OK, so here is the situation that Mike Holmgren finds himself in this week:

With only four days between now and the game against the Oakland Raiders, and his top three quarterbacks suffering some sort of injury, what does he do against the Raiders?

He certainly is not going to throw Matt Hasselbeck out there and risk having him injured just before the season opener in Buffalo. He does not yet know the severity of Charlie Frye's knee injury, though Frye said his knee was sore. And while Seneca Wallace played tonight, Holmgren said he did not even plan on allowing Wallace to throw a pass until they found themselves down by a point with 2 1/2 minutes left.

A lot of course will depend on what they say on Tuesday about Frye's injury and if that will restrict him. But it is an interesting question nonetheless: Who does Holmgren go with?

And before you say Dalton Bell, this was Holmgren's response when he was asked about playing Seneca late: "We didn't have any choice really. I wasn't going to put Dalton Bell in against them."

I wanted to give folks an idea of what the Scouting Combine is like, for those who are not familiar with it.

Basically, it is a great place to make contacts and talk to people in the league outside of the normal atmosphere, but like you, reporters are required to watch the workouts in the RCA Dome on NFL Network. Last year, they started letting a few select reporters in to view a few hours of workouts and write about it, but from talking to some of the people who attended for a few hours, they said it was essentially what you see on NFL Network but in person. Basically, boring. Guys running 40s, catching and throwing passes, what you see in practice. I asked one exec if he enjoyed doing it and he answered: "Do you enjoy going to the dentist?"

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Branch, Tyvon 4.31
Scandrick, Orlando 4.32
Rodgers-Cromartie, Dominique 4.33
Porter, Tracy 4.37
Grant, Michael 4.37
Wheatley, Terrence 4.37
McKelvin, Leodis 4.38
Wilhite, Jonathan 4.38
Jenkins, Mike 4.38

Stewart, Carl 39.0
Stewart, Jonathan 36.5
Brown, Thomas 36.0
Johnson, Chris 35.0
Parmele, Jalen 34.0
Choice, Tashard 34.0
Torain, Ryan 34.0
Boyd, Cory 33.5
Slaton, Steve 33.5
Mendenhall, Rashard 33.5
Jones, Felix 33.5

Keller, Dustin 4.55
Tamme, Jacob 4.58
Stevens, Craig 4.59
Davis, Kellen 4.60
Cottam, Brad 4.63
Barnidge, Gary 4.65
Bennett, Martellus 4.68
Finley, Jermichael 4.82

Jackson, DeSean 4.35
Caldwell, Andre 4.37
Franklin, Will 4.37
Jackson, Dexter 4.37
Royal, Eddie 4.39
Thomas, Devin 4.40
Shields, Arman 4.44
Breazell, Brandon 4.47
Simpson, Jerome 4.47
Bennett, Earl 4.48
Garcon, Pierre 4.48

Johnson, Chris 4.24
McFadden, Darren 4.33
Alridge, Anthony 4.36
Charles, Jamaal 4.38
Simpson, Chad 4.42
Mendenhall, Rashard 4.45
Forte, Matt 4.46
Jones, Felix 4.47
Parmele, Jalen 4.47
Stewart, Jonathan 4.48

Just as a note, Montana running back Lex Hilliard was not brought in to meet with the media so there was nothing available regarding quotes from him.

Here is Dorsey:

Q: Is there any award or honor you wanted and did not achieve this year?

A: Not really, the National Championship is the ultimate award so I feel like I have achieved everything I wanted to.

Q: You working out here?

A: No sir. I decided not to work out. I had a death in my family so I had to take some time off. I decided to work out on my Pro Day which is March 26 down at LSU.

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HOW GOOD IS THE RB CLASS?
I definitely feel like it's a very good group of running backs, especially
with a lot of the junior class coming out. As to where I fit in, I definitely
feel like I am up toward the top. I feel like I am a complete back--a guy that
can make you miss and a guy that can take it the distance as well--a big guy
and a third-down back and that's why I feel like I am towards the top as a player.

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(lost weight)
I told a lot of people I was really not joking around when I got sick down there before
the Senior Bowl. I was able to get some of my weight back right away and then I probably
put on a solid 15 pounds in the last month. I'm at where I'm comfortable now but
I know I can gain some more weight and get bigger.

(how gain weight)
They put you on a strong supplement and they put you on a specific diet. They send like
three meals to your house and three snacks. And they give you supplements, my agent and
trainer. Basically just a lot of food. If I knock out my supplements and my meals I can
do whatever I want, so I made a couple runs to In 'N Out. Basically ate as much as I
could and I was able to work out every day and was just in a very specific environment
and I was able to gain a lot of weight.

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Jonathan Stewart did 28 reps of 245 pounds, which was third-best among running backs. Rashard Mendenhall did 26 reps, the same amount of Owen Schmitt.

Purdue's Dustin Keller was the fastest tight end, running a 4.55 40. Brad Cottam, the 6-7, 270-pound kid from Tennessee, ran 4.63. Martellus Bennett was 4.68. Fred Davis was not among the fastest TEs.

Keller had a 38-inch vertical, the best, Bennett had a 34-inch vert and Cottam was 33. Again, Fred Davis was not among the best. Keller also was the best guy in the broad jump.

Q: One penalty in your whole college career? Is that stat correct?

A: I actually got one this season, I had a false start against Northwestern but those were my only two penalties. My redshirt freshman year I had a holding penalty.

Q: How much do you think you helped yourself by staying senior year?

A: It has helped me a lot. Last year I didn’t feel I was good enough to come out, I wanted to improve on things and those things I improved on. I feel I’m a smarter and better player than I was last year. I’m smarter in identifying the defenses. I worked on the little things in my game and I’ve gotten a lot better.

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