[Neil039]

Get ready ladies and gentlemen because it's about to get REAL! Three days until we can really immerse ourselves back into football!

Anyone got a player they want to see?

I want to see...well outside the obvious qbs, WRs, and defenders.
TE Hunter Henry
QB Vernon Adams
QB Trevone Boykin
C Ryan Kelly
OLB Kyle Fackrell (kinda my sleeper I hope the Rams snap up, IMO he could a solid pro)

[BuiltRamTough]

I can't wait to watch the QB drills.

[Neil039]

http://www.nfl.com/combine/workouts

Each February, hundreds of the very best college football players are invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Ind., where executives, coaches, scouts and doctors from all 32 NFL teams conduct an intense, four-day job interview in advance of the NFL Draft. Here is a brief breakdown of the measurable drills:

40-yard dash
The 40-yard dash is the marquee event at the combine. It's kind of like the 100-meters at the Olympics: It's all about speed, explosion and watching skilled athletes run great times. These athletes are timed at 10, 20 and 40-yard intervals. What the scouts are looking for is an explosion from a static start.

Bench press
The bench press is a test of strength -- 225 pounds, as many reps as the athlete can get. What the NFL scouts are also looking for is endurance. Anybody can do a max one time, but what the bench press tells the pro scouts is how often the athlete frequented his college weight room for the last 3-5 years.

Vertical jump
The vertical jump is all about lower-body explosion and power. The athlete stands flat-footed and they measure his reach. It is important to accurately measure the reach, because the differential between the reach and the flag the athlete touches is his vertical jump measurement.

Broad jump
The broad jump is like being in gym class back in junior high school. Basically, it is testing an athlete's lower-body explosion and lower-body strength. The athlete starts out with a stance balanced and then he explodes out as far as he can. It tests explosion and balance, because he has to land without moving.

3 cone drill
The 3 cone drill tests an athlete's ability to change directions at a high speed. Three cones in an L-shape. He starts from the starting line, goes 5 yards to the first cone and back. Then, he turns, runs around the second cone, runs a weave around the third cone, which is the high point of the L, changes directions, comes back around that second cone and finishes.

Shuttle run
The short shuttle is the first of the cone drills. It is known as the 5-10-5. What it tests is the athlete's lateral quickness and explosion in short areas. The athlete starts in the three-point stance, explodes out 5 yards to his right, touches the line, goes back 10 yards to his left, left hand touches the line, pivot, and he turns 5 more yards and finishes.

[Neil039]

This is the NFL.com official site. It will track players and results. Hope this isn't over kill for you guys. I live for this stuff and the draft during the off season.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker#day=friday

[Hacksaw]

Thanks for the info Neil

[BuiltRamTough]

This is the NFL.com official site. It will track players and results. Hope this isn't over kill for you guys. I live for this stuff and the draft during the off season.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker#day=friday

I'm a fan of Gil Brandt so you're okay with me.

[Hacksaw]

Off-season Outlook: Los Angeles Rams

By Doug Farrar

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/02/23/los-an ... raft-needs

Next season’s playoff race begins this spring as all 32 teams retool their rosters, so it’s time to take a look at what each franchise must do for a better season in 2016. Next up: The Rams, who head back to Los Angeles with one giant question mark on offense. Check back for our other 31 off-season outlooks, which we will be rolling out in reverse order of finish over the coming weeks leading up to free agency and the draft.

Key free agents
DT Nick Fairley, OLB Mark Barron, CB Trumaine Johnson, CB Janoris Jenkins, DE William Hayes, QB Case Keenum

Johnson, Jenkins, Fairley, Hayes, Barron: The Rams saved $23 million in 2016 cap space with the recent releases of Long,Laurinaitis and Cook, and none of those guys will be back unless they agree to franchise-friendly contracts—probably one-year deals for the veteran minimum—after shopping their services around. Probably won’t happen. So with those names out of the way, there is the matter of Johnson and Jenkins, the Rams’ two starting cornerbacks. Both played very well in 2015, and Johnson was particularly marvelous, allowing a 55.0 opposing quarterback rating and one touchdown versus seven picks in 93 total targets. Right now, the Rams are around the $98 million mark in 2016 cap space, which may leave the team able to re-sign both players. Losing one would be a big hit—they can't lose both.

