Post by MizzouTiger on Feb 25, 2008 22:27:48 GMT -5
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Nelson has impressive workout at combine
By RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City St
INDIANAPOLIS | Welcome to Suite 211, Seat No. 103 on the second level above the 30-yard line at the RCA Dome.
In a change in protocol, the NFL allowed reporters behind the curtains at the NFL scouting combine on Sunday for one of the workout sessions for quarterbacks and receivers.
Let the record reflect Kansas State wide receiver Jordy Nelson caught absolutely everything thrown his way. He made catches on slants, quick outs, dig routes and double moves up the sidelines.
The atmosphere in the RCA Dome is a combination high school track meet and law library. There’s activity in the middle of the field, on the sidelines and in the end zones, as coaches, general managers and scouts sit scattered in the lower bowl of the stadium.
The only sounds are the steady announcements of names of athletes before they run the 40-yard dash and the occasional applause or “ooh” or “ahh” after a good catch or dropped pass.
The players run the 40-yard dash along the near sideline. On the opposite sidelines, they’re doing the long jump; in the middle of the field, they do two different agility drills between cones; and in the tunnel behind an end zone, they’re performing the vertical jump.
Once the drills are out of the way, the pitch-and-catch fun begins.
The first round of routes comprised 30-yard streak patterns, and Nelson made a fine over-the-shoulder catch on a throw from Nebraska’s Sam Keller, who displayed a shot-put delivery.
That was followed by the gauntlet for receivers. Starting from the sidelines, the receivers caught a 10-yard pass from one quarterback, turned around quickly and caught another from a different quarterback.
Then the receiver ran across the width of the field with three quarterbacks standing at the 10 and two at the 20. The receiver would catch a pass, get rid of the ball, and as he ran, turn around, catch another pass, and repeat the process of up to seven passes before reaching the other side of the field.
The drill emphasized body flexibility, hip rotation and concentration, not to mention speed, good hands and the ability to stay in bounds on the seventh catch.
Nelson caught all seven passes thrown to him in the drill and kept his feet in bounds on the final one along the far sidelines.
While Nelson handled everything he could get his hands on, the quarterbacks weren’t always on target. Keller overthrew him on a deep out; and when Nelson tried the double move to the sideline, he slipped and fell.
Not all the players performed full workouts. Boston College’s Matt Ryan, considered the top quarterback in the draft, elected not to throw and will do so at his campus pro day next month.
Nelson has impressive workout at combine
By RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City St
INDIANAPOLIS | Welcome to Suite 211, Seat No. 103 on the second level above the 30-yard line at the RCA Dome.
In a change in protocol, the NFL allowed reporters behind the curtains at the NFL scouting combine on Sunday for one of the workout sessions for quarterbacks and receivers.
Let the record reflect Kansas State wide receiver Jordy Nelson caught absolutely everything thrown his way. He made catches on slants, quick outs, dig routes and double moves up the sidelines.
The atmosphere in the RCA Dome is a combination high school track meet and law library. There’s activity in the middle of the field, on the sidelines and in the end zones, as coaches, general managers and scouts sit scattered in the lower bowl of the stadium.
The only sounds are the steady announcements of names of athletes before they run the 40-yard dash and the occasional applause or “ooh” or “ahh” after a good catch or dropped pass.
The players run the 40-yard dash along the near sideline. On the opposite sidelines, they’re doing the long jump; in the middle of the field, they do two different agility drills between cones; and in the tunnel behind an end zone, they’re performing the vertical jump.
Once the drills are out of the way, the pitch-and-catch fun begins.
The first round of routes comprised 30-yard streak patterns, and Nelson made a fine over-the-shoulder catch on a throw from Nebraska’s Sam Keller, who displayed a shot-put delivery.
That was followed by the gauntlet for receivers. Starting from the sidelines, the receivers caught a 10-yard pass from one quarterback, turned around quickly and caught another from a different quarterback.
Then the receiver ran across the width of the field with three quarterbacks standing at the 10 and two at the 20. The receiver would catch a pass, get rid of the ball, and as he ran, turn around, catch another pass, and repeat the process of up to seven passes before reaching the other side of the field.
The drill emphasized body flexibility, hip rotation and concentration, not to mention speed, good hands and the ability to stay in bounds on the seventh catch.
Nelson caught all seven passes thrown to him in the drill and kept his feet in bounds on the final one along the far sidelines.
While Nelson handled everything he could get his hands on, the quarterbacks weren’t always on target. Keller overthrew him on a deep out; and when Nelson tried the double move to the sideline, he slipped and fell.
Not all the players performed full workouts. Boston College’s Matt Ryan, considered the top quarterback in the draft, elected not to throw and will do so at his campus pro day next month.