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The NFL Scouting Combine will take place in Indianapolis next week, which is news I'm excited about. There's been some scuttlebutt about the NFL possibly scrapping the combine one day, but I hope it doesn't happen. Selfishly, it's a valuable tool for me when evaluating players. I watch almost all of the players in the draft as part of my regular gig covering college football, and I can study the tape I have access to afterward, but the combine is my best view into how the players look in drills. While private workouts with teams or at pro days might be better for teams, they're much worse for me! For that reason alone, I hope the combine never goes away, and they continue to televise it every year. Anyway, as for what you're here to read, this will be my final mock before the combine. Plenty has changed from my first mock a couple of weeks ago, so I can only imagine how different things will look after the combine. As you'll see with some of my picks (and I'll explain in further detail below), I've already gotten a bit of a head start based on what I believe some players will do at the combine and how it will impact their stock.