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  1. 12 minutes ago, lollygagger8 said:

     

    If they stick to that logic: 

     

    Tyler Owens

    SAF

    Texas Tech

    12’2”

     

    The broad jump record of 12 feet and three inches belongs to former Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones, who set the mark in 2015. Jones went on to be a first-round pick and it’s likely in part due to the explosive athleticism he showcased in this very drill. 

     

    He almost tied the record for longest broad jump 

    Yeah, his athleticism is from another planet.

     

     

    To bad he doesn't believe in it(anything outside of the Earth). That media availability at the combine, didn't help his draft stock.

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  2. Made it to NFL

     

    Players Coach has coached:

    2002 Eastern Illinois (DL + LB coach) - none notable on quick search. This team did have Tony Romo though.

     

    2003-2005 Pittsburgh(DE coach) - 

    Claude Harriott 5th round pick - 2004 draft

     

    2006 Pittsburgh(DL coach + SPT coordinator)

    John Malecki went on to play in the NFL

     

    2007 Pittsburgh(LB coach + SPT coordinator)- 

    Scott McKillop - 5th round pick 2009 draft

     

    2008-2010 Wisconsin(DL coach+ SPT coordinator)-

    2008:

    Matt Schaughnessy 3rd round pick - 2009 draft

    Brad Nortman - Punter(FR) - went to NFL

    (3) LBers went to the league I'm sure he coached on SPT (Levy, Schofield, Castillas) and CB Chris Maragos

    2009:

    O'Brien Schofield(moved to DE) 4th round pick 2010 draft

    JJ Watt(SO)

    Brad Nortman - Punter(SO) - went to NFL

    2010:

    JJ Watt(JR) 1st round pick 2011 draft

    Beau Allen(FR)

    Ethan Hemer(FR)

    Brad Nortman - Punter(JR)

    (5) Other guys went to NFL from this team I'm sure was coach on SPT. *Listed below 

     

    2011-2012 Wisconsin(DL coach, Ast HC, Co-Def coordinator)-

    2011:

    Beau Allen(SO) 7th round pick 2014 draft

    Ethan Hemer(SO)

    *Chris Borland(SO)

    *Mike Taylor(JR)

    *Marcus Cromartie(JR)

    *Dezmen Southward(JR)

    *Shelton Johnson(JR)

    Brad Nortman 6th round pick 2012 draft

    2012:

    Beau Allen(JR)

    Ethan Hemer(JR)

    *Chris Borland(JR)

    *Mike Taylor(SR)

    *Marcus Cromartie(SR)

    *Dezmen Southward(SR)

    *Shelton Johnson(SR)

    Derek Watt(FR)(LB) went pro as FB.

     

    2013 Arkansas(DL coach + Ast HC)-

    Trey Flowers(JR) 4th round pick 2015 draft

    Darius Philon(JR) 6th round pick 2015 draft

    Chris Smith(SR) 5th round pick 2014 draft

    Robert Thomas(SR)

    Deatrich Wise Jr.(RS FR) 4th round pick 2017 draft

     

    2014-2016 FAU(HC)-

    2014:

    Trey Hendrickson(SO) 3rd round pick 2017 draft 

    D'joun Smith 3rd round pick 2015 draft

    Greg Joseph - Kicker

    (5) other players from this team went on to the NFL

    2015:

    Trey Hendrickson(JR)

    Azeez Al-Shaair(FR)

    Greg Joseph(JR) - Kicker

    (5) other players from this team went to NFL

    2016:

    Trey Hendrickson(SR)

    Azeez Al-Shaair(SO)

    Greg Joseph(SR)

    (6) other players from this team went to NFL 

     

    2017 Pittsburgh(DL coach)-

    Patrick Jones III(FR) 3rd round pick 2021 draft

    Rashad Weaver(FR) 4th round pick 2021 draft 

     

    2018-2023 Pittsburgh (DL Coach + Co-Def coordinator)-

    2018:

    Patrick Jones III(SO)

    Rashad Weaver(SO)

    Damar Hamlin(JR) 6th round pick 2021 draft

    Dane Jackson(JR) 7th round pick 2020 draft

    Damarri Mathis(SO) 4th round 2022 draft

    Jason Pinnock(SO) 5th round pick 2021 draft

    2019:

