faba Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 NEBRASKA: MARCH 9 Close to 25 teams were represented at Nebraska. Chiefs player guru Lynn Stiles was there, along with 14 different defensive backs coaches including the Cowboys' Todd Bowles. Nebraska has several good DBs entering the draft, so this was definitely a secondary hot spot. The workouts were held indoors on FieldTurf. Player Position Gil's comments Josh Bullocks S Bollocks worked out at the combine, running for times of 4.46 and 4.50. Here, he ran for 4.47 and 4.51. He added 13 reps and did all the position drills and looked very good. Barrett Ruud LB Ruud ran 4.72 and 4.75 in his 40s and did 7.08 in the three-cone drill. Fabian Washington CB Washington wowed scouts at the combine by running for times of 4.29 and 4.31 in the 40, and had a 41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Willie Amos CB Amos opened some eyes. He was 6-0, 186, ran a 4.37 and 4.37 in the 40, had a 41-inch vertical, a 9-foot long jump, a 4.14 short shuttle and a 6.87 three-cone drill. Those are some good numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Those are some good numbers. rsherry Seems like the entire secondary of Nebraska had some talented individuals-those numbers just about match Fabian Washington's numbers in the combine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 to run this time at 6'0" is damn impressive. Lets say he gets up to 200 lbs what could his time drop too? 4.45? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Just to add a little to the Ruud debate---His numbers aren't "eye-popping".. But remember, the "average" 40 time at the Combine for OLB's was 4.75 and average time for ILB was 4.78. Those numbers are skewed a bit too, as smaller LB's pull the average artificially downward. If Ruud ran in the 4.6's that would've locked him into round 1....but even if he's tabbed in the 2nd, I still like him a lot. ***** BTY, notice in my blog Ohio State LB's A.J Hawk ran a 4.47 and Bobby Carpenter (son of former Giant RB Rob Carpenter), ran a 4.53 at 256 pounds? Both are juniors and won't come out this draft...I told Bitonti Hawk was a total bad-a$$...He would've been a round 1 lock had he come out... I said it in November and I'll say it now--Him and Chad Greenway of Iowa would've been slam dunk top 20 picks had they left early... :twisted: http://draftdaddy.com/Blog/reset.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YJF Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 How the hell did that Nebraska secondary get scorched every week? Those are some excellent athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 That's a good question YJF and the same can be asked of Oklahoma too... Husker's D'line doesn't seem storg and their offense was in transition... Great question, which Huskeralk could best answer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 How the hell did that Nebraska secondary get scorched every week? Those are some excellent athletes. Athletes don't win football games. Football players do. Sorry guys, but I just can never trust the combine, in any situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Athletes don't win football games. Football players do. Sorry guys, but I just can never trust the combine, in any situation. Well yes and no. A lot of times a team will have a terrible front 7 but great secondary. The secondary could just look bad because the defense can't stop the run or get pressure. The combine helps pick out those situations where a football player is very good but just on a bad team. Ofcourse the reverse happens as well. Some of you guys maybe too young to remember Michael Stonebreaker and Chris Zorich. These guys looked great in college. All the stats you want out of a MLB and DT. But in reality the secondary on that team and some other players pulling less numbers or stats were the ones making them look so good. The combine just confirms what you are seeing on tape or draws attention to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 How the hell did that Nebraska secondary get scorched every week? Those are some excellent athletes. They got scorched because our DC is a clown and continues to be a clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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