Should the Senior Bowl or the Combine Workouts Matter?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by That Guy

and what about the senior bowl practices/one on one drills? the combine drill work? i've yet to hear a valid debunking of that, meaning there's at least some real value.

One-on-one drills reveal little about a player's football intelligence, courage, etc (i.e. the mental component). It's a heck of a lot easier for a WR to look good when he knows he's not going to be blindsided by a safety coming over the top. Such practices also don't reveal how DBs play in zone coverages. They don't reveal how OLs pick up unexpected blitzes. They don't reveal how LBs fight through traffic. The list goes on.

Don't get me wrong, I think there is some value in drills at the Senior Bowl and the combine, but that value is overhyped and minimal. If I ran a scouting team, I would definately send people to the Senior Bowl and Combine, but I would focus 99% of my energy on reviewing game tape.