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I have been big fan of Partridge for years. As a miami hurricanes fan, he is someone the fans wanted to be hired as DL coach or possible DC for years. He did an outstanding job at Pitt identifying under the radar talent and developing them. Kancey is a great recent example. He went to Miami Northwestern HS and was lightly recruited by Miami (& the other florida schools) due to his size. Pitt stole him, developed him, and he became a first round pick. I love this hire.

I feel the same way. Hoping we can get a big play wr. Of course I could see Ballard trading down into the 20s to get more picks.

I agree I agree 100%. I felt like the announcers totally glossed over that play. it was a perfect pass for a 1st down. I think we win the game if Granson comes down that. Also earlier in the game Richardson had a great throw to Pittman in the endzone that should have been called for PI. This throw was beautiful as well

Land weighed in at 236 during pre draft process. Cowboys fans upset he was waived Ryan Hayes was a former TE

We need to make 3 roster moves. We could put guys like woods and fries on short term IR and only cut 1 player

The claims are done. We should hear about the waiver claims and practice squad signings pretty soon. Sometime this afternoon.

It isn’t like fantasy football, bears have the 1st choice on every player that was waived. Colts are 4th. For example if bears & colts put in 10 waiver requests for the same players, the bears would get all 10 players

I personally think he is done and would rather go with a young roster to build for the future. To me this season is all about developing Richardson and identifying young talent that hopefully grows and develops with him.

Another one - The Bills are likely keeping their fingers crossed that rookie guard Nick Broeker will pass through waivers. The team’s seventh-round pick played well against the Steelers, and interestingly, the team did not give him a single snap in the preseason finale. The Bills may have been attempting to hide Broeker on film to sneak him through waivers.

Colts big UDFA signing last year highly athletic Ryan Van Demark OT was on bills practice squad last year and reportedly made a lot of progress..He made the bills "the initial 53-man roster as the team’s swing tackle, having shown progress and upside at both left and right tackle during the preseason."

Not sure if already mentioned, but Rams cut their 2022 3rd pick Logan Bruss g/t wisconsin. Tore his ACL last year, but generally viewed as a good RG prospect. Seems like someone Ballard would be interested in.

This is exactly my thought as well. You can’t put Woods on IR now because he will miss the entire season Woods makes the initial 53. On Wed they designate him as IR with possibility to return and opening a spot to pickup someone else

Not for the final cut of the preseason. It has been this way for years. Founds this article online which confirms my points above..... "On the final NFL cutdown period following the final NFL preseason game and ending Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDT, all cut players subject to waivers remain on waivers through 12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, August 30, regardless of which day they were released." https://www.ganggreennation.com/2023/8/28/23848561/how-nfl-waivers-work-new-york-jets

-My understanding is that for all of the players being waived....they will actually be waived on Tues 4pm. -After that teams submit their waiver claims. - Wed afternoon is when we will find out who was claimed on waivers. Founds this article online which confirms my points above..... "On the final NFL cutdown period following the final NFL preseason game and ending Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDT, all cut players subject to waivers remain on waivers through 12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, August 30, regardless of which day they were released."

Canes fan and watch every game. Canes program has been a mess for years. Was a HS Track athlete and can catch and run. Needs to be used as a pass catching TE. Terrible blocker and seemed to have critical holding penalties in every big game. It would drive the entire fan base crazy. With that being said, he has some untapped potential in the passing game. This year was hurt by Tyler Van * injury and overall terrible offense by since fired OC Josh Gattis.

