A signing cannot become official until there's a passed physical.
We're in a really tough spot geographically to this stuff done. You have to hope that the players we've added can get physicals completed by doctors outside of the organization.
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What worries me about the NFL Draft being rushed is that medical red flags are not going to be as apparent. In this class, if a prospect had ANY surgeries in college, I wouldn't touch him before the 5th round.
Interviews can be completed through Facetime and other apps, but medical checks and re-checks are concerning to me.
I love the draft more than just about anybody, but it should not be rushed and it's going to be.
I think it’s going to be absolutely amazing to see how the medicals unfold with teams. Some are definitely going to slide. As such there might be a bunch of late round guys who would have gone much higher in any other year purely because no one knows the medical. The WR order I think is going to have a significant shakeup as there are just so many of them and the healthy ones will be taken first.
Guys like the following are just some names to watch with the inability for medical checks
Tua Tagovailoa
Lavishka Shenault
Bryan Edwards
Tyler Biadasz
Netane Muti
To your point I can’t believe teams didn’t force the draft to be delayed. It’s not like anyone is going to be in facilities and coaches getting their hands on the new players soon. It’s all a delayed mess at this point. Might as well push the draft back so teams “get it right”
That said if it means the Jets have a shot at some very talented prospects a bit later on than they should (perhaps Bryan Edwards in the 5th??) then I might in fact be all for it
