Good morning from day two of the NFL Scouting Combine. As you may have read, the coin toss between the Bears and the Jaguars for the picks 10 and 11 in the draft occurred this morning with the Jaguars winning the toss. That means that the Broncos, who hold the Bears pick, will have the 11th selection in the first round.
Today we are expecting to see the quarterbacks, running back and wide receivers make their way through the media room. Lots of big names amongst this group so the media room should be hopping with activity.
Like yesterday, we will be proving updates through out the day and will do our best to give you a glimpse into the NFL’s annual job fair. Please feel free to fire some combine questions and we will do our best to get them answered. Later tonight, Broncos TV will post some highlights from the podium sessions. To hear what some of the offensive lineman and tight ends had to say, click here.
For more on the combine, you can visit the NFL’s combine page by click here.
10:34 a.m. EST: No players yet as of yet, but several team executives have made their way through. Currently at the podium is St. Louis Rams General Manager Billy Devaney with Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan up next. I have a feeling Shanahan may attract the biggest crowd of the morning or day for that matter.
12:02 p.m. EST: A nice little flurry in the media room including Illinois wide receiver Arrelious Benn and Oregon State quarterback Sean Canfield. Canfield is a left handed quarterback, but said that he writes, plays golf, kicks and does pretty much everything else with his right. Despite being almost ambidextrous, Canfield said that throwing the ball with his right hand is not in his bag of tricks.
1:01 p.m. EST: Two of the smallest, but most explosive wide receivers just exited the media room. Clemson’s Jacoby Ford and Golden Tate from Notre Dame. Ford is expected by many to have one of the fastest 40-yard dash times at the combine, but when asked what his goal in the 40 was, he decided to keep that to himself.
2:37 p.m. EST: For most of the athletes at the combine, football is not the only sport that they have excelled in. Two of those guys are Florida wide receiver Riley Cooper and Minnesota wideout Eric Decker.
Both Cooper and Decker have been drafted not once, but two times by Major League Baseball teams. Cooper by the Phillies and Rangers and Decker by the Brewers and Twins. Though it was a tough choice to make, both said they were happy with their choice of football and are leaving baseball in their past. But they said many of the skills – such as hand-eye coordination and tracking down fly balls – they learned on the diamond will translate to the gridiron.
2:51 p.m. EST: I apologize for the lack of updates the last hour as the media room has become quite busy. We have heard from several quarterbacks including Tony Pike of Cincinnati and Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour. Many of the quarterbacks have decided not to throw this weekend, choosing to throw at their pro day instead. LeFevour said that he chose to throw at his pro day instead of Indianapolis because he wants to be comfortable with his targets.
Also addressing the gathered press was Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant. Considered by many as the top receiving target in the draft, the majority of questions for Bryant revolved around his suspension for lying to NCAA investigators about his dealings with NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.
3:12 p.m. EST: The man most have been waiting for has arrived – Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. When he walked in the room it was as if Elvis had arrived. Tebow is taking it all in stride, even offering to take notes for a reporter. When asked why he was smiling so much, Tebow said that he wanted to enjoy the ride as much as the destination. The media is gathered about 20 deep all hoping to get in a question, most regarding how his skill set will transfer to the NFL.
3:55 p.m. EST: As is usually the case at the combine, when the morning is slow, the afternoon will be hectic. Running backs have been much of the focus in the last 20 minutes, with USC’s Stafon Johnson and Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount garnering most of the attention and for two separate reasons.
As you might remember, Johnson suffered a near fatal injury while lifting weights at USC. When asked if he was sick of answering questions about the incident, Johnson said that he wasn’t because he knew it was leading him back to the field.
Blount was suspended for most of the 2009 season after punching a Boise State player following the season opener. As expected the majority of questions were focused on that and how he dealt with the suspension and what teams were asking him about the incident. To his credit, Blount didn’t shy away from a single question and said he was committed to proving he is the best running back in the draft.
