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FBO: Combine shows weak RB class

By Bill Barnwell
Football Outsiders

Monday, February 23, 2009

Right around the time you see offensive linemen running 40 yards downfield for the first and last times of their NFL careers, it's reasonable to wonder whether the NFL scouting combine is really just a big waste of time -- an excuse for NFL teams to spend hours trying to figure out whether a player's bubble (read: posterior) is too big or his hands are too small, or that he doesn't run patterns well against a set of orange cones. So then, is the combine worthless? Is it safe to throw out all th ...

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