NFL Combine '06 and Pro Days

[hunt]

i don't know a damn thing about this davis guy other than what i've read here...but with so many other needs on this team, do you guys really think they'd go te with their 1st pick?

[PhillyPhanInDC]

i don't know a damn thing about this davis guy other than what i've read here...but with so many other needs on this team, do you guys really think they'd go te with their 1st pick?

If he is there, absolutely. Davis has the potential to be a total game-breaker. Think about it, he is big enough to play the tight end spot, but is faster and can jump higher than most receivers. Once in the NFL, he probably would have the best skill set of any tight end in the league. No one like VD has ever been seen at the tight end position before. You need a TE in a formation? VD is in there. You opt not to have a TE in? You can line him up as a WR.  In a goal line situation where you need a TE in there who is going to put a solid block on a DE or LB? VD. The guy is also renowned for his insane work ethic. He never half-asses anything, and will most likely work his ass off to learn the ins and outs of any system. If he drops to 14, and the Birds pass, it will be a huge mistake IMO.

[MURP]

Pro Day results


Pro Day Schedule


and some from GBN report

KR Sizzles at Canes pro day...  It wasn't quite the event of past Miami pro days, however, over 100 NFL personnel types representing every team at the league was at Miami's pro day workout on Saturday. Unlike in the past when the top Hurricanes' prospects would routinely pass on working out at the Combine, most of this year's top Hurricane prospects did participate at the Indianapolis event; indeed, a number chose to stand on their Combine results. One who didn't was KR Devin Hester who was a little disappointed with a Combine 40-time in the mid-4.4s. Hester, who played both WR and CB during his Miami career but still doesn't have a position to call his own, bettered his Combine time with 40 clockings in the mid-4.3 range on Saturday. On the other hand, DT Orien Harris probably didn't do much to himself running his 40s in ovr 5.25 seconds. LSU also worked out yesterday, but like the Hurricanes, most Tigers had already worked out at the Combine. One LSU player pro scouts were hoping to get a look at was DT Claude Wroten, who had been a rising star in the 2006 draft class before getting into some legal troubles which have now been resolved. Unfortunately, Wroten who didn't workout at the Combine because of a minor leg injury, pulled up on his first 40 try. Wroten though will get another chance when LSU holds its second scheduled pro day on March 16th.

[hunt]

i don't know a damn thing about this davis guy other than what i've read here...but with so many other needs on this team, do you guys really think they'd go te with their 1st pick?

If he is there, absolutely. Davis has the potential to be a total game-breaker. Think about it, he is big enough to play the tight end spot, but is faster and can jump higher than most receivers. Once in the NFL, he probably would have the best skill set of any tight end in the league. No one like VD has ever been seen at the tight end position before. You need a TE in a formation? VD is in there. You opt not to have a TE in? You can line him up as a WR.  In a goal line situation where you need a TE in there who is going to put a solid block on a DE or LB? VD. The guy is also renowned for his insane work ethic. He never half-asses anything, and will most likely work his ass off to learn the ins and outs of any system. If he drops to 14, and the Birds pass, it will be a huge mistake IMO.

was there this kind of talk about davis before the combine? 

[PhillyPhanInDC]

He was expected to be the first TE taken, everyone knew he was a great prospect, but what he showed at the combine, especially the speed, really surprised. His workout definately helped improve his stock, and what shows in watching the games, is that he backs all of the workouts up with actual play. I would be really, really surprised if Davis dropped to fourteen at this point, and for good reason.

[PhillyPhreak54]

i don't know a damn thing about this davis guy other than what i've read here...but with so many other needs on this team, do you guys really think they'd go te with their 1st pick?

If he is there, absolutely. Davis has the potential to be a total game-breaker. Think about it, he is big enough to play the tight end spot, but is faster and can jump higher than most receivers. Once in the NFL, he probably would have the best skill set of any tight end in the league. No one like VD has ever been seen at the tight end position before. You need a TE in a formation? VD is in there. You opt not to have a TE in? You can line him up as a WR.  In a goal line situation where you need a TE in there who is going to put a solid block on a DE or LB? VD. The guy is also renowned for his insane work ethic. He never half-asses anything, and will most likely work his ass off to learn the ins and outs of any system. If he drops to 14, and the Birds pass, it will be a huge mistake IMO.

was there this kind of talk about davis before the combine? 

Pretty much. But until he put down that 4.38 there wasn't as much buzz. That vaulted him into the big time. But there was talk of him being a stud before, yes.

If he went to Miami or another big timer he'd be much more pimped by the media.

[ice grillin you]

Pretty much. But until he put down that 4.38 there wasn't as much buzz. That vaulted him into the big time. But there was talk of him being a stud before, yes.

If he went to Miami or another big timer he'd be much more pimped by the media.

this is true the fact that he didnt win the mackey award is proof of this...living in the area i happened to see him every week and he is just ridiculous....i remember two years ago they did a special on him in the md weight room...and showed how he just demolished every single lifting record in school history...and did it as a sophomore junior...it was sick

he was just a man among boys in college

hes  amazing and the eagles better get him if at all possible

[hunt]

okay...just checking.
mamula scarred me for life.

[ice grillin you]

mamula led the league in running past the quarterback...i used to wait for him to come in from the other side of the screen and make a play ala intellivision football...

vernon davis will run thru and into people and hurt them

[troyhstewart]

I heard Mike Mayuk(sp?) on NFL network talking about Pro Days. He mentioned how most of the Penn State players disappointed at PSU's pro day. I like Hali, Anwar Philips and Alan Zamitis, so if this pushes down their draft status, there's a better chance the Eagles could grab them. I like Hali, but not at #14, and supposedly he didn't run a good enough time to be considered an OLB in a 3-4.

Considering Rod Hood is a RFA and the other backup CBs didn't show much, the Eagles need a CB thru the draft. I don't care how fast Philips and Zamitis ran, they were good college players.

Thoughts, MURP?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They all were good players for my college team and I want no parts of them on my pro team.

[MURP]

Comprehensive Combine #'s

[phattymatty]

interesting, seems that deangelo williams is actually the strongest of the class, i had no idea.

and i totally forgot about cedric humes.  if we don't get lendale in the first, which i'm sure we won't, i wouldn't mind picking up humes somewhere in the middle rounds.

[ice grillin you]

zemaitis = matt ware

[Mad-Lad]

Chad Greenway    LB (6-2 3/8, 240)
ran his 40s in 4.58 and 4.62 seconds. He strained his left hamstring, so he didn't run the shuttles. He also had a 38-inch vertical jump, a 10-foot broad jump and 19 bench presses.

Abdul Hodge LB (6-0 3/8, 233)
ran his 40s in 4.69 and 4.66 seconds. He also had 25 bench presses. In the other tests, he stood on his Combine performances.