“It’s being able to sit down across from the player face to face and be able to hear their story, hear their background, their upbringing, but also getting to feel their energy,” Ryans said. “Feel their passion and love for the game of football. It comes off in those 15-minute interviews and I can feel that energy very instantly.”

NFL Scouting combine is underway, and one of the exercises used to measure the strength of incoming prospects is the bench press. But which of the league's current coaches might be able to showcase their own physical strength,

"I can't replace that face-to-face energy and human element that is so important," Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said. "I'm hard-pressed with how important the decisions are