Links to everything you wanted to know about the NFL Combine being held in Indianapolis this week, some predraft rankings, a couple excellent NFL pieces from around the web this past week and a look at the Franchise Tag. All in one place.
Albert Breer takes a look at the evolution of the combine and what the future holds, with some quotes from Steelers GM Kevin Colbert:
Here is a story by Breer about the new aptitude test that will be administered in conjunction with the Wonderlic test that has become so famous, or for some players, infamous:
Mike Mayock lists his top five players by position pre-combine. It will be interesting to watch how this changes over the next two months:
Three players in particular Mayock wants to watch. All will be on the Steelers' radar:
Here is the schedule for the players coming to the combine by group:
http://www.nflcombine.net/players/schedule
NFL Films' Greg Cosell has a great piece on the Shutdown Corner blog on the read option, running quarterbacks and the importance of pocket passing. Really good stuff:
The Franchise Tag is now open. Here is a piece by Andrew Brandt talking about the power of the Franchise Tag:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8143417/nfl-power-core-franchising-issue
More franchising, Friend of the Show Russel Baxter's piece on how the Franchise Tag work and why it matters:
Mike Sando takes a look at which teams have wielded the Franchise Tag most frequently:
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/91651/nfc-west-the-it-division-in-game-of-tag
Chris Brown of Smart Football continues to make life easier for us all with his favorite football coaching resources:
