Reiss: How do the Patriots approach the Combine

Must read alert for anyone who puts a lot of stock in what Kiper, McShay or even my main man Mayock say. Great excerpt from Scott Pioli a couple years ago:

“We prefer to train our own people to scout and look for a specific type of player – physically, mentally, emotionally – that fits our needs. In our mind, just looking at it from a business standpoint, why would we have someone who doesn’t know our system, and know it intimately, scout and gather information when they don’t know what they’re looking for? How can you find something when you don’t know what you’re looking for?”