For quite a while on Sunday afternoon, much of the talk was about Arkansas’ Darren McFadden and his apparent combine-best 4.27 40 time that he posted. (more…)

Here are the 40 yard dash times for the Wide Receivers of the 2008 NFL Combine.   DeSean Jackson, 4.35 Andre Caldwell, 4.37 Will Franklin, 4.37 Dexter Jackson, 4.37 Eddie Royal, 4.39 Donnie Avery, 4.4 Devin Thomas, 4.4 Keenan Burton, 4.43 Arman Shields, 4.44 Ryan Grice-Mullen, 4.46 Paul Hubbard, 4.46 Limas Sweed, 4.46 Brandon Breazell, 4.47 James Hardy, 4.47 Kenneth Moore, ...

Here are the 40 yard dash times for the Wide Receivers of the 2008 NFL Combine. DeSean Jackson, 4.35 Andre Caldwell, 4.37 Will Franklin, 4.37 Dexter Jackson, 4.37 Eddie Royal, 4.39 Donnie Avery, 4.4 Devin Thomas, 4.4 Keenan Burton, 4.43 Arman Shields, 4.44 Ryan Grice-Mullen, 4.46 Paul Hubbard, 4.46 Limas Sweed, 4.46 Brandon Breazell, 4.47 James Hardy, 4.47 ...

Update [2008-2-24 13:42:4 by River City Rage]: : Official WR Times! Jackson, DeSean 4.35 Caldwell, Andre 4.37 Franklin, Will 4.37 Royal, Eddie 4.39 Thomas, Devin 4.40 Shields, Arman 4.44 Breazell, Brandon 4.47 (Yup, he did it, good for you Brandon!) Simpson, Jerome 4.47 Bench Press Eddie Royal, Virginia Tech: 24 Lorne Sam, UTEP: 23 Darius Reynaud, West Virginia; Pierre ...

While the combine continues, my time here is coming to an end.  Two flights, a few hours in an airport, and hopefully a nap and the combine adventure will come to a close. Of course, I'll be missing the workouts for RB's, WR's, and QB's. I got a call though telling me that DeSean Jackson ran a really, really, really fast 40 yard run. With all the idle time I'm about to have in the ...

Niner Insider Kevin Lynch had a great article today on why the 49ers don’t play a consistent 3-4 defense… Jerry Rice has been tutoring Cal wide receiver DeSean Jackson in preparation for this week’s NFL Combine. The Niners could definitely use a playmaker like Jackson, although it is probably unlikely that he will slide down to the very end of the first round, the Niners’ location. There is ...

DeSean Jackson (California), one of the guys I thought the Bucs had a legitimate shot at taking in the first round, weighed in a 169 pounds and measured a cool 5 foot 9 inches at the combine today. He is listed on the Cal roster as 5-11/172 and at one point was listed at 6-0. Jackson actually has roughly the same height and weight as Martin Gramatica , the player that John Madden once ...

Wide Receiver Rankings 1. Mario Manningham , Michigan Manningham improved each one of his three seasons with the Wolverines. I believe that he could have had his best season yet if he had stayed for his senior year. Instead, Manningham will take his act to the NFL. Though he’s probably not as good of a prospect as Braylon Edwards was, he is the best receiver in this weak class. 2. Malcolm ...

Notes on a trip to the NFL Scouting Combine . Cal wide receiver DeSean Jackson , one of the highest-profile players who is actually planning to run the 40-yard dash at this year's Combine, talked today about a high-profile player who has helped him get ready: Jerry Rice . "I've been very fortunate to work with him," Jackson said. "He's a great mentor." But Jackson said Rice doesn't talk to ...

The 2008 NFL Scouting Combine wraps up today at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis with the cornerbacks and safeties all working out in front of various scouts and general managers. A pair of Bay Area college athletes are expected to take the field today– California safety Thomas DeCoud and San Jose State cornerback Dwight Lowry. Both players will be put through various workouts to test their ...

One of the rumors coming out of the Scouting Combine is that Delaware’s Joe Flacco has made the best impression of any of the quarterbacks on the NFL folks in attendance. Others have written on this same concept, including our own MDS for AOL’s FanHouse and Peter King of SI.com. Flacco is a former Pitt quarterback who [...]

Special teams will never be the same. Game winning kicks, botched snaps, kickoffs being returned for touchdowns, and punts being downed inside the 5 yard line have truly made special teams special. (more…)

We know that the Jaguars are focusing on Defensive End, so today's combine events are of far more importance than the Wide Receivers, Running Backs and Quarterbacks of yesterday. There is one problem with these numbers, it's that I'm trying to focus on defensive ends, but you've got some guys who project as ends, and others as 3-4 outside linebackers.  Quentin Groves is listed on NFL.com ...

Here is a list of some of the wide receivers and what they ran in yesterday's workout at the NFL Combine: DeSean Jackson 4.35 Limas Sweed 4.46 Mario Manningham 4.59* James Hardy 4.47 Earl Bennett 4.48 Keenan Burton 4.43 D.J. Hall 4.55 Jordy Nelson 4.49 *Ouch Malcolm Kelly and Early Doucet did not run. It looks like these guys, with the exception of Manningham, hit about where we thought they ...

The NFL Combine got underway this weekend, and a bevy of NFL hopefuls were interrogated, displayed, poked and prodded before getting on to the business at hand: the workouts. Here are some of the best and worst performances so far. > Quarterbacks > Quarterbacks > The particular numbers aren't overly important for a QB, just so long as they don't run a 6.2 40-yard dash. With that ...

The NFL Combine has been going on since last Thursday in Indianapolis, but Saturday and Sunday were the first two days players did on-field workouts. The offensive players went first, and the defensive players are on Monday and Tuesday. Would the Packers use their 1st round pick on an offensive player? There is a deep group of quarterbacks available, with Boston College's QB Matt Ryan and ...

AP Photo by Michael Conroy Blogging the National Football League , Blogging the NFL Today was the last official day for the media to be working at the NFL Scouting Combine. Only one head coach made an appearance today — Detroit Lions leader Rod Marinelli. And Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian also stopped by. The final group of players to speak with the media were defensive ...

Here are a few notes from the first couple of days of the combine. The quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers had their drills today, and there’s a lot to report from those, which we’ll have later on today. But, until then, here are a few morsels to chew on. (more…)

INDIANAPOLIS -- From a media perspective, the pace has slowed here at the NFL combine. Defensive backs will be brought into the media workroom for interviews. Also, Lions head coach Rod Marinelli (10 a.m.) and Colts president Bill Polian (3 p.m.) will hold press conferences. A group of media members will also have access to some of this morning's workouts, which include quarterbacks and ...

Saturday marked the first televised day of on-field workouts and drills at the 2008 NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Thursday and Friday were less exciting as offensive linemen, tight ends, special teams players, quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs went through medical exams, interviews, the Wonderlic test and measurements But today I tuned in to watch the offensive linemen and tight ...