believe the original information came from Potkey's blog):
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/news/notesbypos.php?genpos=OLB

Thanks for the correction...at least we know he hasn't been working out with John Elway:

sno, you sure that's not val kilmer?

declocoug wrote:

sno, you sure that's not val kilmer?

Positive.

WACoug wrote:

raidingtombs wrote:

WACoug wrote:

sjcougfan wrote:

Just saw on the combine website that Chris Johnson, an RB out of East Carolina, ran a 4.24 40! Wow, that is blazing! McFadden out of Arkansas, ran a 4.33, not to shabby for a RB that goes 6'-2" 210.

Chris Johnson is awesome. He didn't get much pub but he had a great year. He had a great game against Boise State so I looked him up. McFadden is everyone's favorite but I think Chris Johnson is a big time sleeper.

Maybe but maybe not. From what I have heard he is on the small end and has a lot of scouts saying he will be too easy to injure. sad ting is he is fast has great moves but everyone thinks he will get killed at the NFL level that never boads well.

He is a little undersized, but not a lot. He is already bigger than Warrick Dunn. NFl.com has him listed at 5' 11"
195 lbs. If he can put on a little weight, maybe 10-15 lbs, he could get up to the Marshall Faulk range. He should have the height to add some weight without much speed and quickness loss.

There were these two other RB's that had some success in the NFL. One was 5'8 and the other was 5'10. Barry something and Emmit somebody.
I saw him in the bowl game against BSU and he made the BSU defenders look like they were your high school's second string defense.

I know I am biased when it comes to Kehl (being a Cougar fan) but I have to say it really gets on my nerves when scouts and analysts break things down too far. Kehl is hands down one of the fastest linebackers I've ever watched. Case in point, the play against Arizona when he ran down the WR (name??) from behind as the WR was about to turn upfield and get some separation...no chance. Also, in one of the MWC games Kehl ran past Criddle down the right sideline and horse-collard the offensive player that was headed for a sure score. Guys that big aren't supposed to do that. I know there are some fast LB's in the NFL, but there are different types of speed. Ray Lewis is fast, but he is short-distance, explosive fast. Within 10-20 yards Lewis will hit the point of attack and deliver crushing hits within a blink or two of an eye. But do you ever see big LB's in the NFL run guys down from behind? Kehl has that speed. He may not have the girth, or size but he is so fluid in his motion. He can hurdle blockers and although he doesn't shuttle back-and-forth as well as others, he can miss the guy, spin around and still catch him from behind. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. Being drafted isn't the biggest thing, finding a good situation in the NFL and making a name for yourself is. But there are too many quasi-criteria established that leaves would-be performers out in the cold. Size, weight, speed, vertical...those are all important and impressive physical attributes but just beause a guy doesn't possess those doesn't mean he's not capable of performing. But I guess the 2 years in prison, negative publicity, fan outcry, media swarming, player fines, teams fines, chaotic locker room and loss of team chemistry is worth it for that extra .04 in the 40...to some anyway.

snoscythe wrote:

I grew up in a NFL scouting family, and hearing that I was watching the combine last year, my grandpa (a retired scout) laughed at me and told me that no scout worth his salt could ever learn anything from the combine that he didn't already know. Now, grandpa was a QB scout, and I just figured it was position specific (seriously, how much do you learn about a quarterback at the combine that really helps you?

Thanks for sharing this about your grandfather. I think a good scout requires a gift, almost a sixth sense, to be consistently right. There are so many intangibles, especially with quarterbacks, that prognosticating their success is next to impossible. Did your grandfather work for certain teams, or was he an independent operator? I would love to read a good book on the life and work of a scout. Do you know of any? Thanks again for sharing. Evaluating talent, teams, and programs obviously runs in your blood.