Pickers mailbag: Hand-timed 40s, Ben Jones' future and combine player visits
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Greetings from Music City, where I've returned from the scouting combine. The Midday 180 had a successful trip, and you should head here to catch up on all our interviews, including sit-downs with Mike Vrabel and Jon Robinson.
@PaulKuharskyNFL Why are these GMs and Scouts hand timings 40’s at the combine. Do they believe their timing is more accurate than NFL timers? #PKmail
— Heath Greenwell (@heathbgreenwell) March 3, 2018
PK: The answer is one people who embrace change won't like. It’s mostly because they’ve always done it that way.
If you’ve "hand-timed" for year and years and you want to be able to compare Player A from this year to Player B from 10 years ago (when he was hand timed) and to everyone else you’ve ever timed, then it’s more apples to apples.
I’d think at some point you’d flip the switch to going by official electronic time, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.
I keep hearing about Ben Jones’ issues at center last year. Will the Titans look to move him to guard and find another center in free agency or the draft? #PKmail
— Ed Triplett (@Wakeforest88) March 3, 2018
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