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5 players who impressed the 49ers at the NFL Scouting Combine

Kelly was one of the most intriguing prospects headed into the NFL Combine.

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If you were drafting an entire starting roster for your team – 22 starting football players, 11 on offense and 11 on defense – you’d pick a running back at around 15. Round 1 will take place Thursday, rounds 2 and 3 will take place Friday, and rounds 4-7 will take place Saturday.

With the combine generating buzz around Barkley, however, the Penn State running back suddenly became the front-runner to be the No. 1 overall pick, according to NFL Media.

We have asked and answered a lot of questions over the years and will continue to do so, and at the moment, there seem to be a ton of questions that need answering.

All of this and Tunsil still went No. 13 overall to Miami in the ’16 draft.

The NFL Combine isn’t about radically changing your opinion on a player’s college production and film evaluation.

This year’s combine was filled with some tremendous performances by players who are clearly ready to excel at the next level.

“Height doesn’t matter”, he said. Oops, now the QB you love is gone, and you must settle for another guy at four. “I thought I had a pretty good showing, but by my standards …”

Rosen, it appears, was created in some quarterback lab somewhere. He could go to the Browns at No. 4. Herndon (5.57), coming off a November knee injury, only did the bench.

One time considered a potential first-round pick, McFadden’s poor NFL Combine is another setback in a long line of frustration for evaluators who see the glimpses of an NFL starter in McFadden’s game.

“It shows how explosive you are, and there’s a change-of-direction portion in that drill”, Landry told co-host Kirk Morrison and me Monday night on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

While he might not be terribly polished, more than enough teams will like the raw clay they have with Davenport.

Saturday: Quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends take the field for on-field workouts.

Josh Allen has the size. “I think I’m the biggest guy here, weigh the most, not particularly proud of that”. Mobility, Falk says, is “how you extend plays”. The thing that I pride myself on is my competitive nature. If there’s anyone who would turn that franchise around, it’d be me. He really helped his draft stock. Teams will thoroughly inspect Hill’s background but if everything clears he will be selected in the draft much earlier than analysts think. The Giants are in the market for a quarterback, too, although they’re committed to 37-year-old Eli Manning at the moment and appear to be in a win-now mode. I’d give that a whirl. Well, maybe not. But could he be the right quarterback for the Cleveland Browns?

“Me and my dad were Redskins fans forever”, Landry said with excitement in his voice. “That’s strictly my position”.

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Typically this sort of self-harm works the other way in the draft. In a weak class, that could be enough to push him up to the top option for some teams. Whatever your type, there’s a fit.

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