Combine Watch

The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine is here as NFL teams look to constantly evolving on how they evaluate draft prospects.

On the latest episode of “Inside The Birds,” Adam Caplan and Geoff Mosher dove into the current state of the NFL Combine.

GETTY IMAGES: Teams place different emphasis on how they value the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.

Weigh-In

Adam Caplan: “Schools over-height receivers, tight ends, linemen, and quarterbacks. There have been a number of quarterbacks that a school lists at 6’3 and the guy winds up being 6’1. That matters. You want to get the weight.”

Geoff Mosher: “When you talk about size, it’s not just their height. There are certain positions where certain lengths of body parts are really important: quarterback and hand size, offensive linemen and arm length.”

Speed

Caplan: “This coach told me that there a number of big-time college programs that have a GPS, players have it in their shoulder pads. That’s from football games.”

Mosher: “It makes sense when you think about it, you play games in pads.”

Medicals

Mosher: “Every year people have the argument how much of this is worth it. Nine out of every 10 people you ask, clearly answer immediately that it’s medicals.”

Caplan: “They get a further update on anyone who has ever had surgery. Then they have what is called the combine medical re-check in late March or early April.”

– Benjamin Paul is a staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.