re: Caleb becomes 1st major player in modern era to not do medical evaluations at combine

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I’m just saying about a year or two ago this board was much more concerned about medical privacy rights

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Holy apples to oranges

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I’m just saying about a year or two ago this board was much more concerned about medical privacy rights

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Football is a physical sport, and you're asking a team to pick you and invest millions into you. A medical evaluation could show, say, Sickle Cell (which affected Ryan Clark whenever his team played at Denver), a cardiac or spinal condition (which could shorten your playing career), etc.

You could argue that the contract doesn't go into effect if they don't pass the physical, but even with that protection the team still has a wasted draft pick.

An NFL team has a legit reason to see a potential pick's medical history, and to deny that just seems to indicate he's going to be a prima donna right from the start.