2026 UDFA Thread - aka Best Thread Of The Year

[The Gr8est]

I’d guess all the receivers are cheap AJ Brown insurance.
The lack of investing draft capital suggests it’s likely.
The wealth of udfas suggests it’s not certain.
Just look at the Maxx Crosby deal - handshake deals without a contract are not certain.

I REALLY REALLY hope the Pats doctors are given free reign to check Brown’s knees and will consider their opinions, even to the point of walking away.

I’m worried that Vrabel looks at Brown with the same dreamy look he uses with Diana Russini.

 

[mgteich]

I’d guess all the receivers are cheap AJ Brown insurance.

I think that the UDFA WR;s have nothing at all to do with Brown.

Without Brown, we have Doubs, Boutte, Hollins, Williams, Douglas, and Chism. That's 6 who could easily be on our 53-man roster if we carried six WR's. I think that we also have Webb back from last year's Practice Squad.

So, without Brown, these players would be competing against Douglas and Chism. With Brown, they would be competing with Douglas and Chism (with Boutte likely gone).
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That being said, I think that Dixon will make the Practice Squad and could possibly replace Chism if we think that Chism even has a roster spot.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Ratbirds sign the QB I wanted NE to take. Wonder if they've rescinded that invite to Diego Pavia. . . .

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profo...news/ravens-agree-to-sign-udfa-qb-joe-***nano

 

[Betterthanmost]

Ratbirds sign the QB I wanted NE to take. Wonder if they've rescinded that invite to Diego Pavia. . . .

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profo...news/ravens-agree-to-sign-udfa-qb-joe-***nano

This is what he has been up to. Did not know strip clubs were still thing. Pavia that is.

 

[JoeSixPat]

So, these guys are slower than our 7th round short yardage RB. He ran a 4.42

Yes - that's not a bad thing to have a 7th rounder with that speed, but you may notice that UDFAs don't have as eye popping stats.

I'd be willing to guess they're slower than our higher draft picks as well.

Luckily while 4.4 40 times are great, being a 4.5 40 guy doesn't preclude you from being a returner, and there's lots of guys who have even better times than that who still lack the cutting skills needed.

I'd generally say 4.5 is still good enough

Ask some of us old timers here about Tony Simmons, a 2nd round pick in 1998, and how his 4.35 40 time was going to fast track him to Canton as a WR

He never had more than 2 dozen catches, did have a few decent returns, but was gone in 2 years

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I think none of these guys had the incredible production Efton Chism had at EWSU. He also has great off the line quickness although slow as molasses on long routes.

Dixon had 83/1,282/12 in 11 games. If I had to bet on one of the 2026 UDFA WRs making the roster, it'd be him.