The 2026 NFL Combine is over — and now the draft gets honest. We’re breaking down the Combine like grown-ups: not as “who won,” but as an underwriting event where teams price risk using verified measurements, standardized testing, medicals, and interviews.

We go day-by-day through the on-field evidence (LB/DL, TE/DB, QB/WR/RB, OL), then close with late aftershocks: medical follow-ups, meeting buzz, and quiet board movement that hit after the cameras stopped rolling.

Key idea: film is the record. The Combine is supplemental evidence — confirmation, clarification, and impeachment.