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    Rueben Foster off the draft board of team with top 15 pick

    in NFL Draft, Scouting, and Free Agent Talk

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    @Superman @Defjamz26 Just checking twitter. People are speculating there was something wrong with Harris at the combine. He just bettered his vertical by 5.5 inches(from 32" to 37.5), his broad jump by 6 inches(from 109" to 115") and his 3 cone by almost half a second (from 7.47 to 7.03). :omg:

     

     

     

     

    Also look how pumped he is after the drill:

     

     

     

    I already love him.

     

    edit: seems like he's been invited to the draft:

     

     

    Rueben Foster off the draft board of team with top 15 pick

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    6 hours ago, Superman said:

     

    None of your three are perfect prospects; they all have holes in their game, bigger holes than Barnett. I'm starting to like Harris better than all of them.

     

    I do agree that Barnett is probably not a 15 sack/year guy. But neither is Chandler Jones, but I bet you would have been screaming to give him $15m/year if he hit free agency this year. Jones is my Barnett comparison. 

    Yep, Harris has one of the best bursts off the snap and the best counter spin move in this draft. His athletic testing was shockingly bad to me. I have no idea how to interpret it. I would have never guessed watching his tape.

    Rueben Foster off the draft board of team with top 15 pick

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    9 minutes ago, Superman said:

     

    I have, it's still a position change though. I don't doubt he has the tools and ability to make the change, but it gives me pause.

    The thing I love about him is that he has no stop motor. He doesn't stop pursuing. His speed side to side is amazing. I can't believe some of the plays he gets to make simply by deciding to go after plays that at first sight look out of reach. He also seems to have good feel for coverage even though he's not done it much. In the few instances he's done it, he has several batted passes and an interception or two. With that said, he's not a perfect prospect. I too have some trepidation about his switch to ILB, from what I've seen he whiffs on some tackles when the runner is coming straight at him and makes a cut and he sometimes over-pursues which again - leads to missed tackles. I don't think I'd be mad with him at 15 and I think he has all the tools to be a great player, I just am not sure I trust our coaching staff to get him there.

    Rueben Foster off the draft board of team with top 15 pick

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    1 minute ago, Superman said:

     

    I'm torn. I have two issues with Reddick.

     

    1) Lack of big time competition. Admittedly, he did well in 2015 and 2016 against Penn State, but that's kind of it. Playing in the American conference is a lot different from any Power 5, especially compared to Foster's SEC schedule and big bowl games. 

     

    2) Position switch to ILB. The geometry is different, the assignments are different... that's going to be a challenge, and it's one more variable to be concerned with.

     

    Both of those issues are addressed by his Senior Bowl performance, but I think it's one thing to do well for a weekend against collegiate competition, and another to adjust to the NFL. 

     

    I definitely like him. I just don't know where to put him. I had him as a second round guy (almost mocked him to us at #46), then he blew up at the Combine and everyone is putting him in the top 20, or higher. It would be hard to complain about him at #15, but I feel like he'd be overdrafted on the basis of a great Combine. I'm not sure his small school tape and collegiate career indicate a top 15 standing.

    Have you seen his reps at ILB? He had about 10-15 snaps at ILB in the USF game:

     

    Not much you can glean from it but oh well... at least it's something of him playing the position we would be spending mid-first round pick on.

    Colts Draft Tracker 2017: Meetings, Interviews, Individual Workouts, etc.

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    Keion Adams, LB/EDGE, from Western Michigan has a visit scheduled with the Colts:

     

     

     

     

    Colts met with Shaquill Griffin, CB, Central Florida at his pro-day yesterday. Griffin has good size and length and had an amazing showing at the combine.

     

    Colts were at Penn State's pro-day too:

    http://pennstate.247sports.com/Bolt/Lamb-plans-Penn-State-visit-51910809

    A Colts scout had a quick chat with ILB Brandon Bell at the pro-day:

    http://pennstate.247sports.com/Article/23-things-we-learned-at-Penn-State-footballs-Pro-Day-51805263

     

    A scout from the Colts was at Boston College's pro-day and according to reports was paying special attention to QB Patrick Towels. I have no idea why, here are his stats.:

    http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/initial-observations-from-the-2017-boston-college-pro-day/

     

     

     

    Rueben Foster off the draft board of team with top 15 pick

    in NFL Draft, Scouting, and Free Agent Talk

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    15 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

    A no risk player.

    There's no such thing as no risk player. Every player has some sort of risk - injury, performance, athletic, mental, character. You don't get riskfree prospects at 15. They have to weigh in those concerns and figure out if they are likely to manifest in some detrimental way in his career with the Colts. To me this thing with the medical worker ranks very very low on the list of things we should worry about. For example, his injury is more worrisome for me(even though still not worthy of scratching him off the board).

    Chris Ballard message to Colts fans

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    35 minutes ago, Superman said:

     

    I agree with the bolded. By the time Grigson started doing more media, the locals had already turned on him and he was unpopular with the fans. I don't care whether the GM does interviews with local media or national, just that he does them; I don't really care for any of the Indy guys.

     

    We'll see what Ballard's strategy is, but he hasn't blown me away with any media he's done so far. It's still early.

    What would be a media appearance that would blow you away? I honestly can't imagine what that would look like for me.

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