Mike Tanier’s Senior Bowl Report: Wednesday’s South Team Practice

Brandon Thompson can go home now if he wants to. There is nothing left to accomplish. Thompson (DT, Clemson) came to the Senior Bowl as one of the top defensive line prospects in the draft pool. There was talk of a slow start on Monday, but Monday is in the rearview mirror. Thompson made so many plays in the backfield during 11-on-11 drills that it might be easier to list the times he didn't make a play. He stopped ball carriers. He flushed quarterbacks. He is explosive, strong, and very competitive. Quinton Coples (DT-DE, North Carolina) is one of the other marquee linemen on the South squad, and while he did not look quite as sharp on Wednesday as he did on Tuesday, he started to reach the backfield at the end of the South practice. There has been a lot of talk about the Coples versus Cordy Glenn (OL, Georgia) matchup — a reporter at Mike Shanahan's press conference asked the coach to give them extra reps against each other, just for the entertainment value  — and the pair...