Jonathan Zaslow

The strip club is where you went for a bachelor party.

Like if you were getting married, you and a handful of buddies go to the strip club, bring a bunch of singles, bring a stack of money.

Well, it's the latter that interests me.

I honestly think we make way too much of the scouting combine.

I know if you're a scout, if you're preparing for a draft, you have to do it.

But the idea that Reuben Bain...

is worrisome to some teams because his arms are 33.9 inches instead of 34.1 is just absurd to me.

And I think we glorify that.

It's the same way if you're running a 40-yard dash in 4.39 instead of 4.41.

It doesn't make any difference.

It doesn't say whether or not you're a good player with a good future in the NFL.

And I think we just aggrandize the combine and make too much of it.

I think it's overblown.

Yeah, but we're not dealing with a step of speed.

A step of speed is a long, that's major.

We're dealing with a blur of speed.

If you run 4-3-8 as opposed to 4-4-1, that means you're getting to the finish line about that much slower.

I agree that the quantifiables are valuable information to the teams and the scouts preparing for a draft.

I don't think they're particularly interesting from a fan standpoint, and I think the media overcovers it.

And I disagree with you when you say it's a slow time of year.