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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by ChrisXVI Pipkin went somewhere else. Here's the list: The Sports Daily > The Saints Nation SAINTS 2017 UNDRAFTED ROOKIE FREE AGENT CLASS Posted by Andrew Juge on April 29, 2017 Here is the UDFA class of 2017, ...
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04-29-2017, 11:08 PM | #51 |
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Re: Undrafted Free Agent Watch
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I actually see a few that could make the team. Impressive list.
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04-29-2017, 11:17 PM | #52 |
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Re: Undrafted Free Agent Watch
Originally Posted by lee909
They've done that before with UDFA's. There are no strings attacked at this stage, so they will sign anyone. It's the impactful players that are all over the NFL that it would have been nice to have maybe one of them.
Dural is nice sign for a free agent. Tons of speed, but never was consistent at much of anything else. He could have put up better numbers if the QB play had been decent, but he still has a lot to work on at being an actual WR, and not just a guy who runs deep. I see that someone had him with a 4.57 40 time. I don't know who did that or what was wrong with their stop watch, because he has run in the low 4.4's, and I believe even sub 4.4 before. He must not have been healthy when he ran that 4.57. |
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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04-29-2017, 11:39 PM | #53 |
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Re: Undrafted Free Agent Watch
Originally Posted by WillSaints81
Yeah, UDFA's never makes active rosters, much less contribute. Pierre Thomas and Lance Moore are surely proof of that.
Some guys make immediate impacts, while others might take a year or so, but there are diamonds in the rough among free agents. |
04-29-2017, 11:49 PM | #54 |
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Sae Tautu, LB, BYU
This guy is interesting. Pro day numbers: •40-yard dash - 4.55 seconds •225 bench - 19 reps •Vertical jump - 38.5 inches •Broad jump - 10-foot-6 •20-yard shuttle - 4.41 seconds •60-yard shuttle - 11.60 seconds •3-cone drill - 6.92 seconds |
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Wasn't Snead? And Tommylee the Flea made the team last year. And wasn't Coleman? Hey there's lots of stuff out there. Sometimes they're like PT, sometimes they never make it to the 53. But sometimes they make the team and turn out to be solid!
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04-30-2017, 01:24 AM | #57 |
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This is where we make our money. Drafts are our Manchester by the Sea. Depressing and hopeless. Bet we find a speedy WR that not only takes the top off but out plays Cooks. Then some nobody defender ends up making half the tackles in PS.
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04-30-2017, 01:49 AM | #58 |
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Re: Undrafted Free Agent Watch
Originally Posted by jnormand
Yeah Snead was, too. I didn't mention players like Coleman and Tommylee because they're kind of on the roster by default, right now. But yeah, it takes a short memory for someone to say that UDFA's are just practice squad fodder. They have just as much chance of making the team as a late round pick. You gotta get a little lucky, but there are good one's out there.
I always prefer our UDFA class over our picks in the 5th through 7th rounds (with some exceptions, obviously). They draft guys who either barely played, or have some kind of major issues in the late rounds, and then suddenly, when the draft is over, they find productive college players. I've always believed in production over "upside", unless the player with upside has actually demonstrated an ability on the field and not just gone to the combine and run all kinds of pointless drills, and wowed scouts, while having been extremely lackluster on the field. |
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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04-30-2017, 06:40 AM | #59 |
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I’Tavius Mathers RB/KR Middle Tenn St. 5107 203 4.41 Jamari Staples, WR/KR Louisville 6027 195 4.51 #2 rSr Detroit - Michael Rector WR Stanford 6004 193 4.42 #3 rSr Dallas - Blake Jarwin TE Oklahoma St. 6050 244 4.76 #47 rSr Auclair, Antony TE 6'6" 254 Laval (Canada) OL Jessamen Dunker OG Tenn St 6042 318 4.98 #66 rSr. Aviante Collins OG TCU 6042 295 4.81 #69 rSr Gavin Andrews OG/C Oregon St. 6047 339 5.25 #62 rSr Detroit - Storm Norton, OT, Toledo 6075 308 5.18 #74 rSr Steven Moore ROT/LOT California 6052 305 5.31 #64 rSr Daniel Brunskill OT/TE/ILB San Diego State 6051 270 4.88 rSr #71 DL Josh Toupu DT Colorado 6011 325 5.22 #55 rSr Ralph Green III DT Indiana 6036 320 5.14 #93 rSr Keionta Davis, DE, Chattanooga 6030 274 4.86 #93 rSr LB Jimmy Gilbert OLB Colorado 6036 225 4.74 #98 Sr Patriots - Langi Harvey ILB/SLB/FB BYU 6015 252 4.62 #21 rSr DB Browns - Channing Stribling CB/FS Michigan 6011 176 4.57 #8 Sr Jeremy Cutrer CB/FS Middle Tennesse 6011 170 4.49 #8 Sr David Jones FS/SS/KR Richmond 6015 210 4.53 #13 rSr Browns - Kai Nacua, FS/SS, BYU 6005 209 4.58 #12 Sr Patriots - Jason Thompson, FS, Utah 6014 210 4.45 #21 rSr not one of my better years Still got camp invites |
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