It should go without saying that we are in the middle of a period of the NFL calendar during which there isn’t a ton of things going on that are centered specifically around the Pittsburgh Steelers, so you ought to bear with us as we occasionally venture into peripheral topics concerning broader aspects of the game.
There is one topic concerning the Combine that I find really interesting, and it concerns the ‘rights’ so to speak, of the top prospects entering the draft. He have increasingly seen players who feel guaranteed to be high draft picks make the decision not to do this or that workout at the Combine or even at their Pro Day, believing that they risk doing more harm than good, including the potential for injury, by participating.