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1 hour ago, stitches said:
No idea... but I wouldn't be shocked if they let them compete for the spot and he lost it. Granson is somewhat small/short for TE... I don't know what Steichen wants in his TEs..
Yeah, you touched on what I was gonna say with that last sentence. Granson could be a causality of coaching change/preference. We all figured Reich really liked Granson in that Trey Burton role. Who knows what Steichen thinks.
I was never too high and Granson but he did flash some recently. Shasta mentioned something another possibility, Ogletree’s rehab could be up in the air.
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10 hours ago, stitches said:
Dane Brugler scouting report on Richardson from The Beast(Draft guide): BTW it's worth buying a subscription to the Athletic only for this Draft Guide. It's probably the most detailed publicly available draft guide out there...
3. ANTHONY RICHARDSON | Florida 6042 | 244 lbs. | 3SO Gainesville, Fla. (Eastside) 5/22/2002 (age 20.93) #15
BACKGROUND: Anthony Richardson, the oldest of two boys, was born and raised in Miami (Fla.) by his mother (LaShawnda Lane) and often lived with other relatives. He has a relationship with his biological father, but his great uncle (Tanka Lane) was the central male figure in Richardson’s childhood. Tanka, who passed away when Richardson was in middle school, introduced Richardson to football at age 4, when he played for the Carol City Chiefs. Richardson also ran track in elementary school and started playing basketball at age 10. His family moved to Gainesville in 2013 and Richardson enrolled at Professional Academies Magnet at Loften High School, where he studied Fire, EMS and public safety. Loften doesn’t have athletic programs, which allowed Richardson to play sports at Eastside High School. He originally played wide receiver as a freshman before moving to quarterback after the starter broke his finger. After scoring 23 touchdowns (13 rushing, 10 passing) as a sophomore, Richardson led the Rams to a 7-4 record and playoff berth in 2018, finishing his junior year with 1,567 passing yards, 924 rushing yards and 33 total touchdowns (17 passing, 16 rushing). He played the first six games of his senior season before a shoulder injury ended his year, finishing with 1,398 passing yards, 151 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns (8 passing, 7 rushing). Richardson’s senior season was featured on the Netflix documentary “QB1: Beyond the Lights.” Richardson finished his four-year varsity career with 78 total touchdowns (41 rushing, 37 passing). He also lettered in basketball at Eastside and averaged 10.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior, helping the team to a 26-3 record in 2018-19.
A four-star recruit, Richardson was the No. 9 dual-threat quarterback in the 2020 recruiting class and the No. 30 recruit in Florida (No. 1 quarterback recruit in the state). As Richardson played high school football in the Gators’ backyard, newly hired head coach Dan Mullen extended a scholarship offer to him after his breakout sophomore year in the spring of 2018. A few months later, Richardson verbally committed. However, his recruitment started to increase during his junior year (including offers from Georgia, Michigan and Penn State), and Richardson decided to decommit from Florida to examine his options. After almost flipping to Penn State, he decided to stay home, recommit to Mullen and enroll early (graduated from Loften in December 2019). Richardson was the first Gainesville-area quarterback to sign with Florida since Chris Stephens in 1999. After only one season as the Gators’ full-time starter, he opted out of the 2022 bowl game and elected to skip his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the 2023 NFL Draft.
STRENGTHS: Big, twitchy athlete with rare arm strength (velocity and distance are both easy for him) … drives his throws to every inch of the field and the ball gets on receivers fast … efficient arm-action release for a big-bodied passer, regardless of platform … displays a natural feel for downfield touch on his bucket throws … promising eye use and made whole-field reads in college … loose and agile to comfortably throw on the move and execute rollouts and boot action … feels pressure in the pocket and is able to step up or make subtle slides/shuffles mid-read … brawny frame and not an easy guy to tackle in the open field or pocket … nifty runner (on scrambles or designed runs) with options to elude using his quickness or power (39 broken tackles in 2022 were the fourth-most in the FBS) … looks like Cam Newton in short-yardage and goal-line situations and can be a powerful weapon on draws and zone reads … explosive athlete (set the quarterback record with a 40.5-inch vertical at the combine) … extraordinary speed for his size to pick up chunk yardage (had at least one 15-yard run in nine games in 2022) or hit home runs with downfield acceleration (six career runs of 45-plus yards) … humble, hardworking and his coaches say he has the “required wiring” to digest and apply hard coaching.
