How to Evaluate a Player

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The combine is a day where the best players in the country are tested and measured. It's probably one of the few places in football that you can get a definite quantitative measurement. You have a lot of quantitative information about from the combine. Each case is different because humans are different, right? And it's a case by case.

After nearly 12 years as general manager for the L.A. Rams, Les Snead has learned the power of humility when it comes to making big decisions--who to draft, who to hire as head coach, and how to create a shared vision for his team. Listen as he and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss what it's like to manage a professional football team along with the intense pressures that come with the territory. An episode for every fan who has played Monday-morning quarterback, and all of us who wonder how those who play for high stakes survive and thrive.