Danno

Yep, thats why a bazillion dollar industy spends a bazillion dollars on scouting these players and trying to determine which prospects are most likely to develop into NFL studs.

Do you seriously think randomly pulling names out of a hat would yield better results than how teams currently do it? Seriously?

saintfan

Kinda. I think there are enough near and far misses that if we did just pull names out of a hat, lets say, based on a given position, the end result would be close enough to give considerable pause. I do believe that. Very seriously. All the things they measure a player for guarantee nadda. In the end you can't get inside a guy's head. That's where the randomness is.

FinSaint

Well, they do try to do that with the one-on-one interviews and team visits, and I'm sure there is a wide difference between how successful the precise methods teams use are, but nevertheless team try to gauge players' psyche.