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Originally Posted by Spike
Just my rat's ass of an opinion, but I am not that high on pro days.
It is beneficial for lower-profile prospects, guys who weren't invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, who get their shot to stick out and send teams back to the tape to take a second look.
Game tape will always be the number 1 criteria for me.
Slater and Jenkins are damn good, and I would be happy with either one of them, but so is Sewell. I know that you are not that high on him, but all of the NFL scouts and experts are. They actually get paid and or fired for this shit.
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The reason his pro day changed my opinion on Jenkins is because he tested so much better than expected athletically. In my film study of him, I thought based on the film that he might be able to handle LT, but him being at RT concerned me on that, as did the prevailing "RT only" narrative on him. The "RT only" thing was why I had him ranked 3rd. When the testing numbers matched my film analysis, I decided that that narrative was just a narrative and that Jenkins based on his measurables and game film could handle LT, which moved him ahead of Darrisaw for me. It's not just the testing numbers, it's how the testing numbers affect the whole evaluation.
Edit to add: I would've used Jenkins's combine numbers in the evaluation, but they cancelled the combine this year. Pro days are the only way to get measurables in the 2021 draft season.
2nd edit: Just saw the part about Sewell. Here's the thing about Sewell. He's the Tremaine Edmunds of LTs. What I mean by that is if you watch Edmunds's college film, he looks like a David Harris or Bart Scott. That's because he was 19 years old. Sewell is the same in that regard. He's probably too young to be coming into the league, but his athletic gifts give him a pretty good chance at success. Unfortunately for us, the Colts don't have the 2 years it's going to take him to grow into a great LT. They need a plug and play guy. You can plug and play Sewell, but you might get your QB killed. IMO Sewell would be best served going the Ogden path. Start at OG his rookie year, then kick out to LT. He has the potential to be great, but right now his technique is bad and needs lots of work.