Zyphros
Footballguy
Gut reaction for the RB's at the combine
You can see all the questions I had for RB's in my other thread https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/783697-2020-nfl-combine-questions-i-have-for-rbs/
Winners - Jonathan Taylor obviously. Looked good in drills and decent in pass catching. I'm not convinced but it's a step in the right direction. Cam Akers was a top RB choice of mine, he remains there with a very solid day. Smooth and quick feet decisive and fast. So excited for him with his ceiling possibly the highest of all RB's of 2020. DeAndre Swift did the same as Akers basically. Solid all around day and he looked big along with his speed. That was really the only test for him, and he passed pretty easily. I knew Anthony McFarland would run fast, and he did, proved he's worth late 1st round consideration in rookie drafts. Might be the best value at RB of all of them. AJ Dillon was a surprise at 247 pounds and a 97th percentile speed score and burst score, big riser. I don't think he looked that good in drills, but I think it's just his lumbering size that I don't like. Darrynton Evans was a sleeper for some, got some speed and looked really good in drills. Might be my RB6 (along with 4 others I have to decide on). Rico Dowdle also had a decent showing, not sure if I call him a winner or just overall improvement though. He did answer my questions I had, could be something.
Losers - J.K. Dobbins, purely because he didn't participate and the other's from the "big4" did and dominated. Pro day needs to be something special. Benny LeMay was arguably the worst RB at the combine, really disappointed with that. Zack Moss did awful in the 40, claims he had a hamstring pull in his vert before running, decided to continue on. Still participated in drills too so I call complete BS. He's just slow. Salvon Ahmed who was suppose to possibly clock a sub 4.4 didn't even come close. Weird results by him. Not a whole lot of overall "losers" though.
Guys that just had a "meh" kind of day: KeShawn Vaughn, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Lamical Perine, Darius Anderson, Eno Benjamin, Jamycal Hasty
You can see all the questions I had for RB's in my other thread https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/783697-2020-nfl-combine-questions-i-have-for-rbs/
Winners - Jonathan Taylor obviously. Looked good in drills and decent in pass catching. I'm not convinced but it's a step in the right direction. Cam Akers was a top RB choice of mine, he remains there with a very solid day. Smooth and quick feet decisive and fast. So excited for him with his ceiling possibly the highest of all RB's of 2020. DeAndre Swift did the same as Akers basically. Solid all around day and he looked big along with his speed. That was really the only test for him, and he passed pretty easily. I knew Anthony McFarland would run fast, and he did, proved he's worth late 1st round consideration in rookie drafts. Might be the best value at RB of all of them. AJ Dillon was a surprise at 247 pounds and a 97th percentile speed score and burst score, big riser. I don't think he looked that good in drills, but I think it's just his lumbering size that I don't like. Darrynton Evans was a sleeper for some, got some speed and looked really good in drills. Might be my RB6 (along with 4 others I have to decide on). Rico Dowdle also had a decent showing, not sure if I call him a winner or just overall improvement though. He did answer my questions I had, could be something.
Losers - J.K. Dobbins, purely because he didn't participate and the other's from the "big4" did and dominated. Pro day needs to be something special. Benny LeMay was arguably the worst RB at the combine, really disappointed with that. Zack Moss did awful in the 40, claims he had a hamstring pull in his vert before running, decided to continue on. Still participated in drills too so I call complete BS. He's just slow. Salvon Ahmed who was suppose to possibly clock a sub 4.4 didn't even come close. Weird results by him. Not a whole lot of overall "losers" though.
Guys that just had a "meh" kind of day: KeShawn Vaughn, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Lamical Perine, Darius Anderson, Eno Benjamin, Jamycal Hasty