Drafted by Cowboys 5th Round - Pick 178 - DT John Ridgeway (Arkansas)

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JD_KaPow

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There are only three kinds of players this late in the draft:

Players with injury or character concerns
Good football players with limited athleticism
Good athletes with raw football skills

You aren’t going to find a healthy, well rounded splayed in the fifth round.
You forgot the fourth kind:
Future HOFer that everyone but me is too stupid to recognize.
 

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He's our normal JAG-ey 1 tech. You've got to keep a stockpile of Carlos Watkins and Justin Hamilton type guys around, and Ridgeway will do that, but I really wish we'd pick a difference maker some year.

In the 5th, that usually don’t happen bud
 

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He's our normal JAG-ey 1 tech. You've got to keep a stockpile of Carlos Watkins and Justin Hamilton type guys around, and Ridgeway will do that, but I really wish we'd pick a difference maker some year.

No 3T. Biggest hole on defense. But another 1T/NT.

Seems to me like they've been trying to move to more 3 man fronts, with stand-up LBs who can rush who blitz or they can move to the edge on clear pass downs.
 

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Meh, folks will get excited because they recognize the name but he's a limited athlete. Basically doubled up on Q. Bohanna
Why do you think that his name is so easily recognized? The only Ridgeway that I know of is Gary Ridgeway, The Green River Killer.
 

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state high school wrestling champ.
like osa odighizuwa.
2yrs in a row...we draft a dt with an extensive background in wrestling.
looks to be a trend under dan quinn.
 

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While demonstrating impressing upper body strength, Ridgeway doesn’t always show good lower body power. He struggles to anchor against more powerful offensive linemen. As a result, he can be forced backward from the line of scrimmage more regularly than you’d like to see.

Ridgeway showcases a high motor and some lateral agility. Despite this, he has some athletic limitations. The Arkansas DT doesn’t have the fast footwork of some of his contemporaries at the position in this 2022 NFL Draft class. Furthermore, he doesn’t possess the versatility of some DTs in the class. His experience is effectively limited to the nose tackle position.

not bad

Quinn will have him eating steel and craping thunder. I have a feeling there's a can of whipass being readied to spring on other NFL teams.
 

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Did anyone see Jerry’s response to this pick in the press conference? He basically goes “I was confused because we already have Bohanna” and the coaches said “lol no we’re gonna need more”
 
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