Ivory Panther

With Tremble surging, I think Ian Thomas is expendable. I'm hoping coaches are playing him to get his value up so we can trade him.

It would be nice to get something for him...

I'm thinking package him & pick(s) or another player for Detroit's LT currently sitting on the side lines for example. 

1 hour ago, NJPanthers89 said:

This kid isn’t some scrub from all accounts, Rappport reported that a few teams have checked in on him with the Giants, and Joe Judge gave him very high praise saying he deserves to be one of the 32 kickers in the game.  Judge wouldn’t go out on a limb like that for some scrub..I live in NJ I see plenty of Giants chatter..Give the kid a chance you may be surprised and shocked at how cheap we got him. 

I've heard good things about him before the trade...But as far as Judge's comments, that is exactly what he is supposed to say if he wants to get value out of someone he needs to cut. And looks like it worked for them.

The extension is DJ and the trade piece is Robby I'm pretty sure.

this one game got me really excited about Hoskins. He even lined up at edge and bullrushed a guy into the QB lap. if this continues, we may have the steal of the draft. And that's saying a lot with all of the rookies we have. 

14 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Roy makes it, Nixon or Hoskins goes to the PS.  Possibly in a surprise move we let Reid or Jones go and we keep both.

We will see... it's only 1 game after all, but based off that one game, Braviyion was really really bad. He got pushed around all game opening up huge lanes. Couldn't beat any 1o1 at all (I watched every snap). His arms are really short (now I understand the criticism about short arms) which made it really easy to block him.

if this continues and the other 2 play well, he will not make the team unless favoritism which would be pretty bad for the team.

2 minutes ago, Ace420 said:

Big snack and Nixon are DTs though aren't they? Unless christian Miller gained 50pounds he is still a DE/OLB pass rushing specialist isn't he?

Not being a smarty pants, I'm just wondering if I am wrong because I guess Miller could gain 40+ pounds of muscle since he last played in 2019. I haven't heard anything about him this year.

Miller is super raw. He had no rush plan for the most part. with the depth we have, I don't see him stick around. 

The surprising thing about Hoskins, he played some DE and was effective with his bullrush. I didn't expect that. It shows how mobile he is for his size, when they put him at DE. Based on the words in camp and his game on Sunday, Miller is not a threat to him.

I think big snack has a good chance to stick around. Heard he was having a good camp & yesterday confirmed it.

I think Bravyion may be in trouble based on yesterday performance. I'll be really interested to see where he ranks after this game in the depth chart. He couldn't get off any blocks with his short arms. I think it may be in the same situation as Troy Pride. They both played a lot last year because of lack of talent on the team, but now with the talent we have, I don't know if they will have a spot anymore.

I may be overreacting since it was literary one pre-season game, so we will see.

I want to point out that Hoskins played early in the 1st quarter & had the same success he had later on in the game. I have watched every defensive snap & he beat his 1o1 consistently and even pushed his double team back. he was both powerful & quick. unless this was a fluke performance, he can be a real steal. I was even surprised, he played on the edge and had a nice bullrush, pushing his man into the QB laps. Very promising 1st game.

Nixon played early and was fairly effective. Nothing flashy, but he wasn't pushed around & got some penetrations.

The big disappointment was Bravyion Roy. He was pushed around on every play. while he was double teamed at the beginning of the game, the colts understood quickly he was no threat and put 1 guy on him while doubling Nixon. They were right. He got consistently handled by 1 man all game long. 

If this continues, I wouldn't be surprised if he is moved to PS. Although he is a Rhule guy, he was a 6th round guy last year on a pretty bad team.