UDFA Thread

I think I read Mayhew or Ron said they just signed one udfa and don’t have plans for more. I look at that as a great thing and think maybe more free veteran agents could be added. Not wasting time on long shots.

They signed a serious RB who could have been a 5-6 round pick. Legit talent.

I think that's a good thing too. I like that we are taking a measured approach to things rather than going scattergun. If you don't subscribe to Scalper's view that every move is made to try and undermine the franchise but appreciate that RR and the FO are moving us forward in the proper manner then I have every confidence. If they have decided we only need one guy and that guy is Jaret Patterson then I will bow to their superior knowledge.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31383682

Washington Football Team agrees with record-tying RB Jaret Patterson, former HS teammate of Chase Young

First off, is it just my impression or do we always seem to make a slow start with UDFA? Not that we haven't picked up a few gems in recent years, it's just it seems other teams have made 3+ signings before we've even made one. Anyone know why that is?

Anyway, thoughts on Pattterson? He seems more of a situational runner for us, short/goal to go yardage, rather than an every down capable back. Unknown in the passing game, but good in protection blocking. Competition for Barber?

Short / goal to go yardage? Dude have you read anything about the guy at all? He’s 5’7” 195. He’s the opposite of Barber, he’s a baby JD McKissic. He won’t see the field unless something happens to JD, he’ll be stashed on the practice squad unless he can carve out a role as a return guy.

There are no every down backs available as UDFAs. That’s a nonsense thought. You can only ever reasonably hope to find niche role players at RB in the UDFA phase.

Patterson has a chance to carve out a role for himself. Nothing wrong with his size - that is such an easy thing to critique, but I'd rather judge off production. Depending on where you look, he's basically the same size as JD McKissic or Philip Lindsay who have been pretty productive. As with all these guys, I'll take a wait and see approach. I'm not holding my breath, but I'm not automatically counting them out.

J Patterson - 5'9" 195 (although I've also seen 5'6.5", 5'7" and 5'8")

JD McKissic - 5'10" 194

P Lindsay - 5'8" 190

Yeah he's definitely considerably shorter than McKissic.

One of the first mocks I did I had the FT taking Patterson in the later rounds. Can't wait to see what this guy can do here. He can play.

Sounds like he is about to become this years camp crush

Short / goal to go yardage? Dude have you read anything about the guy at all? He’s 5’7” 195. He’s the opposite of Barber, he’s a baby JD McKissic. He won’t see the field unless something happens to JD, he’ll be stashed on the practice squad unless he can carve out a role as a return guy.

There are no every down backs available as UDFAs. That’s a nonsense thought. You can only ever reasonably hope to find niche role players at RB in the UDFA phase.

You're right I didn't look him up properly. Consider my wrist slapped.

Looking at him physically, he reminds me of Barry Sanders (build not running style), same height but 8 lb lighter. He doesn't look like he has the agility Sanders did, but he's got the power in his legs to extend after being hit and break tackles. But bigger guys in the NFL... If he put on a few pounds he could be quite the little bruiser.

Hummingbirds don’t have the agility that Barry Sanders did. I recently showed my son some of his highlights (he’s too young to have seen him play). It was one, “OMG! No way! What the what?” after another.


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I am so rooting for our new RB. That’s a guy who has fought to prove people wrong his whole life. Love it. The world was built on the principle of “I’ll show you.”


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