The process leading up to the 2021 NFL Draft is going to be a challenging one for NFL teams. Not only was the season abbreviated for much of the country and scouting visits curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the 2021 NFL Scouting Combine was cancelled out of caution.
While much of the media community loves the Combine for the displays of athleticism, it serves a very important purpose behind the scenes.
The Combine’s original purpose is as a clearing house for NFL teams to generate and share medical reports on the gathered prospects. Without those league-wide reports and cross-checks, some important context in scouting reports is going to be very different than any in recent memory.