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stillers4me
02-21-2011, 05:34 PM
There isn’t a whole lot about this NFL offseason that qualifies as typical, what with the current CBA carrying an expiration date of March 3, but the NFL Scouting Combine is an exception.

Set for its 14th consecutive year in Indianapolis, the Combine will offer all 32 NFL teams an up-close look at 329 of the top college football prospects available for the draft that’s scheduled for April 28-30. The Combine begins on Wednesday, Feb. 23 and runs until March 1, and like so much of anything having to do with the NFL, it has evolved into a television event that provides six days worth of programming to NFL Network.

“The purpose of the Combine is three-fold, actually,” said Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert. “First and foremost is the physical examination of the players. Secondly, it’s the physical workout, the testing, of the players. And thirdly, it’s the personal information, the character, the interviews, that we’ll have access to at that point.”............

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