Brian Flores has found “quite a few guys” who “could potentially help our team” while coaching at the Senior Bowl

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More than a few teams have turned down the opportunity to train at the Senior Bowl. The panthers and the dolphins agreed.

“It was awesome,” Dolphins coach Brian Flores told reporters of the post-game experience on Saturday. “We had a great week with these young players. They really worked hard. A lot of them made very good impressions not only on our staff, but there were obviously teams from all over the league. But we have to spend the most time with them. We have seen them at meetings, seen them taking things from meetings to the practice tour. I thought they were all doing well for themselves and then went out and competed today so it was a good week.

Flores admitted that some players made a good impression on him, but he obviously didn’t want to name names.

“There were quite a few guys who we thought could potentially help our team,” said Flores. “We’re not going to delve into the names of these guys, but there were a lot of talented players. I thought Jim Nagy and the Senior Bowl staff did a great job of bringing talented players here for us to train and a lot of them did well.

In the absence of scouting, the Senior Bowl could mean more than usual to the decisions made by teams in the draft. The Panthers and Dolphins, by accepting the invitation to coach in the Senior Bowl, have gained a little more information than other teams will have.