Pro Day

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I wonder what teams are sending scouts this year? 3 NFL and one Canadian were out west yesterday. Will it likely be the same ones?

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Colter said Askelson's 25 reps would be 4 more than any LB at the NFL combine this year. I have to think 18 for Clevan Thomas has to be good for a WR? Obviously he's a shorter, stockier WR but that seems pretty good.

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Generally they add .24 to any hand times, so realistically a 4.55 could be closer to a 4.8. Just in case anybody wanted to go brag to their friends that Askelson is a 4.4-ish guy...might want to wait on official times.

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I always knew Clevan was shredded, but sheesh.

[Travelingcat]

My takeaway (not putting on blue and Gold colored glasses) is that there are no obvious NFL guys here. It wasn't like Ty Okada's workout last year that made you stand up and take notice.

Askelson had the best day of anyone-- Chambers and Snell did not help themselves. Askelson's numbers were similar to Callahan O'Reilly's. Askelson was little stronger noticeably faster (and I felt that translated to the field where he would sometimes be a heat-seaking missle), and significantly less good in the jumps. Agility drills were narrowly for Askelson. Overall career productivity was better for O'Reilly.

O'Reilly had a minicamp invite and made a UFL roster this year (though he was inactive in game 1)-- I'd expect that Askelson will get a similar opportunity. At the very least, he showed that the NFL is not a totally unrealistic possibility for him, in terms of his athletic markers.

Callahan O'Reilly:

Bench Press Reps: 24

Vertical Jump: 37.5"

Broad Jump: 10'3"

40-yd Dash: 4.70

Shuttle: 4.41

3-Cone: 7.08

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I was most interested to see Pickering's workout because I love how he caught the ball, and felt like he could have put up big numbers in a different offense. But he showed middling speed a couple of times when caught from behind, and that showed up in his 4.83 40 time. Remember that you want to add maybe a tenth of a second to pro day 40 times vs. a combine time. Bench was also not very impressive at 15 reps. He showed a good vertical and decent agility and broad jumps-- again, he did enough to show that the pros aren't a pipe dream for him, but not enough that I'd expect him to garner a lot of interest.

[tetoncat]

I was most interested to see Pickering's workout because I love how he caught the ball, and felt like he could have put up big numbers in a different offense. But he showed middling speed a couple of times when caught from behind, and that showed up in his 4.83 40 time. Remember that you want to add maybe a tenth of a second to pro day 40 times vs. a combine time. Bench was also not very impressive at 15 reps. He showed a good vertical and decent agility and broad jumps-- again, he did enough to show that the pros aren't a pipe dream for him, but not enough that I'd expect him to garner a lot of interest.

Crazy how close he and Snells marks are

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I was most interested to see Pickering's workout because I love how he caught the ball, and felt like he could have put up big numbers in a different offense. But he showed middling speed a couple of times when caught from behind, and that showed up in his 4.83 40 time. Remember that you want to add maybe a tenth of a second to pro day 40 times vs. a combine time. Bench was also not very impressive at 15 reps. He showed a good vertical and decent agility and broad jumps-- again, he did enough to show that the pros aren't a pipe dream for him, but not enough that I'd expect him to garner a lot of interest.

Crazy how close he and Snells marks are

Yeah, which was not great for PIckering, because I think he looks like a much smoother athlete than Snell on the field (though I defer to the football experts here who laud Snell's blocking and versatility) Snell's vertical is somewhat of a red flag, but other than that he tested similarly to Pickering.