NFL Prospects Try To Stand Out In Isolation
The Lead
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🗓️ 21 April 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
With pro days being canceled, players on the cusp of getting drafted into the NFL are having to get creative as they try to get on the radar of teams. The Athletic’s Stephen Holder joins us to discuss how college players who are on the bubble have been scrambling to get noticed, by doing everything from producing their own videos to working out with sandbags and in public parks.
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| 0:00.0 | Every year, there are dozens of players who are certain to get drafted into the NFL. |
| 0:11.0 | And then there are the players on the bubble. |
| 0:14.1 | You know, the guys from smaller schools, guys recovering from injury or guys who just haven't |
| 0:18.2 | quite proven themselves. |
| 0:19.8 | Normally, these players would have spent the past few weeks going to pro-day events to |
| 0:24.0 | showcase their speed, strength, and agility and hopefully get an NFL team to take a chance |
| 0:28.6 | on them in the draft. |
| 0:30.2 | But those showcase events, of course, have not been happening. |
| 0:33.7 | Today, the Athletics Stephen Holder joins us to discuss how college players on the cusp |
| 0:38.2 | of the NFL have been scrambling to get noticed in the days of social isolation. |
| 0:43.0 | A guy who's used to working out in sort of a state-of-the-art facility now reduced to |
| 0:50.4 | working out with sandbags. |
| 0:52.0 | And whether or not it's working. |
| 0:56.5 | From Wondery and The Athletic, I'm Otterskeltto. |
| 0:58.5 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:00.2 | It's Tuesday, April 21st, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:04.3 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:08.5 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the NFL. |
| 1:13.5 | The values of the past don't matter because we've got this stuff. |
| 1:19.5 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
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