FYI on the combine

NFL | Chandler runs the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1317 -0800

Iowa TE Scott Chandler ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | Boss runs the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1315 -0800

Western Oregon TE Kevin Boss ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | Schouman runs the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1327 -0800

Boise State TE Derek Schouman ran the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | Rosario runs the 40-yard dash in 4.76 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1325 -0800

Oregon TE Dante Rosario ran the 40-yard dash in 4.76 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | B. Patrick runs the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1324 -0800

Delaware TE Ben Patrick ran the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | G. Robinson runs the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1328 -0800

Missouri Western State TE Gijon Robinson ran the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | Allan runs the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1320 -0800

Whitworth TE Michael Allan ran the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds Saturday, Feb. 24, at the NFL Combine.


NFL | Olsen runs the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 1317 -0800

Updating a previous item, Miami TE Greg Olsen officially ran the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds at the NFL Combine.

 

yeah, he was fired from our staff not long ago

 

Where did that bit come from? I wonder what players (busts?) he was he influenced us getting in here? Or is the actual choosing done by higher ups?

 

Didn't hear about that, but then again I didn't hear his name being associated with us until I read the preface to that article.

Just posted about Softli being gone in another thread, seems as if we're not changing just the front men.

 

I don't know but they mentioned he was on the West Coast. Fasini, Foster, Siedman, Manning Moore, Branch, Colbert, Marshall and Emanuel are west coast picks.

 

Not too shabby. He will be moving up the boards now.

 

Whoever drafts Olsen needs to convert him back to WR. He's too fast to be a TE; you need that speed for a WR.

 

the Herald, 2/24. I have no idea who makes the bulk of decisions but without a defacto head of decision making I have to assume that delegation goes from Fox down and therefore an assistant coach would have more power in end choices than a scout would. I could've seen Softli having fair input, but don't know what level the new college scouting director would have in that area.

 

well, unlike a guy like Colston, Olsen is really just built as a TE. Not that Colston isn't tall or thick, or even broad shouldered, but at 231 he really was a tweener. He and Matt Jones, and Plaxico Burress, are the only guys I can think of that play at such a heavy weight at WR.

 

Read he had a wonderful workout too. Ran great routes, caught the ball, looked very natural. Of course, there's the inevitable "needs to improve blocking strength." (TFY)