NFL combine not always best test of future success
Football requires a unique combination of speed, agility, strength and talent to succeed. The NFL combine, which annually brings top college players from around the country to Indianapolis’ RCA Dome, attempts to measure these factors that are so essential for success.
Players in each position run agility drills and the 40-yard dash — the ruler by which the speed of all football players is measured. They bench-press 225 pounds as many times as they can to show off their upper-body strength. Most players compete in some sort of a position-specific drill, but these drills rarely...
If only Manningham could catch balls against Ohio State as well.