I absolutely love this pick Reposting what i posted in the huge draft thread earlier today Stacey Dales on nfl network is at Indy HQ. Thought she had some interesting comments about Steichen being heavily involved with the QB decision (as expected). Also she spent a lot of time with richardson during the pre-draft process. She said he Richardson might be her favorite person and has a magnetic personality. Good Article in the athletic today we a number of scouts speaking about the QBs and other positions. https://theathletic.com/4439864/2023/04/24/nfl-draft-stroud-richardson-anderson/ Almost all of them had Richardson with the highest ceiling and several had interesting quotes on Stroud Richardson: 'Asked if he has any concerns about Richardson’s accuracy, QB coach 2 added, “No, I don’t worry about his accuracy. I think he’s got the best private quarterback coach (Will Hewlett) in the country. He’s gotten significantly better already. Hewlett’s the most realistic, non cookie-cutter real QB coach out there. What he does and how he communicates it and teaches is incredible. “Watch his film from a year ago and watch indy (individual drills) and see some of the workout stuff and you can see improvement every single time. When Anthony and I talked, I loved him. Coaches say it’s Florida’s Anthony Richardson. QB coach 3 said he has Richardson as his No. 1 guy, “which is not like me,” adding, “Who has been more physically gifted than him? Andrew Luck? Richardson has a more gifted arm and is much faster. Cam (Newton) is taller, but Anthony is much faster and with a more dynamic arm. Josh (Allen) is bigger, but their arms are similar, and Josh is not even close to as fast.” QB coach 3 said Richardson is still very raw, but he would definitely roll the dice on him. “Teams have proven that you can do it with a (talented) guy that is ‘not ready.’ They do the Jalen Hurts model. Look at what happened in Philly. They tried to do it the normal way and they were like 2-5. Then they said, ‘OK, this isn’t working.’ We’re gonna get fired so let’s do the Oklahoma offense — and then they started winning. “Anthony has shown so much raw ability, and the Florida offense is fairly complicated. When you involve that many shifts and motions, you still have to operate it. There’s some full-field progression reads. He’s reading three-level floods. It wasn’t just read the corner here or not every single play was an RPO or they cut the field in half. He clearly wants to be a passer. It’s just that he happens to run a 4.43 too. He is just so unique as an athlete. Josh Allen went to Wyoming and was playing against not good competition. If Josh Allen was QB-ing for Florida with that surrounding cast, how bad would his film have looked? And he had some bad film at Wyoming.” “I don’t want to make an excuse for the guy, but look at what they had all around Anthony. They really only had a first-round guard, a Day 3 wideout and a freshman running back who might be pretty good. That is it. Cam carrying a nothing Auburn team to the national title, that is beyond impressive. Cam also didn’t play anybody like today’s Georgia team.” QB coach 1 “loves” Richardson but cautions, “If you’re taking him, you can’t play offense the way a lot of teams are playing offense in this league. You’ve gotta play to him. He is a freak. Play to his strengths. Don’t put him under center. Let him develop into that.” QB coach 1 is also really intrigued by Richardson’s potential, particularly as a passer. “This guy really throws it. When you look at him mechanically, he’s pretty good. He can throw with balance. He’s got base. He’s not real long. I love this guy. The film verifies some of that. I went and watched the FSU game, what was he 39 percent (33 percent) in that one. But you watch that film. Yes, there are some things you don’t like, but not one receiver made one play on any ball thrown. He threw a post on the money. Guy can’t make the play. He throws a 9-ball on the money. Guy can’t make the play. I know what the numbers say, but the numbers don’t always tell the truth.”

