Back in 2003, I remember sitting in a small office with an NFL personnel executive and talking through the general mechanics of how the pre-draft process worked for teams. I was only a few years into the beat and was still learning what took place under the hood when it came to vetting potential draft picks. When we got to the subject of player interviews, I still remember one particular exchange vividly.
“Sometimes you have to ask things to kind of shake it up, throw them off kilter,” he said.
“Like what?