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Just now, PRnum1 said:
I think that is the exclusive tag.
Non exclusive can be almost anything. I've heard of non exclusive being a 2nd and 3rd for example.
Whatever Ballard will accept.
Non-exclusive franchise tag: The most commonly used tag. When most refer to the "franchise tag," they generally talk about the non-exclusive version. This is a one-year tender of the average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years, or 120 percent of his previous salary, whichever is greater. The tagged player can negotiate with other teams, but his current team has the right to match any offer or receive two first-round draft picks as compensation if he signs with another club.
https://www.nfl.com/news/2024-nfl-franchise-tag-tracker-latest-tag-news-on-deadline-day
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12 minutes ago, Solid84 said:
Interesting, so returning a FG attempt or extra point kick is only a thing if the ball falls short without touching the uprights/crossbar.
That's how I read that rule.
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18 hours ago, Solid84 said:
Not trying to hi-jack the thread here, but I have a follow up question.
Say Team A wanted to kick an extra point. It hits the upright and gets caught by Team B in end zone without going out of bounds. Can it be returned for a TD? Or will that be just one point? Can it even be returned?
I believe all kicks which hit the uprights or crossbar and do not result in a made field goal (and extra point and dropkick) are dead balls.
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-rulebook/#
Section 2 - Dead Ball - (h) when any legal or illegal kick touches the receivers’ goal posts or crossbar, unless it scores a field goal. (See 9-4-2.)
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Worst play calling ever.
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Mike Leach has been spitting out nearly identical QBs since Tim Couch. I have no idea what Gordon, or Minshew in Jacksonville, will end up doing in the NFL long term. But what can be absolutely proven is the names change but the stats, production, all remain the same. Eerily. Like they're a product of the system. And not a one of them, ever, has sustained success at the NFL level. Maybe Gordon will be different. But I see no reason why anyone would believe that. He does exactly what every other Air Raid QB has done in that offense since 1997. I'd say that's a large enough sample size to reach some conclusions.
https://www.footballperspective.com/is-gardner-minshew-already-the-best-mike-leach-quarterback-in-the-nfl/
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1 minute ago, ztboiler said:
Poor comparison.
Carr played stellar football in 2016, leading the Raiders to 12 wins and the playoffs before suffering the devastating injury against us in week 16.Things didn’t comeback together for the Raiders in 2017 at the same level...that happens in the NFL....and we all know that the team was parted out in 2018.
Simply no comparison to JB on any level.
I'm not suggesting that Carr isn't a better QB, more gifted physically. I don't think decision making is any different. Feel. Awareness. What I am saying is none of that physical superiority has mattered one bit so far. Carr wins 41% of his games. JB wins 38%. Those are comparable results. In a sport where all that matters is results, winning. We can continue to pretend like Carr would be some savior, some huge upgrade, be the answer at QB, I get it, it's a fan forum, and hyperbole rules the day. I'm just not jumping on the Carr to the rescue bandwagon.
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Carr is a 39-55 QB with not a single playoff start to his credit. He is Jacoby Brissett, and every other .500ish (sub) QB who shows flashes, and then disappoints. He's had the likes of Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree, Jared Cook, Waller, Jacobs, Lynch, and Murray as weapons. The Raiders, albeit temporarily, made him the highest paid QB when his current deal was signed. He's had a lot of support and a lot of talent on those rosters for them to be as bad as they've been. His fault? Of course not. But he's a part of exactly the same problem in Oakland as JB is here. This discussion is akin to shuffling chairs on the Titanic.
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Anthony Gordon, Washington St., I take it is who everyone means??? One year - those kinds of players scare me. And that doesn't even get into the Leach offense and the time it would take to convert him to a pro-style offense... Leach QBs crank out video game numbers all the time. I don't think any has done a thing in the NFL. Minshew and Couch might be the high water marks.
I think Eason, Fromm, Love will be the possibilities at 34, maybe 44 too. I don't think the Colts go QB at 13. I believe there will be a DL or WR or LT who sits there and has to be taken.
There is something about Fromm's story that reminds me of Peyton Manning at Tennessee. I'm not comparing the two. I'm comparing the journey. I'm saying had it not been for Alabama Fromm might have a title or two, and how does that change the narrative? Had it not been for Florida, Manning might have...
