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For a 4th round pick,  Ridgeway shows far more explosiveness, quickness, power and athleticism than I was expecting....

 

This guy is going to move the pocket.    QB's will not be comfortable with him in their face.     I'm not sure why he fells as far as he did --- other than the fact that the DT class was historically good --- but he's got some serious game to him.

 

The tape is just 1:23,  but I think you'll see plenty to like....      scroll down to the bottom of the story....   

 

Enjoy!!

 

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Hassan-Ridgeway-Gives-Colts-Interior-Pass-Rusher/90ef6573-3876-493c-9366-b1f85a9ba345

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16 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

For a 4th round pick,  Ridgeway shows far more explosiveness, quickness, power and athleticism than I was expecting....

 

This guy is going to move the pocket.    QB's will not be comfortable with him in their face.     I'm not sure why he fells as far as he did --- other than the fact that the DT class was historically good --- but he's got some serious game to him.

 

The tape is just 1:23,  but I think you'll see plenty to like....      scroll down to the bottom of the story....   

 

Enjoy!!

 

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Hassan-Ridgeway-Gives-Colts-Interior-Pass-Rusher/90ef6573-3876-493c-9366-b1f85a9ba345

 

Ridgeway with a healthy Anderson/Jones could be scary

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Here's another longer highlights video of him.

 

He is pretty disruptive on the interior.

 

I heard one of the reasons he fell is problems with conditioning/discipline with his weight/ etc. Multiple draft analysts say if he went back to school he might have been first or second round pick next year.

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Yeah, going against NFL OL seasoned with an NFL regimen won't be easy but there will be plenty of fledgling starters in the interior across the NFL, so there will be plenty of opportunities.

 

Anderson belied all expectations, so did Parry but it is not reasonable to expect rookies to contribute at that level every year. 2-gap linemen are harder to find, so I am glad our DL is asked to 1-gap more recently, it is easier on LBs too, IMO.

 

 

 

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Very impressive prospect for sure.

 

 

I cant remember who it was, but remember reading someone from nfl network comparing Ridgeway to Kawan Shorts. If hes half as good as shorts is that would be a heck of a player on our d line. Our d line has some nice talent on it for sure.

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1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

For a 4th round pick,  Ridgeway shows far more explosiveness, quickness, power and athleticism than I was expecting....

 

This guy is going to move the pocket.    QB's will not be comfortable with him in their face.     I'm not sure why he fells as far as he did --- other than the fact that the DT class was historically good --- but he's got some serious game to him.

 

The tape is just 1:23,  but I think you'll see plenty to like....      scroll down to the bottom of the story....   

 

Enjoy!!

 

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Hassan-Ridgeway-Gives-Colts-Interior-Pass-Rusher/90ef6573-3876-493c-9366-b1f85a9ba345

 

I had him as a late second round or early third round pick.

 

Our Colts cleaned up due to the depth of the offensive and defensive lines in this draft. 

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Late 1st- Early 2nd round talent who we got in the 4th in my opinion. Could be a steal. If you look at him again at the combine you can see he doesn't have much of a gut on him at all. Hips are a little tight when trying to make a tackle in the open field sometimes which might limit his ability to make plays somewhat 1 on 1 but he should be able to create plenty of pressure if in shape and healthy

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I read that he was in a car accident before the 2015 season, which made it difficult for him to get back into shape, since he was limited with his workouts from the injury. I believe the injury caused some back problems.

 

He played through the pain, and played out of ideal shape in 2015, which led to a statistical decline. He'll have an off-season now to recover and get in shape. I am excited about this pick!

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Hopefully the organization can help him with conditioning and motivation in general.

 

Every player is motivated by money, his next contract will make him really rich. Not saying his salary is chump change. Simply stating if his problems are solvable with a competent organization, we could potentially see a very good interior lineman (keeping him motivated with money as his goal), something you can never have enough of.

 

Obviously an optimistic prediction, but I also agree he looks solid so I'm hopeful.

 

It'd be a huge help for plans going forward to have found a legit inside guy later on the draft if he pans out.

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7 minutes ago, NewEra said:

They said he was considerably better than first round pick Malcolm brown 

 

It isn't even close :-)

 

I wasn't super high on Brown (and I'm a longhorn fan) I wanted one of the 3 top ILB but I can for sure tell you Ridgeway is everything Brown is but can actually penetrate.

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Today Pagano was asked how much stock we put into position flexibility when drafting players. He mentioned Ridgeway, and said when we can only dress 5 defensive linemen on game day; it helps when you have a player like Ridgeway who can play nose, 3, or 5.

 

Obviously Pagano is talking about how important is to have have position flexibility to replace injured players and give breathers, but I don't think we are going to lock Ridgeway into any certain position. At least not right away. We might play him all over the line, and it sounds like he might play in several different packages. 

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10 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

For a 4th round pick,  Ridgeway shows far more explosiveness, quickness, power and athleticism than I was expecting....

 

This guy is going to move the pocket.    QB's will not be comfortable with him in their face.     I'm not sure why he fells as far as he did --- other than the fact that the DT class was historically good --- but he's got some serious game to him.

