Why does watching the draft combine turn into another episode in the life of Tim Tebow? I’m sorry, but focus on the CJ Spiller and the other guys who should be the real stories. Is Toby Gerhart fast or just a bruising back? That was answered when he ran in the 4.5’s apparently but did well in everything else. How fast is Golden Tate? He ran a 4.2 and answered a lot of critics. Is Rejus’ Benn going to be taken in the 1st round? He caught everything, ran in the 4.4’s and jumped 37 inches. Yes, he’ll be taken in the 1st round. Instead we got to see everythign Tebow sneezed at and I don’t care.

So much focus is on this guy and he’s going to struggle to be a top 100 draft pick. Some team may stretch and take him and that’s great but why is so much pro attention focused on the kid?

I know that kids train for the combine and it will get some kids drafted higher than they would normally. I know that the workout warrior does really well in this setting and you can’t blame those kids for trying to maximize their chances of getting taken. I can seriously question how any pro executive will look at the combine without looking at other factors like if the kid can play the game or not. Years ago Arkansas had a qb named Matt Jones who could run. He trained like crazy for the combine and ran faster than most expected and it wowed scouts. Jones went from an average college qb to a first round wide receiver while never having had played the position. Jones is out of football today and it is choices like that that cripple franchises. Look at Oakland.

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