Why the NFL Combine Is Just Fine As Is and Shouldn’t Be Changed

February 23, 2016   ·   Eric Galko   ·   Jump to comments

Jeff Foster, president of National Football Scouting who organizes and orchestrates the NFL Scouting Combine each year, recently made the bold proposition that the organization was considering changing the NFL Scouting Combine format and drills. 
Foster said that his, "first focus is to look at what we do currently and making sure that that’s relevant," which is certainly a worthwhile reflection for any business industry process that has such a highly impactful role in an organization.
But people, I believe, have misconstrued that assessing relevance of the combine means it should be drastically changed. While it's easy to criticize the NFL combine's value based on players who tested poorly at times thriving in the NFL, or the obviously useless act of watching 320 pounds run 40 yards, the combine gives teams the athletic testing numbers in a historical context that's easily replicable and broad for each team to use. That four-piece value of the NFL Scouting Co...

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