MOBILE, Ala. -- At a rain-soaked practice, New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas -- sans umbrella -- walked to the middle of the field and chatted up a highly-rated offensive tackle in between series. As the league's scouting community watched from afar in the stands at South Alabama's Hancock-Whitney Stadium, Douglas held a two-minute, get-acquainted visit with Northern Iowa's Trevor Penning, who flattened a defender upon returning to the action.
For Douglas, an NFL lifer experiencing the Senior Bowl for the first time from this angle, it was a pancake with whipped cream on top.