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Or he is one of the reasons we were the worst in the league? It's not the 70s so why not churn the roster in that horrific of a situation? When said player is 29 and absolutely what he is professionally. He played in 10 games and started 4. That is garbage outside of a 90 man roster. Jones was a gunner so he was an ace before the changes, not a good one but Ron had many weaknesses. He was also a disaster when they fugged up and had to play him. I didn't really think he was worth it vs a great returner but we also had ST droughts when he was around and took Ron to get fired to jettison that dead weight. I'm not making excuses for that lot. Most of the guys Evero brought in looked bad. Jewell, Sly, this guy whatever. Brown was one player and a hit when he went down but that shouldn't have exposed how bad the rest were to thay degree. Even by 90 man standards they could do better.

I actually looked at both of those from a Google search. Weird that a starters injury history is that hard to find.

All the dead wood bother me regardless on a team after this many losing seasons. He is 29 and his best days are behind him making great money even as a special teams guy. There is not 1 player in this leuge making poverty wages so I only give a crap about the overpaid and the ones in the way of improvement. The rest just falls into good for them to me. Dude was a part of a historically bad D and is taking a spot at a position where they desperately need people to step up. I'll give Richardson the 'I hope he improves this year' but I just hope Scott gets beat out by a rookie or another 90 man roster signing. He is just another Ian Thomas IMO and it's a bad sign him and Sly were brought back in more than a 90 man roster capacity.

I was looking for Blackmon's injury history and couldn't find thorough details. Looks like he had shoulder surgery in the offseason. Ankle and knee seem to be what kept him out of games. Says he started 16 games in 24 with 100% snaps on D, 15 games in 23 with 95% D snaps and 14 games in 23 with 75% sanps. Good player when on the field but it looks like the Colts were not willing to bet on him again this year. Making him play 100% of the snaps while injured last year and then not brining him back is wild. I wonder what he is asking for in pay.

It's not being mean for the fun of bring mean. Safety is also a giant hole in a D that was as bad as you described. We have 1 safety and I don't think he is very good anyways but that's their jobs to lose and not mine. Seems like a roster spot that needs more chances at hitting on meaningful help that is much needed.

I'm tired of watching dead weight and losers. This team hasn't won much in years. The feel good BS is dead to me at this point. Just calling it what it is.

It's funny because of the 2 he was the much better rated safety in 2024 even hurt. Is this guy JJ Jensen good or is it a spot you stick a Blackmon into who was almost rated at 70 by pff as a safety? A special teams ace should be really good at what they do to carry a roster spot for a non starter with so little value elsewhere.

That's fine just stop calling him a safety tho. He isn't and should never be on the field for the D. That's why I called him a special teamer. He should never be a safety on the D so just stop calling him one. He also shouldn't get a safety spot on the roster. If he can't make it as a ST aces then he shouldn't make the final roster.

Williams is a run stoper and can't cover a dead body. Blackmon was rated as the 30th safety last year but also had lingering injuries. This D is starting to feel like the inverse of the 2019 D.

People keep propping up school tape like it's amazing when projecting the play to the NFL. This is what a school freak looks that dominates school players and will be a 100% stud in the NFL. It's cool that these guys played well in school but show me 1 guy in this draft who is this talented? That is what dominance looks like. We got a shot at some solid football players but damn the hype for these guys needs to go to the level it really is and not where some of yall want it to be.

Classic example of an easier spot they should have tried to improve with someone else. Pure ST player and should never see the field on D. Dude isn't a safety but a special teamer so he shouldn't even count as a safety. Might as well call him a kicker, it would be closer to his actual duties.

Jewell had a 56.5 PFF grade in 2024 which was just higher than Wallace who had a 56 as a rookie. Jewell is a backup level player and should be the depth. The big safety sounds more like TD to me. Emman something? Also a SC player, not that that should matter at all.

Sometimes what you know is enough and just move on. It's not really surprising though. Over the years the people in charge gave plenty of chances to guys who where obviously not it. Those guys aren't even good backups lol so there should have been a roster churn. If they still don't add DL depth regardless of the current roster then it's a good sign this crew isn't it. Some of these guys should get beaten out by a rookie sooner than later if not immediately.

Another guy who shouldn't be back. Hopefully he can't make the final roster.

He needs the kind of season Ickey had in 24 vs 23. Recognition and improvement.

His picks tended to fail but he also picked what people around him wanted and those did well. Hurney solo was a disaster.

Tet isn't Evens. He isn't as big, quick or uses his body size as well as Evans. The route stuff can be learned. The Evans comp looks inaccurate but he isn't a bad player. Would be a whomp whomp for us in the top 10 after last year IMO but he is better than XL and has more upside. Huge meh for me.

It's like last year's first 2 picks in one. Can we get a 5th and 6th year option with that trade?

Slow and unhealthy? Yay

Yup. Nothing but respect on that one.

Brandt had him significantly slower. If he wanted to shut up people then do it at the combine and not your school who will use this process to lure other players. Meh. I like him better than the TE people are hung up on. I'm just tired of the BS and this is all more of it. Quit hiding yourself in pro days if you don't want the skepticism to stick around.

Evero shouldn't even still be here. He ran a historically bad D last year. This year they spent big in free agency and will do the same in the draft for a DC that has good odds of not being around next year. If that does happen then the next DC will have to run the same scheme or just blow it up and do it their way which makes all these people questionable longterm anyways. I hate how this team is run.

I don't feel confident in anyone they like anymore. They have not been doing good in the draft in this era. Also not a great sign they are still leaking info. It's embarrassing and mirrors the lack of success. Any other team and this would be a smokescreen. For us it's likely a lock unless someone else take him first.

A contributer on a 4 year deal after round 3 is golden IMO. It would be great to see the team draft to the strength of a draft. I honestly can't remember when we did last time.

It was absolutely a mistake. It was a weak RB draft vs this one. He was an injured player in that draft and then he got injured again after 9 rushing attempts. That's not bad luck but bad betting. They also had Chubba and Sanders which is already showing that they were cool with burning 1 year minimum on a injured player so he was never really going to help with the QB play until deep into the year at best (maybe they should have sat him the entire year?). There was meaningful talent at positions that are still position of needs they could have taken with that pick. It was a bad bet and a bad pick. He has 2 years out of 4 left to change that but then he has to stay healthy enough to play which is something he is 0 for 2 on currently.