Senior Bowl, Senior Bowl, 2011 Senior Bowl Roster

The Latest News About: South Tops North In Bowl, Senior Bowl 'Open Thread, Senior Bowl Roster, Senior Bowl 2011, 2011 Senior Bowl, 2011 Senior Bowl Roster: Will Anyone Be Watching The 2011 Senior Bowl On NFL Network This Afternoon?  I’m Going To Watch A Little And DVR The Rest.  The Senior Bowl Is The Best Of All Post Season All Star Games.  Not Only Does It Have Current NFL Coaching Staffs Coaching The Teams, But It Is Pretty Much A Meeting Place For Every NFL Coach, Scout, And Agent League Wide.  They All Go To Mobile, AL And Get To See The Players In Person.  For The Scouts And Gms, Most Have Been On The Road During The College Season And Have Had A Chance To See These Players, But For The Coaches, This Is Their First Time.  The Scouts Have To Have Reports Ready On Each Player And They Give Them To Coaches So They Can Use The Report As A Point Of Reference When Watching The Players During Practice.  If You Have Seen Any Of The Practice Coverage On NFL Network, You Probably Noticed Coaches And Gms In The Stands On Texting On Their Cell Phones, Or Having Conversations With Each Other.  Some Of That Is Because They Are Bored, But It’s Mostly Because Each Team Receives Every Second Of Practice And Game Film After The Week Is Over.  So The Players Will Get A Full Evaluation.
The Players Spend Most Of Their Time Off Of The Field Meeting With The Scouts Back At The Hotel.  The More Personal Info The Scouts Get Here, The Less Work They Have To Do At The NFL Combine.  One Player Told Me He Met A Team Three Times In Three Days And Each Time They Met, They Wanted To Know Who Else He Was Meeting With.  He Also Met With Another Team In That Same Division As The First Team, So Once They Found Out About Each Others Interest, More Questions Came.  This Guy Is A Underrated Player And His Stock Will Probably Go Up A Little Once Other Teams Study Him On Film.  But The Intial Team I Was Speaking Of Is Very Detailed In What They Do, So I Can See Why They Kept Meeting With The Player.  The Coaches And Scouts Usually Leave Mobile On Thursday Once The Players Stop Practicing In Pads.  The Game Doesn’t Mean Much, Practice Is Where Players Are Really Judged.  Coaches Want To See Guys Compete And Display Athleticism.  The Main Drills Are One On One Pass Rush, 9 On 7 Inside Run, And The 7 On 7 Drills With The Qbs-Tes-Wrs-Rbs-Lbs-Dbs.  Last Years Game Mvps Had Different Fates On Draft Day.  Michigan DE Brandon Graham Was The Defensive MVP And The Eagles Traded Up To The #13 Pick To Get Him.   He Had A Great Week Of Practice As Well. Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard Was The Offensive MVP And He Ended Up Sliding To The First Pick Of The 4th Round.  He Had A Ok Week Of Practice, But I Think Some People Had Questions About His Game.  Neither Had A Big Impact On Their T