 

The tape is just 1:23,  but I think you'll see plenty to like....      scroll down to the bottom of the story....   

 

Enjoy!!

 

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Hassan-Ridgeway-Gives-Colts-Interior-Pass-Rusher/90ef6573-3876-493c-9366-b1f85a9ba345

I was a huge fan of colts getting him in the 4th.  Kids a beast.  His only issue was conditioning, and our new conditioning staff should whip that out of him.

He's an athletic guy whom can get penetration,...and is strong as an ox. 

Like i said in other post's..i seriously think not getting an olb pass rush specialist isn't going to be as much of an issue as people think.  We still have Mathis, but think on this...our top 5 d-linemen can penetrate ...Langford, Anderson, Jones, Parry, and now Ridgeway. Most of our pass rush will probably come from them, because we have 5 people to rotate and keep fresh.

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I think this might ease some of the concern about the pass rush. We may not have one individual super rusher but I think combined we should be in good shape. I really do think the so called experts ( Kiper etc etc) missed the grades on this guy.

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54 minutes ago, AZColt11 said:

FWIW, saw on NFL.com where one of the analysts stated their favorite picks from each round and his was Ridgeway in the 4th.

EDIT:  I found the article and I was wrong.  Oops!  It was actually Clark in the 3rd he liked.  That's what I get for trying to go by memory.  But I personally am stoked to see what Hassan "Chop" Ridgeway can do.

 

Here is the link:  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000660145/article/2016-nfl-draft-favorite-picks-for-each-round

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10 hours ago, Lawrence Owen said:

I was a huge fan of colts getting him in the 4th.  Kids a beast.  His only issue was conditioning, and our new conditioning staff should whip that out of him.

He's an athletic guy whom can get penetration,...and is strong as an ox. 

Like i said in other post's..i seriously think not getting an olb pass rush specialist isn't going to be as much of an issue as people think.  We still have Mathis, but think on this...our top 5 d-linemen can penetrate ...Langford, Anderson, Jones, Parry, and now Ridgeway. Most of our pass rush will probably come from them, because we have 5 people to rotate and keep fresh.

I think the belief is that the interior guys can collapse the pocket, and then the edge guys can "clean it up" and finish the QB. That's the best way to go if you don't have edge rushers who can consistently  win off the edge.

 

Thats essentially what the 49ers did with Justin Smith. He set up a lot of sacks for Aldon. That's also what makes people think Hughes is good. Dareus and Williams do all of the dirty work and Hughes just picks up the scraps.

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Inside penetration is devastating to an offensive game plan. It blows up the run game and it wrecks havoc on a qb's passing lanes and ability to step up into the pocket into his throws. Granted there are a couple qbs that can roll or break out of such pressure and beat you with their legs but I don't think that will be our problem. Qbs hate pressure up the middle and if the DL works out well we could establish enough pass rush with them to make up for the lack of outside speed rushers. Throw in a blizing backer from time to time and we can be pretty scary. Hope he works out.

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19 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Inside penetration is devastating to an offensive game plan. It blows up the run game and it wrecks havoc on a qb's passing lanes and ability to step up into the pocket into his throws. Granted there are a couple qbs that can roll or break out of such pressure and beat you with their legs but I don't think that will be our problem. Qbs hate pressure up the middle and if the DL works out well we could establish enough pass rush with them to make up for the lack of outside speed rushers. Throw in a blizing backer from time to time and we can be pretty scary. Hope he works out.

I have been thinking the same thing. :thmup:

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To be Honest with you. The game tape on every one of these players is fantastic. And Bates highlight tape is great...only thing is TJ green tapes suck and Bates doesn't have the production id expect to translate to sucess as considering his competition. Anthony Morrison tapes looks fantastic too, not sure why there was soo much dislike with it.

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Safe to say the Colts got better in the draft, huh? I'm just interested in which current veteran free agent(s) Grigson will sign to a one year deal before the season starts. Anyone want to help me compile names for a pool and I'll handicap it? Parlay options also available. 

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On 5/8/2016 at 0:38 AM, Freeupfreeney said:

To be Honest with you. The game tape on every one of these players is fantastic. And Bates highlight tape is great...only thing is TJ green tapes suck and Bates doesn't have the production id expect to translate to sucess as considering his competition. Anthony Morrison tapes looks fantastic too, not sure why there was soo much dislike with it.

mainly, because of his 40 time during his pro day.People, (some, not all) fail to realize that his cone/40 times were impeded due to just coming off a staff infection that had him in a bed for 6 weeks just 4 days prior.  6 weeks of bed rest is going to slow anyone down.

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On ‎5‎/‎7‎/‎2016 at 1:17 PM, Mr Clueless said:

I have been thinking the same thing. :thmup:

The Jets have been using this method for the past several years and they have a fairly successful defense. They really haven't had an edge rusher for years but they still put enough pressure on the qb with that DL push that they effect them. Don't get me wrong...them and everyone else wants that devastating speed rusher but there are more than one way to skin a cat...at least I've been told...I've never tried and honestly the only way I can think of is to grab it by the tail and peel it lol....ok..nevermind that got gross. lol

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