WEAKNESSES: Up-and-down accuracy and still developing his pacing and placement as a passer (misses too many open receivers) … breakdowns with his base, mechanics and release points disrupt his rhythm … lacks consistency with some of the details, like throwing to the correct shoulder to lead receivers … not every throw requires his fastball and he needs to learn how to control his ball speeds … gets himself in trouble forcing things and is prone to JV-level mistakes at times … undeveloped anticipation for routes about to come open … his deep accuracy looks great one play and then misses by five yards the next … eight career fumbles … plays through pain, but he missed time because of injuries as a redshirt freshman, including a strained hamstring (September 2021), concussion (October 2021) and nagging pain in his right knee, which required arthroscopic surgery (December 2021); missed the final month of his senior year in high school with a right shoulder injury (October 2019) … received a ticket for driving 105 mph at 4 a.m. (April 2022) and had to pay a fine and write an essay detailing what he learned from the incident … started only 13 games in college with a sub-.500 record (6-7).
SUMMARY: A one-year starter at Florida, Richardson became the full-time starter as a redshirt sophomore in head coach Billy Napier’s play-action, outside-zone offense. His 2022 season was full of highs and lows (his 53.8 completion percentage accurately reflects his up-and-down play), although his supporting cast was equally inconsistent from game-to-game. An athletic, large-statured passer, Richardson has the arm to drill every throw imaginable with plus velocity, while also using his legs to be an explosive playmaker (had four 100-yard rushing games compared to only three 250-yard passing games). However, he has scattershot tendencies and is more of a see-it thrower, lacking anticipation and relying on his arm over repeatable footwork/mechanics (only 393 career pass attempts). Overall, Richardson’s volatile accuracy and decision-making cloud his evaluation, but he is a freakshow talent with special size, speed and arm strength, and he put enough promising plays on film to be optimistic about his potential ceiling. He fits an RPO or NFL vertical-passing offense that will also utilize his athleticism, but he needs on-field reps and a patient coaching staff willing to weather the early storm
Dang…Both AR and Bryce Young were in an unaired season of “QB1” on Netflix.Got super excited to go watch it but saw that it was unaired for whatever reason. Netflix really screwed that up…only other QB’s they’ve had go onto the NFL was Fields and Fromm.
Thanks for posting that though, I do need to get an Atheltic sub
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31 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:
I can't find much info on him, why was he coveted by the Colts?
Saw that he went through a really scary injury/concussion, stretchered off the field a couple years back.Looks like he was a team captain and beloved by his teammates. Reminded me of Zaire Franklin coming out of college in that sense. Could be they just like the guy/character and could be a legitimate backup/potential decent starter.
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I’m cool with it. Maybe one of these corners helps out at Safety depth some. Or at least, I’ve already seen “versatile/potential safety option” in one of this guy’s scouting reports.
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4 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:
We traded down for Benagu. Not a lot, but a little. I think we dropped 3 spots and got a 5. I think the Colts used it to take Speed.
The Colts traded up a little for Lewis. Traded a 5 to move up 3 spots, from the top of the 3rd to the bottom of the 2nd.
Ah you’re right! I should know better than to trust my memory -
I’m watching while talking to my buddy and his cable/broadcast is at least a half minute ahead of mine, so…it happens
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Just now, stitches said:
Whoever we are targeting... IMO it will be considered a reach... they don't feel comfortable taking him really high so they keep trading back. Or I could be wrong... lets see.
Ah, the reverse Ben Banogu approach. Or at least iirc he traded up for Banogu. -
Like most years we’ve traded back in the 2nd, I’m sure we’ll all be watching these guys that we passed on closely. Hopefully whoever we grab here in the 2nd makes Ballard look good.
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Lol yeah, not surprising
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Interesting. Knew LV wanted the TE I assume, and it’s a safe bet Seattle won’t be going CB after grabbing one at #5…and now LAR goes OH…wondering if Ballard’s targeting CB knowing none of these teams would take one.
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1 minute ago, stitches said:
At least I took it that way. He seemed very personable and genuine in the presser. Here's the presser.
Yeah, seems super mature too honestly. And genuinely polite/personable. As far as the person goes, seems like we got a good one.-
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2 minutes ago, csmopar said:
Yeah, you need to see the entire context of it. They asked about “scheme and if it’d be similar to what he did with Hurts and if AR could fit that mold”
it was a back door attempt to get comparisons from him after Ballard and him had just shot down the comparisons thing twice in a row from the same reporter
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1 minute ago, stitches said:
That was said more in a joking manner. He was being lighthearted with the media throughout most of the presser.
Really? Huh, I never saw the clip and everybody’s reaction made it seem like he said it seriously.That’s good to know then.