Anyway, 35-7 in 42 college games. Competed every year for a SEC title, albeit not in draw-dropping fashion or with crazy stats. Leader on rosters full of NFL talent. The stage won't be too big for him. Based on what the Colts do, how they're built, I think Fromm could start from day one and not be any worse than JB, would execute the play action pass game better, and has a ton more upside. I feel the same about Eason. I'm not on the Love, Newman, Hurts, Mond, Montez train. Yet.
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I think this D is making progress. 7th against the run, 16th in total defense, 18th in points allowed, 15th in sacks, 26 takeaways for 10th place... And this is without a blue chip player at interior DL, edge, CB or S... I'd suggest that this D is actually playing above it's talent level more often than not. Plenty of room for improvement no question. They couldn't get off the field on third down (27th), and the pass D needs to improve (23rd) which we all know has to be done with better pressure, changing coverage every now and then, and improved talent. But middle of the road stats, middle of the road record, when paired with this offense. That formula won't work. I'd love to see a true disruptive interior DL be sitting there at 13.
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What’s most troublesome to me is the Colts will wrap up 2019 as a top 5 rushing team in the NFL, and rank in the top half in those stats that tend to indicate a winning team - third down conversions, turnover differential, points allowed... its when you see that they’ll finish ranked 27th or 28th in passing yards that the truth hits you between the eyes. This team as built isn’t too far away. A road playoff win last year. One major thing changed. The most important thing. And when you can run the ball as well as the Colts do, to not be any threat through the air is abysmal.
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Abram is one dimensional and the exact opposite of the kind of athlete Ballard has drafted. I'd bet half the members of this board have better ball skills. Ok, maybe a third. Point is, Abram is lost in coverage and can't catch a cold. He is a heat-seeking missile. But that's it. He's my prediction to be the first draftee to the IR.
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Living in Mississippi and watching about as much state-wide football as life allows, Ole Miss and Mississippi State had loaded rosters. That's about to change, as coaching changes are going to put recruiting classes back into the 20s or 30s nationally. But the last several years brought (or bought...) both rosters incredible talent. Top 10 talent. We've all seen hits and misses both on the college level, and the pro level, but that's how it is everywhere, not just here. It doesn't shock me at all that numerous players from both of those schools got drafted or signed or invited to camp.
As to State specifically, that defense last year was incredible. #1 in yards allowed per game, #2 in points allowed.
Sweat had a reputation of being a primadonna, didn't take to coaching well. Michigan St dismissed him, two games into his time there. This isn't new news. The whole health thing might have tipped scales, but his history of being self-involved and not being coachable is why he drifted down the draft. Right or wrong, we'll find out. But 25 teams all decided for whatever reason he wasn't the right fit. That should tell us all something.
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Beer shot out of my nose. That was AWESOME!!!!! Still got that swag....
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1 hour ago, NewColtsFan said:
It was misdiagnosed according to some other doctors.
But you saw how he fell all the way to 26. Perhaps not every doctor is in agreement with this?
Ballard liked the kid. (What's not to like?) But I don't think he had a choice. I think Irsay and the team doctors had the final vote.
Don't mean to interject myself into your conversation, but the other factor mentioned by more than one source is Sweat has issues reacting to some styles of coaching. Mortensen said it last night - that Sweat's coaches even cautioned 'you can't yell at this guy'. So I think there were issues besides the medical. I think there were serious concerns about his ability to be coached up, or maybe his maturity, or sensitivity, or whatever you'd call that.
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Round 1 - #26
A - Dexter Lawrence DT Clemson
B – Christian Wilkins DT Clemson
C - Byron Murphy CB Washington
Round 2a - #34
A – AJ Brown WR Ole Miss
B – N’Keal Harry WR Arizona St
C – Jerry Tillery DT Notre Dame
Round 2b - #59
A – Johnathan Abram S Mississippi St
B – Darnell Savage S Maryland
C – Deionte Thompson S Alabama
Round 3 - #89
A – Kris Boyd CB Texas
B – Terrill Hanks ILB New Mexico St
C – Tytus Howard OL Alabama St
Round 4a - #129
A – Antoine Wesley WR Texas Tech
B – Max Scharping OL N. Illinois
Round 4b - #135
A – Jamel Dean CB Auburn
B – Daylon Mack DL Texas A&M
Round 5 - #164
A – Donnell Greene OL Minnesota
B – Evan Worthington S Colorado
Round 6 - #199
A – Byron Cowart DE Maryland
B – Porter Gustin OLB USC
Round 7 - #240
A – Chidi Okeke OL Tennessee St
B – Dakota Allen LB Texas Tech
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On 2/23/2019 at 11:30 AM, MikeCurtis said:
There was an "all world" WR that looked like that named David Boston
EVERYONE fell in love with the muscles
The guy was not flexible........ did almost nothing in the NFL
Do you remember Laron Landry? A "musclehead" that kept getting bigger......
