Redskins Pre-Draft Visits

[Bangee7]

This is more of a question than a comment, but I am a bit confused.......

After reading the McL article where he likes to look guys in the eye to see if they're passionate about football........
does that imply he (or the staff) has interviewed each player they draft?


Here's an article from a year ago, that tracked a lot of the pre-draft visits.

2015 NFL Draft: Tracking the Redskins Pre-Draft Meetings, Visits, and Workouts - Hogs Haven

From the list above, I only recognize Scherff & Halliday, but maybe a I missed another 1-2 that we went after. Either way, it's a low percentage.

I'm guessing a lot of the discussions during Senior Bowl or even the combine might not be recorded.

I'm equally sure that many of these visits are "smoke screens" to throw other teams off, but again the "look them in the eye" thing has me a little confused if that counts for every draft pick or just the marquee rounds.

I would appreciate hearing other thoughts on this.

Thanks.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Bangee7

This is more of a question than a comment, but I am a bit confused.......

After reading the McL article where he likes to look guys in the eye to see if they're passionate about football........
does that imply he (or the staff) has interviewed each player they draft?


Here's an article from a year ago, that tracked a lot of the pre-draft visits.

2015 NFL Draft: Tracking the Redskins Pre-Draft Meetings, Visits, and Workouts - Hogs Haven

From the list above, I only recognize Scherff & Halliday, but maybe a I missed another 1-2 that we went after. Either way, it's a low percentage.

I'm guessing a lot of the discussions during Senior Bowl or even the combine might not be recorded.

I'm equally sure that many of these visits are "smoke screens" to throw other teams off, but again the "look them in the eye" thing has me a little confused if that counts for every draft pick or just the marquee rounds.

I would appreciate hearing other thoughts on this.

Thanks.

My general thought is most if not all who they meet with, interview, etc go up on their draft board. But I feel there is certainly a strong strong effort to disguise interest, especially by McC and this regime. Certainly with the emergence of social media, this strategy is even more apparent. Even John keim said last year, McC has made it harder than ever to get information from the front office. The leaks have dried up.

I'm sure there is some gamesmanship with other teams to feign interest with some visits and smoke screens, but some are harder to read than others. I like that McC has made it tougher to get information...I think this strategy leads to more success in getting the prospects we want.