The Scouting Combine will not take place this year. And this is a problem far beyond measurements and stopwatches on the workshops. The Indianapolis event is an opportunity for coaches and managers to interview candidates for the Draft, and quite simply to rub shoulders with it in the flesh.
Sometimes, apparently insignificant contacts can lead to firm decisions. That’s what Matt Rhule told the official Panthers website.
“There was a player last year, I won’t say by whom, but he was supposed to be drafted very high. I went up with him in the elevator at Combine. At the end of the elevator ride, I thought to myself, “There’s no way that this guy sticks with us. “”
Rhule and his staff are in charge of one of the Senior Bowl teams. This gives them special and essential access.
“We think we know these guys, and our recruiters are doing a great job. But this is third party information. There we have a chance to see the players speak directly and say, “I’m like that. I walk like this. »By coaching them, by being in conversation with them, even in an elevator, we can get an idea of who they are. “
And Rhule has a profile in mind.
“We’re looking for tough guys who work hard, are competitive and smart and who love the game. And good people. We spend six months of the year together, so we want to be with people we value and who bond with us. “
