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Tua Tagovailoa Is Winning the NFL Combine Without Performing

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When the quarterbacks took the field for drills Thursday night at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, one likely first-round pick sat and watched because he's earned that luxury as the seemingly inevitable No. 1 overall pick. Another likely first-rounder sat and watched because he's not yet healthy enough to perform. And a third likely first-round selection put on a show in prime time.

Without any further knowledge, you'd think the second guy—Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa—would be the combine's biggest loser at that position. But while Joe Burrow's stock can't get any higher and Justin Herbert undoubtedly boosted his own stock with a performance that garnered rave reviews across the board, Tagovailoa might have actually been the combine's biggest winner among signal-callers.