How the NFL Combine Became Reality TV
The Lead
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🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The NFL combine has gotten a little out of control lately, with people obsessing over the size of Joe Burrow’s hands, broadcasters raving about how fast 300-pound linemen can run the 40-yard dash, and a punter bench pressing 225 pounds more than two dozen times before a raucous crowd. The Athletic’s Lindsay Jones joins us from Indianapolis to talk about how the combine became such a bizarre spectacle and what events there actually matter (hint: it's not what happens at the smoothie station).
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| 0:00.0 | The NFL Combine just wrapped up. |
| 0:08.2 | And to put it lightly, the Combine has gotten a little out of control lately. |
| 0:14.1 | People obsessing over the size of Joe Barrow's hands, which unders, it turns out, are the |
| 0:18.3 | same size as mine. |
| 0:19.3 | But guess what those 90-chans did last your skill? |
| 0:22.1 | Through 60 touchdowns. |
| 0:23.4 | Yep. |
| 0:24.4 | They did do that. |
| 0:25.4 | So that's what I'm telling you, don't worry. |
| 0:27.3 | The little raving about how fast 300-pound lineman can run the 40-yard dash. |
| 0:32.3 | When he down blocks, he just takes everybody with him and he's moving pretty good. |
| 0:36.3 | Oh my word. |
| 0:37.3 | Somebody that loved running that fast please. |
| 0:40.8 | And a punter who bench press 225 pounds in front of a rock is crowd. |
| 0:46.1 | 25 runs. |
| 0:47.1 | Yeah! |
| 0:48.1 | 25 runs. |
| 0:49.1 | 25 runs. |
| 0:50.1 | Yeah! |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah! |
| 0:53.1 | Today, the athletics Lindsay Jones, who has been at the Combine in Indianapolis, joins |
| 0:58.4 | us to talk about how it has become such a bizarre spectacle. |
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