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Thinking outside the box on the NFL combine

The NFL combine is just another example of trying to find order in a world in which it doesn't exist. Jeff MacGregor

Originally Published: February 23, 2009
By Jeff MacGregor | Page 2

INDIANAPOLIS -- Among the most charming and commendable of our persistent human delusions is organization. In a chaotic universe filled with sharp edges and dark corners, it is in our nature to seek the comforts of order.

In failing to find order, we create it. And we create it by sorting through the confusions of the unknown, and organizing a big, messy, unmanageable world into smaller, tidier, more manageable boxes.

There was a great deal of sorting going on this week, ...

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