4:59 p.m. EST: Well looks like they are about to put the wraps on day two. We didn’t get a chance to see Sam Bradford, Jimmy Clausen or Colt McCoy but hopefully they will come through at some point this weekend. Tonight look for interviews from Blount, Tebow and Tate.
Tomorrow we will be back at it as Head Coach Josh McDaniels addresses the media and the the defensive linemen and linebackers visit the podiums.
Tags: Coin Toss, Day 2, NFL Scouting Combine
tscheff88,it all starts up front,a strong Dline,then good LB’s that’s what I been preaching for weeks now.
Can you believe Miami wants Doom and Marshall,I know we stole Goodman and Hill from them,but they ain’t getting Doom,Marshall I don’t know about,but I hope we sign him long term as well.
Ya I agree, we need to solve are inside def and inside offense. A NT,ILB, and G would help solve these issues but McDenver will probably get us something we don’t really need and surprise us with FA’s like he did last year with Dawkins and Holliday. But what ever he does I’m sure it will be best for the team in whole.
Hey I praise McD for what he did in FA,but question what he did in the draft.IMHO
Dawk is a helluva a player and motivator,and so is DJ Williams,we need more of that.
McD is young and just like players has room to learn,and I think he will flourish,just like a lot of our young players will.
12:00 on the East Coast,only 10:00 on the mnt time zone where everybody at??????????????
12 am here, Yes Dawkins is something are secondary needed for awhile, really wasn’t much after Lynch left (my opinion). Yes he will get better as years go by. I was excited when we took McDenver as HC. I knew he was an offense genius, but didn’t know he was kinda of a def genius as well to take are def from the year before and turn it into what it was last year. Cant wait to see what he has in store for this year.
Coming up on season 17 and still loving my Broncos A.K.A Donkeys.
GOOOOOOOOOOOO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!
Coming up on year 27 and still loving my Broncos A.K.A. Donkeys…..GO BRONCS 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I been debating on buying a Hillis rookie card,but if he ain’t gonna play and flourish(my new word)I don’t know if I’ll get it or not.
I Hate offseason
florio,you’re still here???????
I know we need Oline help,but tired of givin up rushing yards to our divisional foes,Know what I mean???????
Yep.
I see what you are saying. But it goes both ways. We need to stop the run and pound the rock.
Seriously, I think if we get a quality DT we won’t need as good of run stopping ILB
Yep,you got that right,
I’d like 2 see us get both and a OG.
Dude, football is the only sport i follow religiously…offseason is like torture to me….include the misinformation, rumors, waiting, unsureness and bam…more reason to hate offseason.
McD and offensive Genius? HA!!! Maybe but last season he was unbelievably predictable. nothing exceptional…he needs to crack open that playbook somemore….but its prolly easier said than done.
I have a feeling McD is gunna do a great job in FA again and address a lot of our problems…..just hope he doesn’t butcher the draft again.
Last year the O lines penetrated our Dline exposing our LB’s,you can’t expect a LB at 230 lbs to take on a 300 plus OL and win,so we lost the battle in the trenches.
I just finished on my mock draft…..I’m hoping ill hit atleast 6 right. LOL
TRB, exactly right,but if we lose Marshall we’ll have less playbook than what we got now,FOR SURE DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
florio,let’s hear what you got.
You tell me yours and I’ll tell you mine.
okay here we go….
