Denver Native (Carol)
04-29-2009, 04:49 PM
http://blog.denverbroncos.com/dumervil/welcome-aboard/
by Elvis Dumervil
So the draft is behind us and I have to say I’m pretty excited. I’ve seen flashes of guys we got. The DE, Ayers, I’ve seen him at Tennessee — he’s pretty good. So I thought that was a great addition for us. Then the running back for sure. I think we did great with all the picks, getting the players that we needed to get. So now we’re trying to get everybody in here together this weekend with the mini-camp and get this thing rolling.
I’m excited to meet all the rookies. They’re part of the team, and we want to welcome them on board so we can try to achieve this goal we’re trying to achieve. So that should make this weekend exciting. It’s been a great atmosphere so far, so I’m looking forward to meeting these guys and embracing them as part of the team.
Being around this weekend makes me think of what my draft experience was like. It was alright. I thought I should have been drafted a little higher, but I was still blessed I got drafted. Then I was just trying to come in and make the team, especially being a fourth-rounder, there’s not much guaranteed. I knew what I could do, you’ve just got to come out and prove yourself and make a name for yourself.
I feel for these rookies. Leading up to getting drafted, it’s just a long process. It takes too long to try to decide where you’re going to be at. Your life is ahead of you and you don’t know where you’re going to be. So it’s kind of a good thing when you finally know which team is going to draft you.
But it doesn’t end there — that rookie year is the hardest year. There’s no relaxing. Through the whole Combine, Senior Bowl, then you get drafted and it’s mini-camps, you’ve got the Rookie Symposium, then you’ve got the preseason.
The longest year ever is the rookie year. I hope the guys are ready for that — it’s a grind. But after the first year it gets easier.
But speaking of the Combine — it’s good for some things, I think it should be accounted for, but it should be more 70 percent your film and 30 percent Combine. These days it’s the opposite — if you run a good 40, you’re going to get drafted in the first round. That’s why there’s so many busts out here — it’s not that these guys are busts, they just did exactly what they did in college. You label guys busts, it’s not that they’re busts, you just overrated them. He did what he did in college. Some guys could blossom, but it’s crazy the measurables they go by.
But that’s why scouts get paid to do what they do and I get paid to do what I do.
Anyway, back to this weekend — this mini-camp is about just working on the details of everything. Just getting the packages, the foundation of it down. I think we’ve got a long way to go — we’ve made strides, but we’ve still got a long way to go. We’re excited that football’s back, so it’s a good thing to be out there with the team and be able to compete.
But there’s one problem with the schedule this weeked. Here’s the thing — I can’t even go to the Derby this year. I’ve got like a four, five year streak of going to the Kentucky Derby that’s going to be snapped. Instead, I’ve got to study. So I don’t think I’ll have much time — I’ll have to DVR it or something.
I went to Louisville for college, so you know I know a lot of people there. It’s good treatment, just good to be back in your college town, enjoy the scenery, watch the horse race then go to some parties.
But mini-camp is fun, so at least I’m missing it for a good reason. So I hope everybody’s going to watch the Derby, and know that while it’s on we’re hard at work here at the facility getting ready to get this season rolling.
by Elvis Dumervil
So the draft is behind us and I have to say I’m pretty excited. I’ve seen flashes of guys we got. The DE, Ayers, I’ve seen him at Tennessee — he’s pretty good. So I thought that was a great addition for us. Then the running back for sure. I think we did great with all the picks, getting the players that we needed to get. So now we’re trying to get everybody in here together this weekend with the mini-camp and get this thing rolling.
I’m excited to meet all the rookies. They’re part of the team, and we want to welcome them on board so we can try to achieve this goal we’re trying to achieve. So that should make this weekend exciting. It’s been a great atmosphere so far, so I’m looking forward to meeting these guys and embracing them as part of the team.
Being around this weekend makes me think of what my draft experience was like. It was alright. I thought I should have been drafted a little higher, but I was still blessed I got drafted. Then I was just trying to come in and make the team, especially being a fourth-rounder, there’s not much guaranteed. I knew what I could do, you’ve just got to come out and prove yourself and make a name for yourself.
I feel for these rookies. Leading up to getting drafted, it’s just a long process. It takes too long to try to decide where you’re going to be at. Your life is ahead of you and you don’t know where you’re going to be. So it’s kind of a good thing when you finally know which team is going to draft you.
But it doesn’t end there — that rookie year is the hardest year. There’s no relaxing. Through the whole Combine, Senior Bowl, then you get drafted and it’s mini-camps, you’ve got the Rookie Symposium, then you’ve got the preseason.
The longest year ever is the rookie year. I hope the guys are ready for that — it’s a grind. But after the first year it gets easier.
But speaking of the Combine — it’s good for some things, I think it should be accounted for, but it should be more 70 percent your film and 30 percent Combine. These days it’s the opposite — if you run a good 40, you’re going to get drafted in the first round. That’s why there’s so many busts out here — it’s not that these guys are busts, they just did exactly what they did in college. You label guys busts, it’s not that they’re busts, you just overrated them. He did what he did in college. Some guys could blossom, but it’s crazy the measurables they go by.
But that’s why scouts get paid to do what they do and I get paid to do what I do.
Anyway, back to this weekend — this mini-camp is about just working on the details of everything. Just getting the packages, the foundation of it down. I think we’ve got a long way to go — we’ve made strides, but we’ve still got a long way to go. We’re excited that football’s back, so it’s a good thing to be out there with the team and be able to compete.
But there’s one problem with the schedule this weeked. Here’s the thing — I can’t even go to the Derby this year. I’ve got like a four, five year streak of going to the Kentucky Derby that’s going to be snapped. Instead, I’ve got to study. So I don’t think I’ll have much time — I’ll have to DVR it or something.
I went to Louisville for college, so you know I know a lot of people there. It’s good treatment, just good to be back in your college town, enjoy the scenery, watch the horse race then go to some parties.
But mini-camp is fun, so at least I’m missing it for a good reason. So I hope everybody’s going to watch the Derby, and know that while it’s on we’re hard at work here at the facility getting ready to get this season rolling.