Pre-draft noise

So this story about Kaepernick's Pro Day makes me wonder how much Pro Day stats matter, or Pro Days generally. My gut reaction is that the Pro Day is more about talking to college coaches and getting a better feel for the player when he's in a more comfortable environment. You don't want to miss on a guy just because he was nervous at the combine. Especially when he may be perfectly comfortable in a "home" setting or, more importantly, on a football field. I could be wrong though about the stats, maybe this is really important to certain teams, but GMs pretty consistently say that what matters is tape from the fall, medical information, and interviews. Combines and work outs and everything else, from the Senior Bowl to visits, is really about reinforcing the information above. Information can certainly flow up, if a guy has a great combine, or Senior Bowl week or whatever, the team will go and look again at the tape but ultimately the point there is that the tape is what carries the most weight. By most accounts, this backwards up process is how the Jags have found a number of prospects, including Alualu. I'm not saying there isn't any value, otherwise teams wouldn't waste time sending scouts and coachs, but I do wonder about whether something like workout stats would be reason enough to give a guy a deeper look.

Pro Day certainly didn't seem to matter much at Georgia where personel people had to watch from a montior because of what I can only assume is some bizarre NCAA rule. Man, those guys are D-U-M-B, dumb. They will ruin March Madness. They can't help themselves.

Also, in a follow up to this post, I'm going to compare media reported visits with acual draft outcomes and see if we can learn anything new. I may end up eating my words but that's how these things go (Ryan Mallett).

Anywho, hopefully more to come later today.
-Q