Today starts the the next chapter in the NFL calendar. The time between the Super Bowl and when NFL free agency begins, which is March 14. Yes, today begins the NFL Combine. The combine is an experience that showcases all of the hopeful 2019 draftees and tries to determine just where all these now former college football players stack up against each other, in terms of measurables like height and weight, to how they compare in “crispness” in running drills. It’s a wonderful experience if you’re really into extremely repetitive events and golf tournament like announcing, then the NFL Combine is right up your alley. If you are one of the lucky souls out there who doesn’t have to work during the day, or if you’re a student trying to enjoy your day besides doing what’s expected of you, and you don’t want to watch yet another SVU marathon, then playing this NFL Combine drinking game is exactly what you need to be doing. I hope y’all like this and of course, if you do partake in the game make for damn sure you’re not driving after playing. Be cool and just stay at your house or at a friend’s house. Don’t be a dummy and think you’ll be fine. Be smart about things.
Drink Once:
Any time an announcer says a player did a drill incorrectly
Any time an announcer says a QB can make all the throws
If anyone talks about the Raiders having 3 first round picks
If anyone says the phrase “when you put in the tape”, this needs to be exact or you’ll be dead
If they show and comment on how someone is a first year coach
If any player gets labeled as a workhorse/has a high motor/student of the game/leader/has intangibles you can’t teach/ does well in the film or class room/ is a freak athlete
Any time someone’s troubled past gets brought up
If anyone mentions that Cliff Kingsbury said he would draft Kyler Murray #1
If anyone says that all these guys look good in t-shirts and shorts
If they show an unsmiling Belichick
Drink Twice:
Whenever they show footage of Rich Eisen running the 40
If anyone brings up John Ross’fastest ever combine 40 time of 4.22
Anytime a receiver drops a ball or a QB misses a receiver and an announcer says “well, this is the first time that this guy and this QB ever played catch, so the chemistry isn’t quite there.”
If they show any of Kyler Murray’s baseball highlights
If they compare Kyler Murray to Michael Vick
If an announcer mentions that Nick Bosa’s brother is “pretty good”, or mentions the Bosa bloodline
If anyone says that last year there was another Josh Allen drafted in the top 10, “will there be two Josh Allen’s drafted in the top 10 in back to back years” followed by a minor laugh
If it gets brought up that the 2020 QB draft class looks to be stronger than this years QB class
If they show any picture of a shirtless D.K. Metcalf
If anyone proclaims that there aren’t any RBs in this year’s draft like Saquan Barkley
If anyone congratulates Dwayne Haskins for being daring enough to throw at the combine as compared to just throwing at his pro day
If anyone says that they look faster in pads
If anyone wonders, out loud, if this will be the year that QBs of the future will be selected by the Patriots, Saints, Giants, Steelers
Drink 3:
If anyone mentions that a lot of what will happen with these QBs depends on where Nick Foles lands
If they show and mention Mike Mayock in the bleachers and how he was once the voice of the combine until this year because now he’s a GM
Any time anyone brings up a strange question that a player had to answer during the interview process
If anyone mentions how someone did on the Wonderlic test
If anyone compares Josh Rosen’s rookie year to Jared Goff’s rookie year
Finish your drink:
If Bill Polian is there
If anyone and I mean anyone calls the combine the “underwear Olympics”
If it gets reported that anyone got kicked out of any part of the combine
If anyone states that Iowa is Tight End University
If anyone brings up the Robert Kraft situation
If news comes out of any team putting the franchise tag on anybody. You’ll have up till March 5 for this one
So once again, if you and your friends decide to partake in the game please drink
responsibility. And if you do partake in the game remember to have fun and lets
the odds forever be in your favor.
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