fleener's against his body catch

[jskinnz]

One good catch means nothing. You cannot say "I told you so" because of one play. He either performs consistently or he sits on the bench while Allen scores touchdowns. The fact he is friends with Luck won't save him much longer.

Dear god...

[Coffeedrinker]

Dear god...

You know, when I read certain posts I know you are going to respond and respond this way.  And even though the Christian side of me doesn't like this phrase, I can't help but chuckle every time I read it.  You seem to do it on just the right post and it says everything that us mere mortals try to say by arguing with some of these posters.

 

Thank you and keep up the good work.

[OffensivelyPC]

If you want to get on him for his consistency, fine.  That's a valid argument.  Calling him soft is not.  I mean, Reggie and Marvin Harrison went to the ground instead of fighting for yards for years and TY is following in their footsteps in that regard, and I don't see anyone calling them soft.  Fleener goes up and fights for the football like anyone else does.  I don't see him ducking before the ball gets there to avoid collision.  He fights for yards when the situation requires. 

[AndreRison]

I actually think Fleener is improving. I still think Allen is better, but Allen is better than a lot of tight ends.

[cbear]

Can't speak for everyone but

http://forums.colts.com/topic/31965-week-7-previewseason-review-thus-far-tknight24-edition/

There's my crow eating on select people.

I have no problem eating my crow, but Fleener has yet to force me to. He is soft.

It's like the "inconsistent" label Vontae had on this forum.... Remember?

Labels don't stick if you prove them wrong. Fleener has yet to do that with his "soft" label.

When that time comes, the forum can personally feed me my crow with a side of apple juice

 

TK, you do it crow, so good on you.    But I do think that once a player is seen a certain way by fans (me included), that perception is harder to shake and we do tend to judge them more harshly or give them more of a break.

[cbear]

I don't know about re-signed but he's not going to be cut, that's silly.  

 

Even if we wanted to get rid of him, he'd have trade value, cutting him would be beyond stupid. 

 

Edit: I don't see where he claimed that Fleener would be cut.  Just not extended.

 

I think he'll be resigned as long as he doesn't ask for Graham type money.  He is way too valuable.  Who knows how many catches the other receivers are making because Fleener has to be accounted for (and vice versa).  This "group" should be kept together as long as possible.  Speculation for fun though?  Certainly if I had to keep one or the other, I'd pick Allen.

[TKnight24]

TK, you do it crow, so good on you. But I do think that once a player is seen a certain way by fans (me included), that perception is harder to shake and we do tend to judge them more harshly or give them more of a break.

May be true for some

But everyone here shook the "inconsistent" label off of Vontae this year. A label can be taken away/forgotten, but the player has to put in the work

Fleener just isn't showing it. Tough catch here and there but still very timid.

He needs to just play freely, he's thinking too much.

[BOTT]

But seriously the hair is pretty soft looking......

What the hell does hair have to do with anything?

[ThE JoKeR]

I just don't get the criticism toward Fleener, the guy is a solid TE, if he wasn't he would be on the bench. I going to guess some expect him to be the primary weapon for Luck because they played together in college.

[Jason_]

This is the first game this year where Fleener didn't play scared, and he did great. That catch was very impressive. 

 

Keep it up Coby!! 

 

Fleener didn't look scared against Baltimore ;)

[throwing BBZ]

One good catch means nothing. You cannot say "I told you so" because of one play. He either performs consistently or he sits on the bench while Allen scores touchdowns. The fact he is friends with Luck won't save him much longer.

 

 His biggest problem has BEEN LUCK! Andrew sure as heck hasn`t done Fleener ANY Favors.

 Andrew has finally, started getting the ball out quicker, and FINALLY started throwing Many more balls to the correct shoulder, and Finally been throwing Many more balls at the numbers rather than Too High.

 Still lots of bad throws and missed open receivers in the short game, but Andrew has turned the corner. Pep has had to de-program the cra* from year one.

[wesd2890]

What the hell does hair have to do with anything?

Read all the forum.. it was a joke in response to someone else talking about fleeners hair

[wesd2890]

You're just mad you can't pull that look off.

I guess you didnt get the joke.. or the irony.. there was pun intended in my post...... get it yet?.. its not that funny i know but think on it.

[lollygagger8]

Dear god...

 

If you are going to keep posting that, at the very least capitalize God. 

[lollygagger8]

Fleener didn't look scared against Baltimore ;)

 

Didn't he only have one catch during that game? (but a good one) 

 

I want to say he had a drop or two as well. I've slept since then, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. 

[House]

If you are going to keep posting that, at the very least capitalize God.

god forbid he doesn't capitalize god.

[Dr. Guildo]

Read all the forum.. it was a joke in response to someone else talking about fleeners hair

Anyone who jokes about Coby's hair is just jealous, or as I like to call it Jeally. 

[lollygagger8]

god forbid he doesn't capitalize god.

[wesd2890]

Anyone who jokes about Coby's hair is just jealous, or as I like to call it Jeally.

I said his hair looks soft.. more of a compliment then anything

[Dr. Guildo]

I said his hair looks soft.. more of a compliment then anything

I'm sure he uses a nice conditioner. I wouldn't know about that though because I shave my melon.

[Surge89]

Man... I will gladly say before this season I was not a Fleener fan.  In fact I flat out retorted that his play was unacceptable.  Anyone saying that now, must watch the games.  He is anything but not physical.  His blocking has improved close to 3 times over, his catching ability has gone up and his movement in traffic is much better than previous.  He could easily be seen as one of the most improved players on the offense as he has become more than just a WR in a TE's body.  We've got a special group of TE in Indy!

[SteelCityColt]

I said his hair looks soft.. more of a compliment then anything

I put it down to the conditioning coaches...