Marcus said:
I have just as much of a problem with Bush not particpating in the combine as I do Young. I know it might come as a shock to some, but I'm one of those rare birds that have yet to make up my mind yet, as to who should be taken with the 1st overall pick, as if it really mattered of course.
I would like to see how they both perform in the same "unfamilar conditions with unfamiliar players" as the rest of the prospects will have to perform in. And based upon those performances, I would like to read legitimate NFL scouting reports, that are uncolored or untainted by local bias.
And I regard, or to put it better, disregard those "pro days" as nothing more than choreographed PR stunts.
Screw the both of them.
I understand completely where both of them are comming from. (Bush and Vince)
Why in the world would Bush work out.......ask yourself why.
Bush is already the consensus #1 ovrl. pick in this draft and by far the #1 prospect at his position, what possibly could he gain by working out at the combine. If he did decide to work out, I'd begin to question his sanity he has nothing to gain and could stand to lose millions.
Vince has nothing to gain by working out either. Teams that will consider taking him either like his game or they don't, no work out he could possibly do at Indy is going to top the performance he put up at the Rose Bowl and its not like he was going to come out at Indy and show off his new orthodox throwing motion.
As he sits right now he is the consensus #2 prospect at his position and personally I think he doesn't mind it one bit. Every time he's asked about where he wants to play he says he would love to play for the Texans, but now he also includes Tennessee, in one interview when asked "what about New Orleans", he kinda chuckled, he wants NO part of New Orleans and I don't blame him. Now back to the combine, if I was him I would want the last bit of film the scouts had on me to be the Rose Bowl, which seems like his plan, which is very smart.
The Combine is so very overated anyway, every year you hear about some guy who comes out of nowhere and blasts his way up the draft because of the numbers he puts up at the combine and then he disapears and has a mediocre career and on the flip side you have players that dominated at the college level, but flop at the combine and they fall significantly in the draft, only to go on and become mid round gems and steals and people wonder where they came from, look at the tape. Thats all I care about is the game film.
The combine is really for draft nerds and while I don't mind it for the only reason, because its has something to do with football during the offseason, I really don't care all that much about it and don't put too much stock into it.