Okay, next up the draft

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19 hours ago, tsylvester said:

I like him, would love to have him on the Ravens

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/florida-pro-day-desmond-watson-2404470ed9c680df0a0ccc0a8db33368

I just saw the vid of him.  I’ll pass.  I’ve seen that show with Ozzie’s fat F project.

[oldno82]

Yeah it's true we have been down that road before with bad results.

[tsylvester]

He is no Sam Adams, but is a by all accounts a great kid

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I’m cool with an Adams.  I don’t want a Cody.

[tsylvester]

Oh he is no Cody, he works out, works hard, just loves to eat

[oldno82]

3 hours ago, tsylvester said:

Oh he is no Cody, he works out, works hard, just loves to eat

I just don't know about this guy. Cody still stings. Any tape on this guy that's available to see? 

[tsylvester]

A short clip

https://youtu.be/ELrmyMRHHAE

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Cody showed flashes too.

[oldno82]

Well, I honestly don't know. It looks like if he can get his hands on you, you're dead, but is he capable of collapsing the pocket with the quicker and big NFL O-linemen?

[tsylvester]

9 hours ago, papasmurfbell said:

Cody showed flashes too.

He had no work ethic, no drive, Watson does.

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Does this dude?  How do you know until he gets here?  I know he lacks discipline enough to not have a black hole event horizon at his mouth.

[tsylvester]

Hey, I'm not saying take him in the 1st 3 rounds, but 4th? Yeppers.

[oldno82]

I could see us taking him as a day3 pick but I would hope they investigate his work ethic heavlly.

[tsylvester]

Yeah, we dont need any Terrance Cody, Dan Cody, Sergio Kindle busts this draft

[oldno82]

What about a kicker? Do we draft one or gamble that Tucker plays or that we can pick up one as an unsigned rookie after the draft? I know a lot depends on the outcome of the NFL investigation but that seems to be taking on a life of its own.

[tsylvester]

There are a few kickers in the draft, i would guess that they will do both; draft one and sign an undrafted. Then if Tucker is sent packing they bring in a vet to compete.

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Tucker will never kick here again.

[oldno82]

A shame about Tucker but he brought in on himself.

I agree they should draft one and sign an undrafted free agent. Only if it looks like we couldn't get a young guy we wanted would I want them to go for an existing or former NFL kicker.

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Thinking about it I think he is cut right after the draft before the ota.  They will say we have our new kicker.

[oldno82]

I don't know---don't they get a lesser cap hit if it is after June 1?

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You can designate the cut to after June 1 and still have it take place immediately.

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Like this.
 

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They reworked his contract in January to facilitate his release, a move that gave them $9.9 million in cap space immediately. Now that they've officially released him, and reportedly designated him as a post-June 1 cut, they gain another $2.1 million in cap savings.

 

[oldno82]

I gotta tell ya, the cap rules are just freaking crazy!

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I think the designation was done to allow a player to get a chance to latch on before the last min.  They can sign elsewhere while the team still gets to save money.