    Patrick Jones III(JR)

    Rashad Weaver(JR)

    Damar Hamlin(SR) 

    Dane Jackson(SR) 

    Damarri Mathis(JR) 

    Jason Pinnock(JR) 

    2020:

    Patrick Jones III(SR)

    Rashad Weaver(SR+)

    Damar Hamlin(SR) 

    Damarri Mathis(SR) 

    Jason Pinnock(SR) 

    Calijah Kancey(FR)

    2021:

    Damarri Mathis(SR+)

    Calijah Kancey(SO)

    2022:

    Calijah Kancey(JR) 1st round pick 2023 draft

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Alright there we have it. To clean it up a bit I will just post the DL players that made it to the NFL below:

     

    Claude Harriott 5th round pick - 2004 draft

    John Malecki 

    Matt Schaughnessy 3rd round pick - 2009 draft

    O'Brien Schofield(moved to DE) 4th round pick 2010 draft

    JJ Watt 1st round pick 2011 draft

    Beau Allen 7th round pick 2014 draft

    Ethan Hemer 

    Trey Flowers 4th round pick 2015 draft

    Darius Philon 6th round pick 2015 draft

    Chris Smith 5th round pick 2014 draft

    Robert Thomas

    Deatrich Wise Jr. 4th round pick 2017 draft

    Trey Hendrickson 3rd round pick 2017 draft 

    Patrick Jones III 3rd round pick 2021 draft

    Rashad Weaver 4th round pick 2021 draft 

    Calijah Kancey 1st round pick 2023 draft

     

     

    Sorry for the long post.

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  3. Great interview.

     

     

    Now I want to go through his career and see what players he coached in college.

     

    They need a few, but you know there are a lot more.

     

    JJ Watt

    Trey Hendrickson

    Clancey

     

     

    Going to have to find some time to look at that.

     

     

    Liked hearing him talk about Raekwon as well.

     

    Seems really high on Grover.

  4. 9 minutes ago, stitches said:

     

    Is it possible the Chargers go for an OT at 5? Or even better - is it possible they are willing to move back? Interesting... 

    Definitely possible, they've been rumored to be a trade up possibility.

     

     

    Seems hard to pass on 1 of those WRs after letting Allen and Williams go this off-season.

     

     

    Side Bar:

     

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, shasta519 said:


    Who reported that IND offered more a week or more ago?
     

    I can’t find mention of it until the Holder article…and other articles just link to Holder’s article. 
     

    I have no doubt they were in on him, but Holder is implying they made him a better offer. That’s what I am skeptical about. 

    It wasn't reported a week ago that it was the Colts that had highest offer.

     

    It was reported that he went back home to the Texans, for less than his highest offer.

     

    Only correlation with the Colts, is, they were rumored at the time to be 1 of the 2/3 teams in on it.

     

    So it was speculation at that point, that the Colts had the highest offer, which I guess it still is, but Holder has to have some Intel to suggest what he did.

     

     

    You would think he would be even more careful, after the Destin debacle.

     

     

    As far as the guaranteed vs AAV discussion.

     

    Hunter was guaranteed $48m by the Texans for 2yrs.

     

    For the Colts to beat that guaranteed money on a longer deal, is tough to do, especially on the hypothetical that was listed 

     

    3yrs $60m - ($20m AAV), we would of had to guarantee $50m of that, to top Texans. With a 3rd year worth only $10m? Sounds good for Colts, but I'm sure that wouldn't fly with Hunter and his agent.

     

     

    That doesn't seem logical. And I know it was just some random numbers.

     

    Could it of been a 3yr $70m($23.3m AAV) deal with $50m guaranteed? Potentially makes a little more sense, than the $60m over 3years.

     

    At least he would still of had $20m for the 3rd year. But even here, that is $23.3m AAV, so if we did that(who knows?), why does it seem unlikely to of had a $25m AAV on the table($1.7m AAV), which was $500,000 a year more than Texans offer. 

     

     

     

    And I guess technically, $500,000 more a year is more, when $373,625 comes out in State tax.

     

    Leaves Colts offer about $250k more than the Texans.

