The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...with Mel's latest mock. So what's so unexplainable? Try this: When we were at the combine a couple months back, one of the big risers was Clay Matthews Jr., a guy who at...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...player at his position in the whole league before he ever plays a down. While at the combine, I heard Jim Schwartz, the new Lions head coach, refer to the pick derisively more than once...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...Jim Schwartz, the new coach of the Detroit Lions what he thinks about it. At the NFL Combine he told us the first pick in the draft felt like playing $5,000 blackjack. You lose...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009Condensing the NFL Combine
Chris SprowINDIANAPOLIS — The NFL Combine is a little like the Miss America contest after they ruined it by demanding that competitors have...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009The Morning According to Us: Dr. Seuss and Bill Belichick
Chris Sprow...did he knows what it's like to work for Bill Belichick. This week at the NFL Combine, several new coaches and GMs who've worked beneath Belichick described what amounts to endless hours helping...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009ESPN The Magazine at the NFL Combine: Versatility Pays
Chris SprowINDIANAPOLIS — On Friday afternoon at the NFL Combine, Knowshon Moreno was asked what he will work on most to prepare for the NFL. "I would...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 21, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com at the NFL Combine, Day II: "Hey, Junior!"
Chris Sprow...junior QBs, teams have almost no idea what they are going to get. This year at the combine, the top three rated quarterbacks—Stafford, Mark Sanchez from USC, and Josh Freeman from Kansas State...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com at the NFL Combine, Day II: Junior QBs Throw Us Under The Bus
Chris SprowWe wrote earlier that every team considering drafting juniors Matt Stafford and Mark Sanchez should be concerned about the idea that either would be ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009The NEXT: NFL Yeoman
Chris SprowRead more of Chris Sprow's reports from The Combine here and here . James Casey is a beast. The Rice tight end, who's spent the week...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com at the NFL Combine: Day 1
Chris SprowESPNTheMag.Com's general editor Chris Sprow is out in Indy at the Combine. Here's some initial thoughts. Best quote we heard on the first morning of the NFL Combine...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009NFL Draft: Trading Down Makes You Go Up? In Most Cases, Yep.
Chris SprowJim Schwartz, first year head coach of the Detroit Lions, says he learned more from Bill Belichick than anyone else. "Watching him cross every 't' a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009
The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...to justify NFL ineptitude for the college paycheck—why turn over every stone at the NFL combine for one star when college football grants you the chance to harvest dozens? This off-season, Tennessee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009TENNESSEE'S TANDEM LIVES!
Chris Sprow...is absolutely inconceivable. Really, we love LenDale. He once pulled a brilliant pyschological trick at the NFL Combine when we asked him how much he weighed and he proceeded to talk about how he wasn...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2008WHAT THE HELL...
Chris Sprow...after a 450-yard drive, "That'll play." 3. He's a bargain! In fact, if you combine the salaries of the two guys who should win the Cy Young Awards in their respective leagues...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008SECOND LOOK: BEST ATHLETES
Chris Sprow...his contemporaries? Well, you could start with a gumpy 6'8" frame, wrapped on a slender body. Combine that with the fact that he pitches like a hopped up Jamie Moyer and played hoops like...
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