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The Terrible Take - Episode 725

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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February 27, 2023 -On this Monday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora discusses the on-field value with when it comes to the annual NFL Scouting Combine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Trying to grab all the groceries in one trip.

0:04.0

Oof, not how you would have done that.

0:06.0

You know sometimes less is more.

0:08.0

Like when you drive less and save with the USAA annual mileage discount.

0:12.0

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0:13.4

Get a quote today.

0:15.4

Welcome to the terrible take, a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind.

0:20.7

I'm Alex Kizora. The 2023 NFL combine kicks off later this week. In this day

0:27.5

in age its value is thought to be in one of two camps. Either the combine is

0:32.3

totally overrated and generally useless. The union has even

0:36.5

advocated for scrapping it entirely or the combine is only useful for the medical and interview.

0:43.4

I'm not in that first camp and certainly the medical and interview are highly important

0:48.1

in founding reasons why the event was created long ago.

0:52.4

But there's even value in the on-field testing. Sure it's

0:55.8

the Underware Olympics but if there's a time where analytics can shine it's here.

1:00.3

There were so many studies and number crunching you can do that correlates testing with NFL's success.

1:07.2

Relative athletic score is one of our favorites, but it's far from the only metric.

1:11.6

Now in the past, Kevin Corbett has been hesitant to use

1:14.7

college to NFL data but perhaps the new Omar Khan and the Widal regime will think of

1:20.4

them differently. I admit I'm not the most analytically focused person,

1:25.7

but if there's a time to pour over the data

1:27.9

and what it means, it's combined workout numbers.

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