2009 NFL Draft - RB Combine Primer (1 Viewer)

[Tenacious D]

Pre-Combine Value Estimates

Blue Chips

Borderline Day One

Early Day Two

Mid- to Late-Round

End Game

Best of the Rest

ETA - updated with entire article broken out in topics. Thanks Brian/dirtyhalos and Bloom for getting this sorted, I know it was a bit of a challenge.

 

[Lott's Fingertip]

Good stuff.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

All the people whose mock drafts have the first RB going to San Diego or later aren't going to get many picks right this year. There are some excellent players here.

 

[Rovers]

Wow! Great stuff!

 

[BigTex]

Oustanding!

 

[BeTheMatch]

Shonn Greene in the fourth round? Interesting.

 

[theredoz]

No way S. Greene goes in the 4th round... Middle Second or early 3rd..

 

[Kleck]

Unless the NFL switched the draft again and I'm not aware of it, an early day 2 pick is the 3rd round, not 4th.

Good read, T D.

 

[Tenacious D]

Unless the NFL switched the draft again and I'm not aware of it, an early day 2 pick is the 3rd round, not 4th.

Yep. Day Two is third round and Greene is definitely on the borderline. There will be a max of six RBs going Day One. Moreno, McCoy, and Wells are locks. D.Brown and Greene have a lot riding on the Combine b/c of being relative one-year wonders. If Greene disappoints in 40, broad jump, and shuttle, he's no longer the flavor of the week. He could come out with outstanding tests and there be talk of him moving up, I don't rule that possibility out at all, but right now he is still riding high off one great year against mediocre Big Ten competition. If Moreno, McCoy, and Wells disappoint in tests at the Combine, their stock doesn't take nearly the same hit.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Unless the NFL switched the draft again and I'm not aware of it, an early day 2 pick is the 3rd round, not 4th. Good read, T D.

Well, this snippet specifically mentioned Rudi being a fourth-rounder and being a good comparison, so maybe I misunderstood:"Rudi Johnson is a good comparable on a few levels, and he was a fourth-round pick. Greene is probably an early Day Two pick."To me, the fourth round is still "an early Day Two pick."

 

[Milwaukees_best]

Where would Mendenhall rank in this crop?

 

[jurb26]

Where would Mendenhall rank in this crop?

I would place Mendenall behind Wells, Moreno and McCoy pretty easily. I've never been a big fan of Mendenall though. Hope I'm wrong as a Steeler fan.