Stacey Dales on nfl network is at Indy HQ. Thought she had some interesting comments about Steichen being heavily involved with the QB decision (as expected). Also she spent a lot of time with richardson during the pre-draft process. She said he Richardson might be her favorite person and has a magnetic personality. Good Article in the athletic today we a number of scouts speaking about the QBs and other positions. https://theathletic.com/4439864/2023/04/24/nfl-draft-stroud-richardson-anderson/ Almost all of them had Richardson with the highest ceiling and several had interesting quotes on Stroud Richardson: 'Asked if he has any concerns about Richardson’s accuracy, QB coach 2 added, “No, I don’t worry about his accuracy. I think he’s got the best private quarterback coach (Will Hewlett) in the country. He’s gotten significantly better already. Hewlett’s the most realistic, non cookie-cutter real QB coach out there. What he does and how he communicates it and teaches is incredible. “Watch his film from a year ago and watch indy (individual drills) and see some of the workout stuff and you can see improvement every single time. When Anthony and I talked, I loved him. Coaches say it’s Florida’s Anthony Richardson. QB coach 3 said he has Richardson as his No. 1 guy, “which is not like me,” adding, “Who has been more physically gifted than him? Andrew Luck? Richardson has a more gifted arm and is much faster. Cam (Newton) is taller, but Anthony is much faster and with a more dynamic arm. Josh (Allen) is bigger, but their arms are similar, and Josh is not even close to as fast.” QB coach 3 said Richardson is still very raw, but he would definitely roll the dice on him. “Teams have proven that you can do it with a (talented) guy that is ‘not ready.’ They do the Jalen Hurts model. Look at what happened in Philly. They tried to do it the normal way and they were like 2-5. Then they said, ‘OK, this isn’t working.’ We’re gonna get fired so let’s do the Oklahoma offense — and then they started winning. “Anthony has shown so much raw ability, and the Florida offense is fairly complicated. When you involve that many shifts and motions, you still have to operate it. There’s some full-field progression reads. He’s reading three-level floods. It wasn’t just read the corner here or not every single play was an RPO or they cut the field in half. He clearly wants to be a passer. It’s just that he happens to run a 4.43 too. He is just so unique as an athlete. Josh Allen went to Wyoming and was playing against not good competition. If Josh Allen was QB-ing for Florida with that surrounding cast, how bad would his film have looked? And he had some bad film at Wyoming.” “I don’t want to make an excuse for the guy, but look at what they had all around Anthony. They really only had a first-round guard, a Day 3 wideout and a freshman running back who might be pretty good. That is it. Cam carrying a nothing Auburn team to the national title, that is beyond impressive. Cam also didn’t play anybody like today’s Georgia team.” QB coach 1 “loves” Richardson but cautions, “If you’re taking him, you can’t play offense the way a lot of teams are playing offense in this league. You’ve gotta play to him. He is a freak. Play to his strengths. Don’t put him under center. Let him develop into that.” QB coach 1 is also really intrigued by Richardson’s potential, particularly as a passer. “This guy really throws it. When you look at him mechanically, he’s pretty good. He can throw with balance. He’s got base. He’s not real long. I love this guy. The film verifies some of that. I went and watched the FSU game, what was he 39 percent (33 percent) in that one. But you watch that film. Yes, there are some things you don’t like, but not one receiver made one play on any ball thrown. He threw a post on the money. Guy can’t make the play. He throws a 9-ball on the money. Guy can’t make the play. I know what the numbers say, but the numbers don’t always tell the truth.” CJ Stroud: - 'I’ll be honest, I had Stroud ahead of (Bryce) Young,” said one veteran NFL QB coach whose team isn’t in the market to take a quarterback high in this draft. “But then I dug into some other things and put Young ahead of him.” That veteran coach said he’s become a believer in the S2, but added that, in his view, there are four categories that really matter, and the overall score doesn’t mean anything. “To me, that’s what flipped me (to put Young ahead of Stroud). When I saw that S2, it was brutal,” he told The Athletic. “That’s scary. Now listen, if we were in that position, I’d get him to re-take that test. Sometimes that happens. Guy gets a false read on a test, but I do believe in S2 and … well, if I believe in it and you’ve got plenty of evidence from looking at the scores and the players that you’ve coached, you can’t discount it or deny it.” QB coach 3 cited two QBs drafted in the top five in the last decade that have had some success but disappointing careers to this point plagued largely by poor decision-making and lots of turnovers that “scored terribly.” Joe Burrow did great on S2 and is a franchise quarterback. Mac Jones did very well also, but the jury’s still out on his NFL prospects. Teddy Bridgewater is another one who scored really well on S2, the coach said. “He’s not physically great, but (the cognition test) probably shows why he’s a great backup.” QB coach 3 is perplexed by Stroud’s S2 results. “I know when I watch him that (low S2 score) doesn’t make sense. I was shocked when I heard he bombed it. Did he not try? He didn’t throw many picks. He didn’t have a lot of really bad split-second decisions. I just didn’t see it. He’s great going through his progressions.” Asked if he thinks a lot of people high up in the NFL put a lot of stock in S2, the third QB coach said. “Houston not taking C.J. (at No. 2) would be interesting. Are they really putting that much stock in S2 or, do they care that Dave Mulugheta is his agent because that’s Deshaun (Watson)’s agent, and they despise his agent? “I know this: C.J.’s film is really good. I just wish I saw what I saw against Georgia at least one more time, in terms of his play extension. But it’s not his fault that they’re better than everybody and he wasn’t forced to do that. I know he’s capable of it. It’s in there.”

That rumor was from a couple of days ago and started by a reddit poster. By all reports, it is a false.

Also Peyton loved Adam Gase who was a terrible head coach. Also supposedly supported Callahan and we hired Steichen.

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/what-is-the-s2-cognitive-test/ “Using a regression model, S2 found that the quarterback’s score accounted for 28.7% of their career passer rating, meaning that about a quarter of passer rating can be predicted by or explained by an S2 score. For reference, college completion percentage explains 13.5% of passer rating, while the Wonderlic sits at a cool 0.01%.”

Keep in mind how well Bryce young played in the 2021 sec champ game to beat UGA (who had a stronger, more experienced, and more talented defense last year). I think Young and bama would have beaten UGA in the title game if Jameson Williams didn’t tear his ACL during the game. UGA def had 5 1st rd picks last year. Their best pass rusher this year Nolan Smith is hurt and missed the playoffs

Some of my favorite remaining targets: OT - Trent Brown Pats WR - DJ Chark; 2nd choice Juju TE - OJ Howard - 1 or 2 year prove it deal; Gerald Everett DE - Chandler Jones or Nwosu... possibly Zadarrius Smith (health permitting)