Tag: 2023 NFL Combine

Giants’ Brian Daboll and staff join Joe Schoen at NFL combine

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll and members of his staff have joined GM Joe Schoen in Indy for the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine.

Many head coaches from around the league will not travel to Indianapolis this week for the NFL Scouting Combine but Brian Daboll of the New York Giants is not among those who will sit this one out.

With a large number of his coaching staff in tow, Daboll boarded a plane on Monday night and jetted off for Lucas Oil Stadium where he will join general manager Joe Schoen.

“I’m grateful Dabes loves the process and invests in it,” Schoen said, via the New York Post.

Daboll will also break rank when it comes to conducting press conferences in Indianapolis. Unlike his counterparts who are in Indy and do plan to speak, Dabes believes that is best left for Schoen.

Daboll will refrain, as he believes at this juncture in the offseason it is more appropriate for Schoen to do the talking, with the Giants in team-building mode.

Schoen will be among the first to speak at the combine. He is scheduled to meet with reporters at 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

With quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley still unsigned, many of the questions directed at Schoen are likely to center around that. However, that’s not the business the Giants are focused on this week.

Although Schoen will meet with reps for both Jones and Barkley, most of his time will be spent with 2023 NFL draft prospects.

Teams this week can meet with as many as 45 players in interviews that cannot last longer than 20 minutes and expect the Giants will not skimp on anything while they are in town. They have plenty of needs to address: Wide receiver, inside linebacker, cornerback, depth on the interior of their offensive and defensive lines.

The Giants will meet with a wide variety of players at several different positions. Do not be surprised if word gets out that the Giants met with a certain player at a certain position that they seemingly do not need. The more information they can garner, the more likely they will be able to make a knowledgeable decision in late April when the draft arrives.

It’s going to be a busy, busy week for Schoen, Daboll, and anyone else the team sent down to Indianapolis.

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NFL announces schedule for coaches/GMs to speak at 2023 combine

Here’s when Coach Sirianni and GM Howie Roseman are scheduled to speak at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine

The 2023 NFL Scouting Combine will again take place in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium from Tuesday, February 27 to Sunday, March 5.

The 2023 NFL Scouting Combine allows prospects to participate in on-field drills in front of NFL evaluators. Additionally, prospects have the opportunity to interview with NFL teams.

NFL coaches and general managers will also speak throughout the week, with Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni scheduled to address the media on Tuesday, February 28 at 3:30, and 3:45 P.M.

With two first-round picks in April’s selection process and 18 pending free agents, this week’s evaluation process will start an almost 60-day process of assessing prospects and retooling on defense.

2023 NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Chargers GM Tom Telesco’s testing thresholds

With the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine set to start this week, we look at the types of players that Chargers GM Tom Telesco covets.

Everybody has a type.

With the on-field portion of the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine set to start on Thursday, we’re taking a look at the Chargers’ types. Today, we’ll take a look at general manager Tom Telesco.

As general manager since 2013, Telesco has a decade of drafts to draw info from, with 68 non-specialist draft picks in those years.

Here are the 3 top QBs in the 2023 NFL Combine who plan to throw

Which top QB prospects are participating in this week’s NFL Combine?

With the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine kicking off on Tuesday, many are wondering just what exactly the NFL’s top quarterbacks will and won’t be doing.

Typically, prospective quarterbacks will engage with the scheduled combine activities as they feel comfortable with their health and what’s best for their draft stock. Some go through all the drills and tests, while others wait for their college’s pro days or for private workouts to show teams what they’re able to do.

With a good number of quarterbacks this spring vying for NFL attention, we have a better idea as to how this week is going to go and what we’ll be able to learn. Here are some of the top prospect’s plans.

A Vikings fan’s guide to understanding the NFL Scouting Combine

With the NFL’s scouting combine this weekend, @TheKevinFielder has your guide to understanding how to watch and understanding what happens

The NFL Scouting Combine has become more of an event and less of a showcase.

Yes, the events have remained the same. Players run the 40-yard dash, lift some weights, and enter conference rooms for top-secret interviews with teams. Scouts use stopwatches to time how fast a player runs, and executives for teams watch on with cameras in their faces.

And, in true NFL fashion, fans watch on in amazement.

Ultimately, what to take away from the combine can be difficult. Football isn’t played in shorts, but the combine is run in shorts. Fans can’t watch the team interviews, so they can’t see how prospects react in “job interview” scenarios.

Like many parts of the NFL Draft process, the combine is an imperfect science. Combine warriors exist, as do the strugglers. Players will finish with record-breaking bench press reps but lack functional play strength. Some players will struggle in position drills, but the tape will show a player who knows how to play the position.

See? Imperfect science.

