Players Reflect on Past Combines

Recently, Dusty Dvoracek, Zackary Bowman, Chris Williams and Nate Vasher gave their experiences at the NFL Combine when they were draft prospects, which game insight to what the current players are about to go through.

Williams said, “It is a meat market. It’s stressful as a player because you’ve got three days to get everything right. You’ve prepared for months and you’re going to be doing [drills] for probably five minutes the whole time you’re down there. You’ve always got somebody looking at you, and you don’t get any sleep. You’ve got a ton of meetings. It’s a really stressful couple of days. But after you get done, if you’re happy with what you’ve done, it’s a huge sigh of relief.”

Vasher had a slightly different take, saying, “It gives you an opportunity to be face-to-face with a lot of coaches and general managers. It’s definitely a business-type atmosphere. It gives you a chance to showcase your skills, whether it’s running or jumping, and how well you do on the chalkboard.”

Most of the players agreed that it is an important part of the Draft process, but it is also very stressful on the players. Some players commented that it seemed like they put pressure on the players and deprived them of sleep at the combine on purpose to see how they acted under stress. This year’s combine could reveal an incredible amount about the skill and character of the Bears’ choice this Draft. Reserve your Chicago Bears tickets from StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 13, 2009 - Post a comment

Favre’s Retirement Could Affect Bears

Permalink - Posted in General on February 12, 2009 - Post a comment

Olsen Given Player of the Year

Permalink - Posted in General on February 11, 2009 - Post a comment

Maybin Could Add DE Depth

Permalink - Posted in General on February 10, 2009 - Post a comment

Briggs Leads NFC Defense

Permalink - Posted in General on February 9, 2009 - Post a comment

Bears Give Fans’ Wallets a Break

Permalink - Posted in General on February 6, 2009 - Post a comment

Houshmandzadeh Talks Chicago

Permalink - Posted in General on February 5, 2009 - Post a comment

Bears Add Backup QB

Permalink - Posted in General on February 4, 2009 - Post a comment

Ruben Brown Retires

Permalink - Posted in General on February 3, 2009 - Post a comment

Dent Misses 2009 Hall of Fame Class

Permalink - Posted in General on February 2, 2009 - Post a comment


 Page 2 of 2 « 1  2