NFL Scouting Combine & NFL Draft 2017 - Black Girls Talk Sports - Episode 14

Special Guest: Angela Spear, Dream Living Coach

National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine, March 3-6, 2017, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

• The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long event where college football players are invited to perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers, and scouts. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Scouting_Combine
• John Ross, III, sets record for 40-yard dash: 4.22 seconds.
• Myles Garrett has a 41-inch vertical jump.

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NFL Draft, April 27-29, 2017

• The NFL Draft is an annual event in which NFL teams select college football players. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Draft
• Draft order: 1. Cleveland Browns; 2. San Francisco 49ers; 3. Chicago Bears; 4. Jacksonville Jaguars; and 5. Tennessee Titans. Source: http://es.pn/2lgSK1f
• Player to watch: John Ross, III, from University of Washington
• Player to watch: Myles Garrett from Texas A & M

NFL Schedule

• NFL expected to release its 2017 schedule tonight (April 20, 2017)
• Article: “Look: Here are 10 Things We Already Know about the 2017 NFL Schedule” – Source: CBS Sports, http://cbsprt.co/2oZlNvM
  • The Patriots will be hosting the first game of the regular season
  • There will be two weeks’ worth of Saturday games on the schedule
  • The Broncos have the most difficult schedule heading into 2017

Announcement:

• Black Girls Talk Sports received its media credentials to cover the Girls Who Brunch Tour Celebrity Basketball Game – Actors vs Authors, Saturday, May 27, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Adamsville Recreation Center, 3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, Georgia

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