Best Practical Joke of ALL TIME: The NFL Combine

Tom Brady can have his Superbowls, I got the combine. -Akili Smith

Since 3 had to go and freak out over Jimmer (totally agree by the way, fuck that guy), I guess I'll go on a little rant of my own. Every year during the last week of February we are bombarded with Mel Kiper, Todd Mcshay, and the rest of ESPN and NFL network overpaid analysts, going absolutely bananas over the NFL Combine. Heres the thing, the combine is probably the biggest bullshit I have ever witnessed in my entire life. I understand the need to know some raw statistics about incoming player's size, strength, and speed, and I do think it has some purpose, but why is there so much emphasis placed on what goes on in Indianapolis every year? Why is it even in Indianapolis? And why the fuck is it televised? I mean we are talking about things like guys running in straight lines and moving laterally in a totally relaxed environment with no pads, no helmets, barely any clothes, and no semblance of a game-like atmosphere. Last time I checked, Cam Newton is going to be dropping back to pass with monsters zoning in on him, 2 pounds of armor on, and 70 thousand screaming fans going insane, but ya, everything he does this week will tell us if he will be a good NFL qb or not. Give me a fucking break. I mean half the fucking guys who are going to be drafted aren't even there, and most of the top guys choose to not work out out of fear. It's not hard to look at the last 10 years and see the players who have been pro-bowlers, and the teams that have been good, and realize that these same players had shitty to average combines, and these same teams drafted with less emphasis on the combine. For Christ sake, Tom Brady ran a 6.7 40, he benched 225 6 times, and he measured out as a "scrawny bitch" at the 2000 combine, yet he seemed to be an ok pick. Bet those other 31 scouts that passed on him due to those numbers were all fired. Point in-case, I'll take Wes Welker (wasn't even invited to the combine) over Darius Heyward-Bay (combine hero circa 2009) everyday of the week, and twice on sunday (when it really counts).

Posted by Mucc.