C2C: NFL Combine Breakdown and Takeaways - Incredible Moments, Risers and Fallers, Positional Overview

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🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The College to Canton Podcast is part of the Rotoviz Radio & Blue Wire Podcast families. Host: Travis May (@FF_TravisM) A to Z Sports Host: Stefan Lako (@stayfunlako) Ready Bet Action In this episode, Stefan and Travis discuss their experiences at the NFL Combine and the latest news on franchise tags and surprise cuts. They highlight the running backs and wide receivers who received franchise tags and discuss the implications for fantasy football. They also share their favorite moments from the NFL Combine, including interviews with players like Cody Schrader and Trey Knox. Travis identifies Isaac Guerendo as the biggest riser at the Combine, and they explain the concept of speed score and its significance for evaluating players. Finally, they discuss the threshold for draft upside and the importance of percentile rankings in assessing prospects. The conversation covers the evaluation of speed score and athletic testing, an overview of quarterbacks, evaluation of running backs, evaluation of wide receivers, and specific evaluations of Kedon Slovis, Spencer Rattler, Trey Benson, Braylon Allen, Jalen Wright, Troy Franklin, Johnny Wilson, and Theo Johnson. Takeaways Speed score and athletic testing are important factors in evaluating prospects. The top three quarterbacks are highly regarded, but there may not be four quarterbacks selected in the top nine picks. Trey Benson and Braylon Allen are promising running backs. Troy Franklin's draft stock may have been affected by his speed score. There is depth and talent in the wide receiver class. Johnny Wilson and Theo Johnson are standout tight ends. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and NFL Combine Experience 03:51 Franchise Tag Day and Surprise Cuts 08:40 Running Backs on the Franchise Tag 09:09 Wide Receivers on the Franchise Tag 15:46 Favorite Moments from the NFL Combine 33:09 Understanding Speed Score 34:07 Threshold for Draft Upside 34:39 Discussion on Speed Score and Athletic Testing 36:28 Overview of Quarterbacks 40:12 Evaluation of Kedon Slovis 44:21 Evaluation of Spencer Rattler 46:00 Overview of Running Backs 50:28 Evaluation of Trey Benson 51:36 Evaluation of Braylon Allen 53:03 Evaluation of Jalen Wright 57:01 Evaluation of Troy Franklin 59:49 Evaluation of Wide Receivers 01:06:15 Evaluation of Johnny Wilson 01:08:50 Evaluation of Theo Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race a tackle, watch out.
0:07.0	Let's speed.
0:08.0	Look at this freshman.
0:10.0	Welcome to the home room, professional football, Canton, Ohio.
0:14.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the College to Canton podcast,
0:19.0	the perfect show for any and every college football at NFL fan.
0:23.1	I'm your host, Dave on the Co.
0:25.1	I am joined today, as always, by the founder, the creator, the Travis May.
0:30.8	You can find him on Twitter at FF underscore Travis M.
0:33.9	I have to read it every time, even though I've said it 152 times for years.
0:40.2	It's just like, it's impossible for me to memorize phone numbers anymore, but how are you
0:44.5	doing? Talk to me. You had a hell of a week, I'm sure. And we're going to get into the combine and all
0:49.8	that stuff. We'll get into the numbers. But before we do that, just in general, you feeling it,
0:54.2	you're tired, you're good, you excited. How are things? Oh, man, I was so exhausting coming
0:59.4	off of the NFL Combine. It was a whirlwind. I mean, I'd never worked that full week and
1:06.0	everything. And it was insane. Just there's so much information. You get there Monday night. You start very early. Just, uh, there's so much information. Uh, you, you get there Monday night.
1:12.0	You start very early Tuesday with, uh, and you just hit the ground running. It's like, no, no warning, no nothing. It's like, hey, say, boom. Here's the first, you know, defensive line and linebacker prospect interviews for three straight hours. and then you're you know you're trying to do video
1:29.0	cutups and send those out to all of our you know beat riders around the country and then do my own
1:35.3	writing with takeaways from from that and and then you just do it five more days in a row and it's
1:40.2	and you know when on field stuff, it adds a whole other layer.
1:44.3	And so it's just informational overload.
1:46.2	But I tried to cover the combine in a way that I always wanted it to be covered.
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