The NFL Combine, aka the Underwear Olympics, have concluded after four days of hopeful pros being tested, weighed, poked and prodded by a bunch of mostly middle-age men. Where else can you hear NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock call someone a “good-looking kid,” or have players’ bodies talked about in such great detail (we have [...]
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Herm Edwards: Andrew Luck has “potatoes in his trunk”
It’s amazing to hear the comments that football analysts make about the guys in the NFL combine. It’s like they suddenly have license to examine the bodies of these top-notch athletes, and boy do they love it. The best I’ve heard so far came yesterday while former NFL coach Herm Edwards talked about presumptive No. [...]
Dudes in Spandex — NFL Combine, the “Underwear Olympics” starts
The NFL Combine starts Thursday in Indianapolis, a fleshfest of hopeful future pros lifting weights, running routes and doing drills all while wearing tight Underarmour-type outfits. It’s no wonder Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk dubbed them the “Underwear Olympics.” Not too long ago, the league even showed the weigh-ins, where the player would strip [...]
NFL Combine, aka, the Underwear Olympics
The NFL is holding its annual rookie Combine in Indianapolis, a flesh-fest where prospective draftees are tested, poked and prodded to see if they have what it takes to play in the league. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk has dubbed it the “Underwear Olympics,” though don’t expect to see any of the players in [...]
NFL’s fleshfest is feast for the eyes
If you are lucky to have the NFL Network on your cable or satellite package, a real treat is the annual NFL combine in Indianapolis, running through Tuesday. Hours of hyper-athletic jocks in Under Armour running, jumping, throwing and bench-pressing all as NFL scouts evaluate them for the upcoming draft like so many head of [...]