DT John Ridgeway III and a 7th round pick traded to the Saints for a 6th round pick (3 Viewers)

[Shadeaux]

He still rocks the ole bowl haircut. So, that's pretty cool I suppose.

 

[Andrus]

Ridgeway was drafted in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys where he joined current Washington coaches Dan Quinn and Joe Whitt Jr.

Washington claimed Ridgeway after the Cowboys waived him. He's since appeared in 32 games.

Looks like quality depth to me.

 

[MatthewV]

I don't get this. It's easy to say "Khalen Saunders injury replacement" but that's a lazy analysis to me. Saunders has a short term injury and we typically play only three defensive tackles a game anyway because people like Jordan can kick inside situationally. Maybe they don't think Boyd is ready to play. Maybe they're just loading up because they absolutely love him and he doesn't cost much. Who knows?

I think this is right to the extent it's not just about Saunders. They can get a NT off the street to be bottom rung backup NT for a few games. They are spending some draft capital for obvious reason that they think he could be developed into something. Our DT rotation including very old Cameron Jordan, who-knows Peyton Turner, and unproven Boyd makes it a sneaky place to develop a guy.

 

[kewee]

I don't get this. It's easy to say "Khalen Saunders injury replacement" but that's a lazy analysis to me. Saunders has a short term injury and we typically play only three defensive tackles a game anyway because people like Jordan can kick inside situationally. Maybe they don't think Boyd is ready to play. Maybe they're just loading up because they absolutely love him and he doesn't cost much. Who knows?

We will cut Vickers, and possibly Saunders. I heard he got pushed down the dpth chart, and isn't happy

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[longtime lurker]

The Commanders 2023 draft class:

https://www.wfxrtv.com/sports/sports-illustrated/arena-nfl/si-washington-commanders-nfl/6984c825/commanders-2023-draft-class-decimated-after-roster-cuts/

Added for magnitude of bad draft picking.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

In before complaints about not trading for an OT in a system that doesn't value anything other than LT. lol

 

[motivation2k12]

 

[FlySaint]

Championship!







Can’t believe the thread got to here without the obvious being said…

 

[SaintsSpringBayou]

Just when things were settling down and lining up, we got ourselves one of them good 'ol DA mysteries. To be honest, DT can look like OT if you have digital eye strain. Chalk it up to a clerical error.

 

[WxM]

We will cut Vickers, and possibly Saunders. I heard he got pushed down the dpth chart, and isn't happy

I've heard that too and that's the only other way this move could make sense. I don't understand though why we wouldn't just IR him since we can't cut an injured vet outright. Perhaps that's coming.

But even when we have carried a second nose on the 53, which isn't all the time, we typically make that guy a healthy scratch anyway. So why trade for one?

 

[RaisingTheBar]

We will cut Vickers, and possibly Saunders. I heard he got pushed down the dpth chart, and isn't happy

Saunders isn’t getting cut lol

 

[WxM]

Saunders isn’t getting cut lol

So we are going to carry three nose tackles, when we usually only even dress one for games?

 

[nakadish]

I've heard that too and that's the only other way this move could make sense. I don't understand though why we wouldn't just IR him since we can't cut an injured vet outright. Perhaps that's coming.

But even when we have carried a second nose on the 53, which isn't all the time, we typically make that guy a healthy scratch anyway. So why trade for one?

DA just trolling @Infoman.

 

[SuperSaint]

Not much to give up for taking a 'Kick the tires' flyer on a guy, maybe he'll turn into something.