The NFL Combine is a rite of passage that every top player in the league has to go through. Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans, who is now tasked with evaluating young stars during the five-day event, also took part in it in 2006 when he was an outside linebacker prospect from Alabama, hoping to impress a team and get drafted.

DeMeco Ryans talked to the media this week about the biggest value he gets from being at the NFL combine. He said, "It's being able to sit down across from the player face to face and be able to hear their story,

DeMeco Ryans is not hiding from the biggest issue the Texans face in a critical offseason. "Getting better protection for C.J. is definitely a main point of emphasis for us," Ryans said at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.