When NFL personnel, prospects, and media flock to Indianapolis, the combine will be the talk on network television and social media. Fans and media will find new “draft crushes,” and other players will have their draft stocks tank. That’s just the reality of such an event.

While some approach the combine with skepticism, there is information to take from the event. Scouts and fans can gain invaluable knowledge from these events. It just takes an understanding of how to approach the event.

Here at Vikings Wire, we want to simplify the NFL Combine. While predicting who will show out at the combine is difficult, here are five things to help you understand the combine.

2023 NFL combine: Schedule, participants, and how to watch

A look at the full 2023 NFL Combine schedule, list of participants, ways to watch, and the New York Giants’ press conference times.

The 2023 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana will get underway on Monday with continued prospect arrivals. It is widely considered one of the league’s biggest offseason events, second only to the NFL draft.

On-field workouts generally take center stage for fans, but the combine also presents teams the opportunity to meet face-to-face with prospects while also conducting in-house and free agency-related business.

The event will be televised on NFL Network beginning later in the week. It also will be streamed on fuboTV (try it free).

Here’s a look at the schedule and participants for the 2023 combine, broken down by position:

2023 NFL draft: 3 potential backup quarterbacks to Justin Herbert for Chargers to watch at Combine

Here are a few quarterbacks expected to test well at the Combine who the Los Angeles Chargers could target to back up Justin Herbert.

The on-field portion of the NFL Combine begins on Thursday, marking the start of the testing circuit that propels some prospects into the stratosphere while ruining the stock of others. To prepare, we at Chargers Wire are previewing players from every position.

With the quarterback position, Los Angeles, obviously, will not be in the market until maybe later in the draft. Justin Herbert is unquestionably the face of the franchise, but both of last year’s backup options are pending free agents.

2023 NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Identifying the types of players Chargers HC Brandon Staley covets

With the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine set to start this week, we look at the types of players that Chargers HC Brandon Staley covets.

Everybody has a type. With the on-field portion of the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine set to start on Thursday, we’re taking a look at the Chargers’ types.

We start with head coach Brandon Staley, whose NFL career dates back to 2017 as the Bears’ outside linebackers coach. With additional stints with Denver in 2019 and the Rams in 2020, we have six drafts’ worth of intel when it comes to Staley.

VIDEO: Which draft prospect will amaze the most in scouting combine drills?

Which draft prospect will amaze the most in scouting combine drills? Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling have likely candidates.

Every week in “4-Down Territory,” Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling of Bucs Wire and Draft Wire go over the things you need to know about, and the things you need to watch, in the NFL right now. It’s all about draft prospects with the scouting combine getting started this week, so Doug and Luke get into a bunch of questions about all the draft prospects looking to raise their games in Indianapolis — both on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium, and in private interviews and medical checks with NFL teams.

Which draft prospect, regardless of his need to be great at the combine, is absolutely going to turn the event into a freakshow? 

Doug: I don’t know what drills Tennessee receiver Jalin Hyatt plans to run, but based on his tape alone, I’m expecting him to run in the 4.4s at worst in the 40, and his 10-yard and 20-yard splits should be equally incendiary. He’s a better catcher of the ball than a lot of people think, which makes me think he’ll be great in the gauntlet drill. The knock on Hyatt is that he’s not running a bunch of routes, but the routes he runs? Yikes. Last season, he caught 14 passes of 20 or more air yards on 24 targets for 677 yards and eight touchdowns. For those scoring at home, that’s 48.4 yards per deep reception, which is pretty nuts. I think Hyatt will take all that explosive athleticism to the field at Lucas Oil Stadium, and it’ll make him a late first-round pick.

Luke: Texas Tech edge defender Tyree Wilson. He’s a massive, dominant force on the field, and he’ll be one of the big-ticket performers this weekend. Guys at his size just shouldn’t be able to move like he does, and if he performs as well as we’re expecting, don’t be surprised if the debate between him and Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr. starts getting more competitive.

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2023 NFL Combine Profile: Joey Porter Jr., Cornerback

Take a look at projected first round draft pick Joey Porter Jr. as he gets ready for the NFL Combine.

During his time in State College, [autotag]Joey Porter Jr.[/autotag] had a meteoric rise. His dad, Joey Porter, was a legendary player in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coming from that lineage, expectations were always going to be high. It’s safe to say he exceed all the expectations placed on him in a Nittany Lions uniform, developing into one of the best cornerbacks in the country.

Porter Jr. will be looking to showcase his athleticism at the NFL Combine. He’s a surefire first round draft pick according to multiple experts putting out their mock drafts. Scouts know that he is a physical player, so he’ll be trying to prove that he is an elite level athlete as well.

There is always a possibility that he will limit what drills he does at the combine since he’s already a projected first round draft pick. But here is a look Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. as he gets ready for the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.