GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Six players. That was the test. When Ron Wolf wanted to see if a wannabe NFL scout had the chops, he'd put him in a dark film room at Lambeau Field with a stack of blank scouting reports and a remote. At day's end, the job applicant would turn in his six reports, and Wolf would quickly have his answer.
"It's a very simple process. But you know right away," Wolf, the retired Green Bay Packers general manager and Pro Football Hall of Famer, explained this week. "Because you can tell who's done their work, who's actually watched the guys, and who's sat in there and drank Coke and ate potato chips.