With all the legitimate talk about Aaron Donald as perhaps the NFL’s most dominant defensive lineman, Hayes and Fairley become more important now that Long is out of the picture. Both players had great seasons, and Hayes is one of the game’s most underrated ends right now: he finished second to Donald in total pressures. Fairley proved to be a highly disruptive presence in the middle during his one-year prove-it deal in St. Louis. Barron shone as a hybrid safety/linebacker in a defense built to support that position.

Most important position to improve

Quarterback: It’s been more than a decade since the Rams could rely on the same quarterback from year to year, and since Marc Bulger announced his retirement in 2011, it’s probably time to find a new guy. Sam Bradford couldn’t get past his own injuries and the team’s failure to find credible receivers (a problem that continues to this day), and the trade that sent him to Philadelphia in exchange for Nick Foles was a disaster from the Rams’ side.

Foles’s prospects don’t look much better in L.A.—he’s throwing to questionable targets behind an offensive line that affords very little protection, and he isn’t the kind of quarterback who deals well with defensive pressure. He was eventually benched in 2015 for Case Keenum, who wasn’t much better. It’s abundantly clear that this team will not move forward until it finds that legitimate franchise quarterback. Heck, an above-average stopgap would be an enormous improvement at this point, and the process of finding a significant upgrade absolutely needs to start now.

Other positions to improve

Offensive line, receiver, secondary: Give the Rams credit—they’ve certainly canvassed the draft in search of better line talent. They took Auburn’s Greg Robinson with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 draft and added two more offensive linemen—Wisconsin’s Rob Havenstein and Louisville’s Jamon Brown—in the first three rounds last season. The effectiveness of those moves, however, is highly subjective. Head coach Jeff Fisher has been committed to the idea that Robinson can be a credible left tackle, but the tape shows otherwise. Outside of Havenstein and guard Garrett Reynolds, there’s too much on that line that either needs development or outright replacement.

The Rams last had a 1,000-yard receiver back in 2007, when Torry Holt finished with 1,189 yards. Since then, they’ve fielded an unenviable cast of misses, busts and castoffs, and the current roster doesn’t offer much potential. Tavon Austin works in certain packages, but he has not yet proven that he can be an every-down threat to enemy defenses. He led the team with 52 catches last year but amassed just 473 yards and five touchdowns. Cook finished second with 39 catches, and he is now gone. Veteran Kenny Britt is a patch player. This team needs to completely rethink the position.

If the Rams can’t retain both Johnson and Jenkins, secondary help becomes on of their top needs.

Overall priority this off-season

Find a direction on offense: Jeff Fisher has been the Rams’ head coach since 2012. In those four seasons, the team has never finished higher than 23rd in offensive yards and 21st in offensive points. Last season’s 7–9 record despite an offense that ranked 29th in points and dead last in yards proved a couple of things: First, that a great defense can get you halfway there all by itself, and second, that it would be amazing to see Todd Gurley supported by the threat of a passing game. Three consecutive offensive coordinators (Brian Schottenheimer, Rob Boras, Frank Cignetti) did little to maximize their personnel in St. Louis, and without a true quarterback, any sort of defining vision is fruitless.

The Rams are back in Los Angeles for the first time since 1994, and that team may have had a better offense than this one, piloted as it was by quarterback Chris Miller, running back Jerome Bettis and the delightfully-named Flipper Anderson catching most of Miller’s passes. The team’s current offensive malaise goes far beyond this offensive coordinator or that quarterback—it’s a lack of performance that permeates the whole franchise. If the Rams aren’t able to turn that around sooner rather than later, it’s worth asking if Fisher will be able to keep his job. Season after season of “what if” on offense won’t play as well in the Rams’ new high-profile digs.

[OldSchool]

I want to see the qb passing drills. See if they have accuracy and zip on these scripted underwear Olympics.

[Elvis]

Check out the Combine schedule Hacksaw_64 put together in the Announcements section above the Topics ...

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[Elvis]