Going back to Ron Wolf, the Green Bay Packers’ front office has utilized a template for draft picks, believing in the probabilities: if a player isn’t fast enough or quick enough laterally, he’s unlikely to be a good NFL player. This could cause them to miss out on good players, though usually physical outliers. This strategy relies on playing the odds, and history suggests that’s the smart way to conduct business.
This offseason though, the athletic profiles for dozens of players won’t be completed because pro days and team travel can’t happen amid coronavirus lockdown.