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What Does a Coach Look For at the NFL Combine?

INDIANAPOLIS --- The NFL Combine begins Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium, with player interviews beginning Wednesday. That means 332 prospects will run the 40-yard-dash, bench press, broad jump, and go through a laundry list of drills in hopes of getting drafted.

But what do all the measurables mean? What’s the context behind all those numbers? For that, I interviewed former Colts coach Rick Venturi, who spent 27 years coaching in the NFL and more than a decade with the Colts.

He answered some of those questions.

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Which NFL Combine drills do you not care as much about when evaluating players?