good for the mirrors for a self indulged person .... not so much for football
No disagreement from me on your examples of “body like Tarzan” but “game like Jane” from the past. Lots of those guys. And not a single combine participant has played a snap in the NFL so they all could stink. That’s sort of the OP’s point though, at least that’s how I understand the question. Who did we think will be the talk of the combine and move up draft boards? I stick by DK Metcalf. 1.9% body fat at 6’3”, 228 pounds, and put up 27 reps yesterday on the bench. 40 is this morning. He’ll surprise there too with his size.
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DK Metcalf, WR Ole Miss. He is huge, chissled, and will crush the combine. I think he ends up going top 10. He's on the right. That's AJ Brown on the left, who I'd love to see the Colts get at 26 or at the top of the second round. I think he'd be a perfect complement to TY.
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Two things can be equally true. First, the Colts do have some parts of a foundation and show signs, albeit infrequently, to be optimistic. However, today was after 10 days to prepare for an opponent and to say they were ready, focused, or even As talented physically as the Jets would be ridiculous. I think "it's" more than a season away. But I remain optimistic because there are a few parts there, including the most important, the QB. But games like today are brutal reminders how far away they really are.
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They were down 18 at home to a team that hadn’t won in 11 months. A tie isn’t a loss. A tie was the play. And for a team that young maybe coming back to tie is a building block. Now it’s just a list of what went wrong. Oh and what we all already knew - it’s Luck and little else.
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Manning, Unitas, Jones, and Luck. And in that order, for now, I think. Oh, and a 'best supporting' to Earl Morrall, who went 22-3-1 as a Colts QB, and was the guy who held down the fort during Super Bowl V for that first title for the franchise.
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They sure as heck won't give up 56 sacks... I'll say this - the team will get more sacks then they allow.
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Congrats ThatGuy!
It is crazy how nobody got more than two names!
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Hines will. I am married to an Ole Miss grad, go to a couple games a season, watch nearly all their games, and I like Wilkins, but he is limited. He won't challenge Mack for carries, and he isn't as dynamic as Hines, which sort of puts him in no-man's-land as far as I'm concerned. I really like him, he was the best RB Ole Miss had by miles in a pass-happy spread offense. If he makes the team I see him spelling Mack, so a two or three carry a game kinda player, and special teams. I bet Hines has that many plays scripted for him a week, like Sproles did/does. You want 4.38 with the ball in space. Good things happen. Wilkins will have a fight on his hands separating himself from Ferguson and trying to catch Mack. He's in that mold. So it's Ferguson he has to beat out. He's not a thumper like Turbin, Jones, or Michael, and he's not a sprinter/take it to the house threat really.
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Hotty Toddy!
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Year 25! Dr. T's Annual Colt's Draft Contest for 2024
in NFL Draft, Scouting, and Free Agent Talk
Posted
BONUS: Will the Colts trade the #15 pick this year?
Yes, they will trade back.
Round 1 - #15
A – Cooper DeJean CB Iowa
B – Johnny Newton DT Illinois
C – Brock Bowers TE Georgia
Round 2 - #46
A – Ricky Pearsall WR Florida
B – Darius Robinson DL Missouri
C – Kris Jenkins DL Michigan
Round 3 - #82
A – Marshawn Kneeland Edge Western Michigan
B – Javon Bullard S Georgia
C – Roman Wilson WR Michigan
Round 4 - #117
A – Cooper Beebe G Kansas St
B - Javontae Jean-Baptiste Edge Notre Dame
C - Luke McCaffery WR Rice
Round 5 - #151
A – Kristian Boyd DT Northern Iowa
B – Isaac Guerendo RB Louisville
C – Trey Taylor S Air Force
Round 6 - #191
A - Caeden Wallace OT Penn State
B - Deantre Prince CB Ole Miss
C - Decamerion Richardson CB Mississippi State
Round 7 - #234
A - Mark Perry S TCU
B – Curtis Jacobs LB Penn State
C – Tanner McLachlan TE Arizona