     

     

     

    Who knows? I just posted the article because it seems to confirm we were in the battle for him. Definitely didn't do it to go back and forth about State taxes/going home/ what more $$ meant. Lol

  6. I don't even know where talk of a narrative is even coming from?

     

     

    Everyone has already seen the reports that he took less to go home, a week or more ago.

     

     

    I'm not disputing that in the slightest, I was just posting the article that states the Colts offered him more money, which essentially confirmed that we were actually in on him. Was sole purpose of the post, to show we were actually in on him. 

     

     

    No narrative in the slightest. Not saying he went to Texans because of no state tax, not saying he didn't want to go home.

     

     

    The state tax talk, was just about how, even if we offered more money, it doesn't mean much, because it would of been closer to the same number with some additional taxes taken out if we had slightly higher AAV.

     

     

     

    Home games, if he signed with Colts would only of cost him around $747,250 over 2 years (17 home games x $43,956 per game(3.05% Indiana state tax)

     

     

    That's not that much of a difference($373,625 a year), didn't even matter because he wanted to go home.  Still nothing to brush aside though. 

     

    Didn't matter here, because he wanted to go home.

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  7. 9 minutes ago, Superman said:

     

    "More money" could mean three years, $60m. I honestly doubt Ballard was offering better than $25m/year. 

    That's not how I perceived this.

     

    From the moment it was announced he took less money to go back to Houston. It seemed to lead to him taking less AAV.

     

    $25m was probably the number, doubt he went any higher than that myself.

     

    11/17 games with no state tax for the Texans.

     

    2yr $49m vs 3yr $60m isn't close at all, and definitely shouldn't be perceived as more money.

     

    $48m/$49m was guaranteed, he would of been signing up for a 3rd year at $11m if it was 3yr $60m.

     

    I don't think that you think that was the case either.

     

  8. https://coltswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/26/colts-free-agency-danielle-hunter-texans-offered-more-money/

     

     

    "Though Ballard didn’t admit it, ESPN’s Stephen Holder reported the Colts offered more money to defensive end Danielle Hunter before he signed a two-year, $49 million (with $48 million guaranteed) with the Houston Texans."

     

     

    If money was close I'm sure he makes more in Houston than he would've with Colts with No state tax in Texas.

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  9. 8 hours ago, Myles said:

    Beauty is very important for a woman's marketability.  Maybe Caitlin can break that, but I'm not sure many companies will be willing to shell out huge contracts to an average looking girl.  However, she can still rake it in by taking lots of OK contracts.  

    She made more NIL money than any college basketball player (men or women) in the tourney this year. Only Bronny James has a higher NIL this year.

     

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-basketball/article-13228255/amp/March-Madness-earners-NIL-deals-college-basketball-stars-MILLIONAIRES-Angel-Reese-Caitlin-Clark-Jared-McCain-leading-way-tops-charts.html

     

    "1. Caitlin Clark - $3.1million

    Topping the list of the highest earners at March Madness is the biggest name in college basketball this year: Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark.

     

    Clark broke every point scoring record that the NCAA threw at her this season - passing even the great Pete Maravich to become college basketball's all-time scoring leader.

     

    She's been scoring off the court as well - with an NIL portfolio estimated by On3 to be worth $3.1million.

     

    Clark's the face of Gatorade, State Farm, Buick, Nike, and so many more as the National Player of the Year leaves the college game to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever"

     

     

    She isn't going to have a problem with endorsements, already is business with some of the bigger names.

     

     

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  10. 6 hours ago, Superman said:

     

    Strong disagree.

     

    DT: Buckner, Stewart, Davis

    DE: Paye, Dayo, Lewis, Ebukam

     

    Those seven are the only DL that I would say are definitely going to be on the roster on opening day. Paye and Dayo are going into their contract year. If you don't see how there's room for more DL -- particularly a potential game wrecking pass rusher -- then I don't know what to tell you.

    Glad you mentioned this. I've been wanting to really look and see how many roster spots are locked in(pending injuries) and how many actual top 53 spots are available for draft picks and remaining FA signings.

