Competition!

This is what Ballard has been preaching all along. Just keep acquiring good players and let them battle for starting spots and roster spots.

Good problem to have

Zak Keefer‏Verified account @zkeefer

Colts owner Jim Irsay, as per tradition, has stopped by the media room during the Saturday of the draft. "We have something special going with a lot of young guys .... minus (Adam) ... and we're adding to that."

:cool:

Guy has an RAS of 9.2. That is freakishly high. He fits his namesake. Seems he is looking for the best athletes he can find. His 10 yard, 20 yard, and 3 cone are all elite at 6'4. If you want speed in your LB, that is exactly where you want him to have it.

https://twitter.com/MathBomb/status/...15023231815686


https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...13390083076101


I think Ballard's method is just choose the guys with coolest names.

Available from my board: :cool:

Kelvin Harmon WR NC State
Emanuel Hall WR Missouri
Rodney Anderson RB Oklahoma
Anthony Johnson WR Buffalo
David Sills WR West Virginia
Elijah Holyfield RB Georgia
Beau Benzschawel OG WISC

Gerald Willis DT Miami
Isaiah Buggs DT Alabama
Te'von Coney LB Notre Dame
Terrill Hanks EDGE New Mexico State
Jalen Jelks EDGE Oregon
Tre Lamar LB Clemson
Kris Boyd CB Texas
Saivion Smith CB Alabama
Daniel Wise DT Kansas
Jordan Brailford EDGE Oklahoma State
Terry Beckner DT Missouri
Carl Granderson EDGE Wyoming
T.J. Edwards LB Wisconsin

I've never looked into RAS until just now. Looking up several other picks who were compiled by that guy you linked shows that it looks like a fancy stat that doesn't really say much about whether or not they are a football player but its more of a number saying how likely it is that someone could've competed in the Olympics. First round picks sometimes are in the 5-6 RAS range, fifth rounders can have a 9.5 RAS. :rolleyes:

If there are 2 things that Ballard seems to value in his picks is that RAS score and he's always mentioning how guys played and practiced at the senior bowl.

As a side note, Gerald Willis had a terrible RAS score. I wonder if he's even on Ballard's board?

Joel A. Erickson‏Verified account @JoelAErickson

Irsay says Quenton Nelson wants the number of every player drafted so he can call them and tell them "what it means to wear the horseshoe"

:cool:

There's your leadership

His first name is Elbert.

Also to tell them to walk the straight and narrow or he will kick their ass. Love Q.

With the No. 199 pick, the Colts select Mississippi St. LB/DE Gerri Green :cool:

That's 9 picks so far, and 8 of them on defense.

Damn he is awesome. A bad ass that expects the same out of everyone. This is going to be a special team for years.

The defense needed an infusion of talent.

Training camp should be interesting.

Anyone else like Paul Adams out of Missouri at Rd7?

There will be some interesting UFAs as well.

This should be the time to grab a LT to be the heir to Castonzo

Kelvin Harmon to Redskins :cool:

Just my opinion, but I doubt the heir apparent to any starting left tackle job is still there in 7th round. But I could be wrong. :cool:

Agree 100%

Well I am sorry it doesn't meet your exacting standards for a do it all stat. Its simply a compilation of their athletic scores from combine and pro day testing. There is nothing added in, or some proprietary stuff like PFF that you can't look at. It is simply an average of their testing, that is all. No it says nothing about their ability to play football. You look at their tape and stats from games to find that out.

As for your quick dismissal b/c some first rounders have 5-6 RAS (who exactly?). Considering you just looked into it just now, you might want to dig a little further. There might be exceptions to the rule, but most pro-bowl players test out very high on the RAS. And sure there are guys that are high and don't have success, but there are a lot more guys who have success and test out high than there are guys who test low and do have success. At the end of the day it is a tool in the evaluation, not the end all, but then again I never presented it as such.

For those who mentioned I was high on Omenihu, you may have noticed I stopped talking about him after the combine. He was a Day 3 pick at a 4.9 40. Before the combine, several media outlets had him going round 1, not so much after.

No thanks to the suggestion to dig further into it. It's a nerd stat that says what I would already know if I just looked at their combine numbers, but it's nice that it makes you feel well-educated on a given draft pick. As for who...just look at that guy's feed on the tweet you linked. He posted random RAS "reports" over the past few hours.

Hang on........, no I wasn't worried about it. It's not like people think you know what you are talking about.

Practice squad guy with potential. Nothing wrong with that.

Ok, whatever dude. You sound like an asshole.

Apparently the Colts just made a trade to get another pick in the 7th

The Colts traded DT Hassan Ridgeway to the @Eagles in exchange for the 246th overall pick.


https://twitter.com/Colts/status/112...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Traded Ridgeway

Makes sense. He probably wasn’t going to make the final roster.

Ridgeway didn't play much this last year, Philly wanted him, so it's better than cutting him.

And they take a OT!!!!!!!!

Nailed it!

Barton from Utah.

The Colts select OT Jackson Barton from Utah with the 240th pick.

And who did they take!!!!

Depth, it is pretty unlikely a7th and OT becomes a long-term starter at LT

We’re apparently picking again, we traded Hassan Ridgeway to the Eagles for #246 overall.

Future All-Pro I guess LOL :rolleyes:

You mean hall of fame
-pat Mcafree

I think you need a drink or three :cool:

Javon Patterson. Center. Ole Miss is the final pick at #246 overall.

HOTTY TODDY!