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1 minute ago, csmopar said:
I’ve spent the morning watching film on him, one thing I missed the last few time was on even the catches the WRS make, that ball is hot going in. It’s moving on them a lot when they catch it. Saw more than one WR shaking off his hands like the ball stung him . That velocity deep is impressive.
only QB I’ve seen throw it with such velocity like that in recent memory is John Elway. Elway had little touch early in his career but he made people’s hands burn with that velocity.
i also thing that’s why the drops from 0-15 yards are insanely high. A lot of the drops had great ball placement, but they bounced right out of the bread basket. Some of that is on the WR, but some of those balls were in there HOT
Probably the only worrisome thing AR said during the pre draft process was something to the effect he shouldn’t have to take anything off his passes/receivers should catch it.I hope that was more an in the moment quote, because he’s definitely gonna’ have to throw with touch at times.
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Just now, stitches said:
McShay fessing up. Good on him.
Yeah, glad I hadn’t changed the draft yet.-
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8 minutes ago, stitches said:
Honestly I doubt it... Ballard had a chance to let the Levis thing go and the first chance he got to refute it, he did it... BEFORE THE DRAFT. If ONLY anyone wanted to listen... I feel like Ballard is incapable of releasing a smokescreen. He seems incredibly honest and forthright with everything he says. He won't tell you the exact pick... but he will give you all the information you need to get really close to it...
Man, I was just about to say the same thing. I thought about that, the Levis stuff possibly being a smoke screen, but Ballard just really seems to not have any interest in deception. Especially with his whole “sidebar” rant in the post-pick presser…really went on about leaks and how tough it was for these prospects/kids….Which definitely seemed related to CJ Stroud, especially considering Stroud said Ballard checked in on him a lot.
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15 minutes ago, stitches said:
And something else... not really anything to do with Richardson but ... I just want to see who of the big national media reporters and draft analysts will come out and admit they don't know % about what is going in the Colts building. There are some especially smug people in national media that keep pretending like they have it all figured out with the Colts and they have been now horribly wrong on the two most important decisions the Colts have made this off-season.
I did find it amusing that most of the big media guys’ final mocks this morning were completely backwards in terms of the two QB’s…Kiper, Shrags, Lance, and DJ, and McShay I think, all had us taking Levis and AR dropping.-
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1 minute ago, Goatface Killah said:
Dont feel too bad for him. He is gonna be filthy rich and get to play football for a living.
And a gorgeous girlfriend/fiancé/whatever she is. Whew. Either way, this could be good for him, sliding a bit-
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2 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Listening to Ballard and Steichen I don’t think Richardson will sit long ot maybe not at all. Steichen said young QB need to play.
Yeah, I came away from that interview probably too confident in whatever Steichen’s plan is or will be. But whatever, I’m ready to be hurt again if it doesn’t work out lol-
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21 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Was watching this live. I kinda love Steichen’s closed off demeanor, unwillingness to answer stuff like QB comparison questions. And I swear, there’s a way he kinda Hawkeyes the media after they ask their questions lol I don’t know why I took notice, but it’s like he’s trying to figure out there angle.Anyways…just casually being an armchair psychologist
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13 minutes ago, stitches said:
And this will be especially so if Richardson pans out.
And BTW... Marocco was the one we sent to AR's pro day.... the other QBs got the area scouts...
Yup…definitely clocked that in the With the Next Pick ep. That might’ve been one of the biggest tells of all honestly, looking back at least. IIRC they even showed the Florida Pro day last. Saving the best for last apparently lol-
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4 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Morocco’s all over that clip. I swear, his claim to be a GM is gonna be if AR works out lol-
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1 minute ago, #12. said:
I can't believe we had a top 4 pick and used it on Anthony Richardson.
Hopefully it works, but I have a feeling a new GM will be picking top 5 again two years from now. If it fails, Irsay will almost certainly go back to the Manning era for the next GM and coach.
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2 minutes ago, Superman said:
Levis getting hit with the Mario Kart banana peel, gonna slip right out of the first round...
I'm shocked neither Detroit nor Tampa took him.
Very surprised Tampa didn’t take him. I figured one of the QB’s would fall, but not this far.-
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You’re right that that’s what Ballard technically said, but I think the subtext is there. Same with Irsay’s comments, which seem even more like an attempt to cool expectations.
“At the same time, I have to say our fans have to have patience because it’s hard being the rookie quarterback, it really is. I have to imagine if he plays the whole season it’s going to be tough. It’s going to be more difficult than easy, I’ll put it that way.’’
So, yeah, they’re specifically talking about AR…but they’re definitely tempering expectations as a whole imo