Official 2015 UDFA Thread

[Guiness]

Same article as above post,



So they liked Ripkowski more than him?
(Aaron Ripkowski, Christian Ringo, Kennard Backman)

Have to wonder what some of those 6th and 7th round decisions are based on. There's not much between them and the UDFAs, so I tend to think they pick guys who they feel have the best chance of being drafted by someone else. Which makes Ripkowski an odd pickup, who else was going to take an FB, why not guarantee you can get someone else into camp and bring him in as a UDFA?

[pbmax]

Some of those decisions could be made based on info from those phone conversations. If a player reports he's had other calls, might move him up the list to be drafted rather than UDFA.

[run pMc]

4 fullbacks (including Ripkowski) were drafted. From Crockett's comments it sounds like GB picked Ringo over him.
TT needs to sign a fullback named Tubbs so we can have a Miami Vice backfield.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Give that man a cigar! The mystery player is Ryan Shazier. Could Dantzler be a poor man's Shazier? Hey, I know some of Shazier's numbers dwarf Dantzler's, but Shazier was also a top 20 pick in the draft. That being said, some of the numbers are similar enough to draw some comparison. IF (put that in big red letters) Dantzler can make it through training camp and and make an good impression, and should he be able to make the team and contribute, then you gotta give it up to TT and the scouting dept.

Those numbers aren't really that close to Shazier. In fact, he's a poor man's Jake Ryan. They are almost identical to Ryan--except Ryan tested much better in the short shuttle and a bit better in the 3-cone. And Ryan attained his numbers at the Combine--which tend to be more reliable than Pro Day numbers.