Invasion of the Bod Pod

From: Sporting News | Date: April 26, 2004| Author: Pompei, Dan | Copyright information

The number that concerns NFL teams about Miami defensive tackle Vince Wilfork is 345. That was his playing weight for 2002 and most of 2003.

The number that allays those concerns is 256. That is the weight of his lean body mass, as measured by a state of the art device called the Bod Pod.

Technology like the Bod Pod could turn the draft, always a crapshoot, into more of a science. The Bod Pod, which looks like a giant ornamental egg with a window, is being used by eight teams-th...

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