Making his sales pitch.(football player Chris Weinke)

After working on his weight, his speed and his health, a repackaged Chris Weinke wants to convince NFL teams he's ready--right now

It's time for Chris Weinke to throw. He has his cleats, his specially fitted ankle brace and a pair of well-worn footballs. All that's missing is his motivation. That's coming from the computer.

Outside, the temperature has reached a balmy 80 degrees. Inside a cramped office on the campus of the International Management Group (IMG) Academies in Bradenton, Fla., where Weinke has spent the last five weeks polishing his collegiate resume for proper NFL display, it's about to get hotter. "This is a ritual," says Weinke, the 2000 Heisman Trophy winner, his blue eyes fixed on the computer screen.

Chris Singletary, an affable member of IMG's football division and an indispensable resource for the 10 NFL draft hopefuls--all clients of IMG bigwig Tom Condon--training at the compound, is at the controls, surfing through various football websites. His cybertravels have one purpose: to get Weinke so agitated that the quarterback will push himself in the ensuing workout.

"This one says you're slow," Singletary, who played defensive end for Michigan's 1997 co-national champions, says with a cackle. "You're going to run a 5.3 (40-yard dash)."

Weinke is not happy. "We'll see," he hisses.

Singletary moves on. Another site, another Criticism.