1 St. Louis Sam Bradford QB
2 Detroit Ndamukong Suh DT
3 Tampa Bay Gerald McCoy DT
4 Washington Jimmy Clausen QB
5 Kansas City Russel Okung OT
6 Seattle Dez Bryant WR
7 Cleveland Eric Berry S
8 Oakland Jason Pierre-Paul DE
9 Buffalo Anthony Davis OT
10 Miami Brandon Graham OLB/DE
11 Denver Dan Williams DT
12 Jacksonville Derrick Morgan DE
13 San Francisco Joe Haden CB
14 Seattle Earl Thomas S
15 New York Giants CJ Spiller RB
16 San Francisco Bruce Campell OT
17 Tennessee Rolando McClain MLB
18 Pittsburgh Mike Iupati OG
19 Atlanta Carlos Dunlap DE
20 Houston Taylor Mays S
21 Cinncinati Jermaine Gresham TE
22 New England Brian Price DT
23 Green Bay Bryan Bulaga OT
24 Philedelphia Brandon Spikes MLB
25 Baltimore Golden Tate WR
26 Arizona Trent Williams OT
27 Dallas Ricky Sapp OLB/DE
28 San Diego Jahvid Best RB
29 New York Jets Kyle Wilson DB
30 Minnesota Everson Griffin DE
31 Indianapolis Maurkice Pouncy OG
32 New Orleans Sean Witherspoon OLB
i put dan williams as our pick. still don’t like him that much but it will most likely be wrong anyway.
I hear ya RoyalBeast, football is the only sport I follow. Dieing for March 5th to come and dieing more to see September.
I leave work early every sunday to attend church ( to get home to watch Denver) as I’ve told my boss during the season, he is happy for the offseason right now.
I know he was tooo predictable. Everytime we were 3rd and short I would be yelling at the t.v. to not run the ball…lmao.
BRR,maybe next year you’ll be yelling run the ball,run it,run it.
OK flo,here we go
1.St louis MCcoy DT(a surprise huh)
2.Detroit Suh DT
3.Tampa Bay Berry S
4.Washington Bradford QB
5.KC Okung OT
6.Seattle Clausen QB
7.Cleveland Dez Bryant WR
8.Oakland Davis OT
9.Buffalo Pierre DT
10.Jacksonville Morgan DE
11.Denver Williams DT
after that I don’t really care LOL
As long as it’s not 3rd and short and Moreno’s trying to push it threw the middle ( unless are O-line issues are fixed ), then I’ll be yelling run Moreno run
But I am a big fan of the running game, my favorite position to watch is the RB.
And about Hillis rookie card I have a couple since he was signed and none have risen in value, but hoping so would be a good investment on them if they did.
Pretty good.
I think after passing up on Matt Ryan Joe Flacco and Mark Sanchez the rams will pull the trigger on a QB.
beast how do you know miami wants marshall and doom. i dont think doom will go anywhere. and i hope marshall stays a bronco. we need him. and everybody who thinks who Mc D will draft. we dont know . remember how he suprised us last year. with knowshon. go broncos. 2010
socal,read it on a blog,that’s all I know,hope we keep’em both,they are the 2 most big contributers on the team.IMO
flo,if we draft a QB between you and me I’D love Bradford as a Bronco QB.
Bradford is being compared as the next Tom Brady,I read anyways.
MRI shows no further damage to McCoy’s shoulder,I don’t care what anybodty else thinks I like the kid,and would love to see a GUNSLINGER back in Denver,bring on McCoy at QB.
If Kyle orton doesn’t work out this year i bet we draft the top QB next year.
The Titans say Maiwe,will be backup in Tennessee,he’s 38 or 39 if he was a little younger OH SH*T,we’d take him.
I like McCoy the most this year. He reminds me of Drew brees. (My fav QB even before this year, im not bandwagon guy) I liked since he was on the chargers.
McCoy is awesome supper accurate and most likely he will be available at 11. But would McD pull the trigger on that????
florio,I don’t now about next years crop of QB’s but I’ll bet the farm that Mallet QB Arkansas will be at the top,bank on it.
I like us taking Williams NT in the 1st round,but if McCoy is there in the 2nd round,I say we take him without a doubt,I for one am tired of mediocre QB’s,since Elway we haven’t had a descent QB.
If he is there in the second round we need to tap that. i will be really mad if we pass him up in the second round.
Tap it,yeah.
Yes tap it.
Florio,Bradford #1 pick how did you get the info before I did?????????
Tap it I like that
what do you mean?
Business.
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