After lost seasons, Gresham, Gronkowski duel for top TE ranking
Article By ddillon.tsn on 27th February, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — The top two tight ends in this year's NFL draft can't wait to play football again. That's because they were robbed of that opportunity in '09.
Jermaine Gresham possibly improved his draft stock after working out at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Saturday. Arizona's Rob Gronkowski suffered a back injury that required a microdisectomy, a procedure in which the doctor shaved off a disk that was sticking out on his spinal cord. Oklahoma's Jermaine Gresham tore cartilage in his right knee during a practice. Neither player played a single snap last season.
"It was very tough watching my guys play and not being able to play with them," Gresham said. "That was the worst thing ever."
Gresham (6-5 1/4, 261) said he participated in all the drills at the Scouting Combine Saturday "because I've been away from football for so long." He ran a 4.76 40 — a little slower than some expected but a full second faster than Lions first-round tight end Brandon Pettigrew recorded last year — and completed 20 reps in the 225-pound bench press. Pettigrew had 22 reps at the 2009 Combine.
Rob Gronkowski chose to concentrate on interviewing and showing his imrpoved health at the Combine instead of working out. By working out here, Gresham may have temporarily pulled ahead in the tight end duel. Gronkowski (6-6 1/4, 264) did not work out, opting to wait until Arizona's pro day (March 12) or, more likely, his own personal workout in late March in Tucson. Gronkowski said his back is 100 percent but he has been running for only a few weeks.
"I need to get my conditioning back," Gronkowski said. "I feel like every single week my speed is improving, but I feel like I need about two or three more weeks to improve it to the fullest, where it was before my back injury."
Gronkowski, who performed only the bench press here and completed a soli...
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Jermaine Gresham possibly improved his draft stock after working out at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Saturday. Arizona's Rob Gronkowski suffered a back injury that required a microdisectomy, a procedure in which the doctor shaved off a disk that was sticking out on his spinal cord. Oklahoma's Jermaine Gresham tore cartilage in his right knee during a practice. Neither player played a single snap last season.
"It was very tough watching my guys play and not being able to play with them," Gresham said. "That was the worst thing ever."
Gresham (6-5 1/4, 261) said he participated in all the drills at the Scouting Combine Saturday "because I've been away from football for so long." He ran a 4.76 40 — a little slower than some expected but a full second faster than Lions first-round tight end Brandon Pettigrew recorded last year — and completed 20 reps in the 225-pound bench press. Pettigrew had 22 reps at the 2009 Combine.
Rob Gronkowski chose to concentrate on interviewing and showing his imrpoved health at the Combine instead of working out. By working out here, Gresham may have temporarily pulled ahead in the tight end duel. Gronkowski (6-6 1/4, 264) did not work out, opting to wait until Arizona's pro day (March 12) or, more likely, his own personal workout in late March in Tucson. Gronkowski said his back is 100 percent but he has been running for only a few weeks.
"I need to get my conditioning back," Gronkowski said. "I feel like every single week my speed is improving, but I feel like I need about two or three more weeks to improve it to the fullest, where it was before my back injury."
Gronkowski, who performed only the bench press here and completed a soli...
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