Combine Winners and Losers

Just as the title implies, who were your personal winners and losers from the combine?

I will give you my biggest winner and loser to start out.


Winner:


Justin Reid: Thought he would test in the middle of the road aspect. Now that we have all seen him perform exceptionally at the NFL Combine, coupled with his tape, he is a shoe in for a late First Round option for us.


Personal Runner Up (No guys, you do not need this):


Leighton Vander Esch: Oddly enough, given his background, he tested just about as well as I thought. When he sheds 10lbs., look out.



Loser:


Ronnie Harrison: Only two drills? I found that quite unusual. Even worse was that those two drills only gave further indication of what many of us already knew; his explosive capabilities. He has to perform very well at his Pro Day as Justin Reid is now a lock for a late First Round slot. Unless his hamstring was that bad, how he did the explosive tests is unbeknownst to me.


Personal Runner Up:


RaShaan Evans: Another 'Bama player? Well.. sadly so. I was so looking forward to seeing him in action. I care very little about opting out of the 40 time and his position drills were outstanding. What then could be the issue? The fact that he is not as explosive as I had hoped and Leighton Vander Esch is a far more intriguing form of clay to mold with a greater degree of upside and athletic capabilities.



To clarify, these are my two plus others that just missed. Again though, who are yours?

 

Spot on assessment of Jackson and could definitely work out for us playing the deep middle. Great ball skills just need to keep him reading and reacting downhill....

DJ Chark deserves honorable mention....any chance he is there for us in the 2nd? Another 2nd round stud for us like JUJU and Bryant's replacement....

Evans or LVE in the 1st
Chark in th 2nd
J.Jackson in the third maybe a bit early but we have no 4th.....

I can live with that draft,we can also address safety and ILB/OLB 5-7 and FA. Safety class is deep with a lot of real good athletes(new DB coach should help development) . A word not often used as a positive around here....I think Evans or LVE can probably start day 1 but we need a veteran presence at Safety(FA)

 

Shoot!



Forgot about both Lorenzo Carter and Josh Sweat. Both of those guys tested out of their minds; Sweat's numbers being insane given the fact the poor guy has been plagued with leg injuries since High School.


One more as well. Fred Warner. If for some chance that Esch is not the guy but Justin Reid is for Round One, he really put himself on the map; continuing his ascension. As I see it, he is eithet a top 75 to top 50 player.

 

Winners:
DJ Chark
Justin Reid
LVE
Tony Brown
Shaq Griffin
Losers:
Orlando Brown
Tavares McFadden

 

i still think the edmonds brothers would be nice fits for us.

 

Terrell is likely but even then, nabbing him will be difficult. He is early to mid Round Two for me.