2010 NFL Combine

One of my favorite events to cover.

Most of my best stories about covering the NFL came while sitting at a restaurant after a busy day of writing and having a scout, agent or assistant coach, who has had way too much to drink come over to a table with a bunch of writers and talk way too much about stuff they should not be talking about.

 

Advice for those at the combine: if you want some slightly funkier nightlife than what the immediate area has to offer (not hard to get funkier than what the immediate area has to offer), it's a short trip to Mass. Ave (northeast downtown, behind the Indianapolis Star) and Fountain Square (neighborhood just southeast of downtown).

 

Nothing says funky like Indianapolis.

 

As oppossed to College deadheads obsessing over Signing day.

 

I believe this is what led to the Jon Gruden-Rich McKay feud.

 

That was the owner's meetings. Gruden got loaded and started ripping the shit out of McKay in front of all of the beat writers.

 

That's right. Ha.

 

Several years ago I was out with about 10 other writers at St. Elmo's and the OC of a team with one of the top picks in the draft comes over and he was completely loaded.

"So you guys looking at Player X or do you think you'll have trade up to get him?"

"I can tell you with complete certainty that we have no interest in the guy."

"Why, is he injured? Did he get in trouble?"

"No, the guy is gay and our owner won't let us draft him."

The player is now one of the best players in the NFL.

The same coach then sat there for two hours and just talked shit for about two hours stuff that if he was reminded of the next day probably would have wanted to go hide. We just kept feeding him drinks the whole time. I know at least one writer recorded the ordeal.

The guy became a HC a few years later.

 

Love that shrimp cocktail.

 

It's Safe for Work, I was hoping for a NSFW site.

 

Nah, that's jennajameson.com