At a time when more and more teams are using Virtual Reality to train their current players, it has been assumed that more and more teams are using the technology to evaluate incoming players -- specifically quarterbacks.
Earlier this week on PFT Live, Eagles executive V.P. of football operations Howie Roseman suggested that Virtual Reality has become a significant part of the process of assessing NFL-level decision-making skills of guys trying to get to the NFL level. In a PFT Live interview that will air during Thursday’s edition of the show, former Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook said that his pre-draft experience entailed very little use of Virtual Reality.
Cook said that, of the seven teams he visited, only the 49ers used the headset to determine his ability to react and to make decisions in the face of certain defensive alignments and approaches. It’s amazing that more teams aren’t using it, since it’s one of the few apples-to-apples tools for determining the reaction time and decision-making skills of incoming quarterback prospects before they’re required to react and to make decisions in real time.
For more from Cook, tune in to Thursday’s Draft Day edition of the show. Until then, listen to Wednesday’s PFT Live podcast, which included visits from Dolphins coach Adam Gase, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott, and Jets running back Matt Forte.
