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He is why I am a Colts fan to this day...LOVED the Ruston Rifle, had the old Sports Illustrated poster on my door as a kid.

If you count Baltimore days then Karl Douglas was drafted in 3rd round to succeed Johnny U in 1971 (3rd round) lasted 1 season and was cut......ended up in CFL and later USFL.....not often a 3rd round is cut in 1 year with no snaps. Luckily club drafted Bert Jones soon after

Elway

Pagel was drafted to be a back up though and beat out Art (8-1 odds that would happen...lol) who was 1st round pick. I liked Mike he was not good but did give his all and spent time in the film room...

Sometimes but depends on many factors...interim coach trying to secure a gig. QB trying to prove he belongs in the league, does team actually have young talent or not ? Panthers playing well and mark many boxes...Jets not so much.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarrJo00.htm I thought Joey was going to be goo, ,can add him to this list and Rick Mirer too https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MireRi00.htm

When you are drafted high like Smith and Leaf you wreck a franchise for years...Painter and Simien and Peteramn dont cost you much ...accept PRIDE.....theres always that....as many warts at Minshew has for a #2 we are very fortunate really.

But it gets worse...https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MusiJi20.htm 40 passes with 15 ints.....and no td's.......mind boggling

Now if you said Nathan Peterman was worse then Painter I have your back...lol https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeteNa00.htm

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PainCu00.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SiemTr00.htm In what world is Painter even close to Trevor ? Certainly not this version of Earth maybe an alternate reality...lol...

Hoping the Houston Oilers upset the Houston Texans this week,would be a nice gift to us.

Wr logjam has been around for years,Wayne was better then Holt but Holt been waiting longer so.

Good too see Smith back to Full, getting him and Pittman back for this game should make a huge difference.

Maybe we should beef him up and move him to TE ?

100% correct, pure water weight

I lost 12 lbs in 8 hours (130 to 118 for college wrestling) but thats a story for a different time...lol Denbow is an option

Yeah think the extra 20 lbs could be an issue sliding back there...but he has looked good at LB

We kinda know what Thomas has, Denbow is an unknown...not sure what is the right way to go with season on the line but think they stay with Thomas out of the gate. Henry Black was just brought back BUT he was cut for a reason......no word on Marcel Dabo our International player

Thing that concerns me honestly is how many time he has his hands on the ball but fails to bring it in, doesnt matter who is throwing it in that situation he has not brought it in like I had hoped he would by now. Hope it improves but think we need to bring in serious competition for the spot.

I think as he continue to get healthy will be the Leonard of old, now is big money for a LB the way to go in today's NFL ? Likely no, need big money at Edge spot and shut down corner instead. Its been said many times our team has / had big money at position not as vital. Leonard gone helps that in future BUT sure hope big money isnt pumped into Franklin's contract that would put us back in the same boat.

Agreed Cross should be fine his PFF score is 88.3,problem is Thomas is now almost forced to stay on the field and is grading 57.7 (Blackmon is at 68.3). Doubt we can move Harrison back there now as we packed 20 lbs on his frame for Lineback work so speed for Safety would be off...maybe Trevor Denbow

Ronnie Harrison was drafted in the 3rd round (Pick 93) though was drafted as Safety and we converted him to a Linebacker and though limited snaps has produced 2 turnovers including a td. I think Speed is improving and could be a solid player but also not sold on Franklin as a high priced savior in the middle.

The one thing that has confused me is we have Darren Hall on p.s. and have all season, he started 9 games for Atlanta last season and posted a PFF score of 65.5 (It was his second year in the league). Originally a 4th round draft pick, has size at 6'0 and speed (4.46) but for some reason has never been brought up or considered. Not sure if an unreported injury but I would think a vet presence with success in the league could help the young secondary. Head scratcher.

And Beathard took some hard shots yesterday and unfortunately their 3rd QB Nathan Rourke (CFL star ) was just claimed off their Practice Squad by the Pats so now you are looking at recently signed EJ Perry who was released back in March and has never thrown an NFL pass.....this could get ugly fast

You mean the Panthers who just beat the Falcons, Jags arent winning without Lawrence or even with a banged up lawrence....Carolina taking the W