     

    Locks 

     

    2024 Roster:(under contract)(75)

    Offense:(37)

    QB:(3) Anthony Richardson, Joe Flacco, Sam Ehlinger

    RB:(5) Johnathan Taylor, Evan Hull, Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson, Zavier Scott

    WR:(9) Michael Pittman, Alex Pierce, Josh Downs, Ashton Dulin, DJ Montgomery, Juwann Winfree, Tyrie Cleveland, Ethan Fernea, Terrell Bynum

    TE:(7) Mo Alie-Cox, Andrew Ogletree, Jelani Woods, Kylen Granson, Will Mallory, Jordan Murray, Eric Tomlinson

    OT:(4) Bernard Raimann, Braden Smith, Blake Freeland, Jake Witt

    OG:(5) Quentin Nelson, Will Fries, Josh Sills, Arlington Hambright, Lewis Kidd

    OC:(4) Ryan Kelly, Danny Pinter, Wesley French, Jack Anderson 

     

    Defense:(35)

    DE:(7) Samson Ebukam, Kwity Paye, Dayo Odeyingbo, Tyquan Lewis, Titus Leo, Isaiah Land, Genard Avery 

    DT:(6) Deforest Buckner, Grover Stewart, Raekwon Davis, Adetomiwa Adebawore, Taven Bryan, Eric Johnson

    LB:(8) EJ Speed, Zaire Franklin, Ronnie Harrison, Grant Stuard, Cameron McGrone, Segun Olubi, Liam Anderson, Austin Ajiake

    CB:(7) Dallis Flowers, JuJu Brents, Kenny Moore, Jaylon Jones, Ameer Speed, Chris Lammons, Darrell Baker Jr

    S:(7) Rodney Thomas, Nick Cross, Daniel Scott, Trevor Denbow, Marcel Dabo, Kendell Brooks, Michael Tutsie

     

    SPT:(3)

    K: Matt Gay

    P: Rigoberto Sanchez 

    LS: Luke Rhodes 

     

     

     

     

    So I have (42) locks there.

     

    Leaves 11 spots for draft picks/remaining FAs and for the other 33 players currently on the roster.

     

    Maybe not that confident with Stuard lock.

     

     

    What does everyone's locks look like?

  11. On 12/24/2023 at 11:09 AM, w87r said:

    2024 Cap Space:

    Spotrac - $18,759,348(75(1) players shown under contract) **estimate $18.5m

    OtC - $18,182,296(75(1) players shown under contract) **estimate $17.9m

    Joe Flacco's numbers have came in $5m cap hit($4.015m top 51)

     

     

    Both sites still need to update Taven Bryan's numbers.(What the 1 in the () means)

     

    For my estimate above, I have him at about $1.25m.

     

     

    So anything higher than that will reduce the estimated Cap space above 

  12. 6 hours ago, Superman said:

     

    I like this, but I really like BTJ and I feel like it's more likely he's gone by #15 than that he lasts to #27.

     

    Just watched some of Theo Johnson a couple days ago. He's a good blocker, obviously his measurements are excellent, but I don't really see it on his game tape.

    Yeah I just took him because he was there, Mitchell, Franklin, Mcconkey, Worthy and more were all sitting there as well.

     

     

    I don't think BTJ goes before #15, but probably by #27?

  13. 4 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:

    At this point you’re not getting any kind of FS for that cheap. This has been Ballards worse off season to date. Probably another rookie corner and FS. We have no clue who is going to be our strong FS. It’s just all bad. Thomas should not be the starter at FS.

    It was just an example.

     

    I'm done explaining it.

     

     

    This isn't the negative thread, take that stuff over there 

     

     

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  14. 36 minutes ago, NFLfan said:

     

    Wow! That is good. I'm surprised she did not play for UConn and Gino Auriemma.

    She led the country in points and assist this year, last time that happened was Tre Young at Oklahoma, never in women's college basketball.

     

    Averaged 31.8pts, 8.9asts, 7.3rebs

     

    https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark

     

    Hits 3ptrs well beyond NBA range.

     

     

    She might be the most complete women's basketball player ever. Does it all.

     

    15 career triple doubles in college

     

     

    Speaking of UCONN they do have a girl from my hometown who took us to state title couple years ago. Ashlynn Shade.

     

    https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5174493/ashlynn-shade

     

     

    Getting major minutes as a freshman for Gene.

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