Welcome into first draft where rather than running a 40 yard dash we give you 40 plus minutes of everything that you need to know about the

2024 NFL draft. I am Field Yason of course joining me as he always does is Mel Kuiper Jr.

Another combine in the books, Mel.

What did you think about the week that was in Indianapolis?

Tell you, if you had to validate which you saw on tape, I think that's the whole key to this equation is don't overreact good or bad to a workout

sometimes hey you like a guy and he doesn't test well what's going to happen at the pro day will that make up for that or will a

number that you saw in the workout override a bad number okay like a vertical jump

explosiveness override a 40 time, okay?

So you've got to be really careful.

The interview is medical, very important as well in terms of the combine.

So I think validation is what you're looking for,

overreaction is what you want to guard against.

It's a very, very fine line that we are constantly towing there as it pertains to the stuff that really matters

versus the stuff that might not. Mel, we're going to get into winners and perhaps

standouts for the wrong reasons as well later on in the show but this is an

interesting and different combine spending time in Indianapolis this past week

things did feel differently.

Players like Marvin Harrison Jr. showed up, got measured,

I believe did some interviews and then departed from the combine.

No on-field work for him.

Jayden Daniels and Malik neighbors from LSU opted to not weigh in at all.

Caleb Williams from USC did not take part of the throwing session,

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